Absolute Monarchs
A king or queen with absolute power
What is an absolute Monarchs?
Age of Reason
What was another name for the Enlightenment?
13 colonies
How many colonies were there?
within the social hierarchy, this social class formed their own national assembly
Who is the third estate
This Venezuelan "Liberator" led the independence movements for modern-day Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.
Who is Simón Bolívar?
Known as the "Sun King" and often considered the ultimate example of an absolute monarch. His famous quote, "L'état, c'est moi" ("I am the state"), perfectly summarizes absolutism. A frequent clue involves the opulent palace he built outside of Paris.
What is Versailles?
An intellectual movement that focused on reason and the power of individuals to solve problems
What was the Enlightenment?
July 4, 1776
What date did the colonies declare their independence?
in 1789, france ran out of money causing this king to call an emergency meeting of generals
who is King Louis XVI
This French colony, now known as Haiti, was the site of the only successful slave revolt in world history, achieving independence in 1804.
What is a Haiti?
Divine right
What was a monarch's rule justified by?
All men were equal, held unalienable rights, life, liberty, and property were the ideas of _____.
John Locke
No taxation without representation
what was the colonist's slogan?
The national assembly wrote their ideas in this document stating "Men are Born with free and equal rights"
what is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizen
The independence movement in Mexico began in 1810 with the Grito de Dolores, an appeal issued by this Roman Catholic priest.
Who is Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla?
feudalism and the power of the church decreased.
What led to absolute Monarchs?
Hobbes, Locke, Voltaire, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Beccaria
Key people who were in the Enlightenment
Due to this war in the 1700s, it caused Great Britian to go to debt.
What is the French & Indian War?
This event that marked the start of the revolution began due to a speculation of the kings attack
what is the storming of bastille
The social hierarchy in colonial Latin America placed people born on the Iberian Peninsula, called peninsulares, at the top, over the American-born Spaniards called this.
Who are the Creoles?
Taxes and overseas exploration
What did they use to increase their wealth?
The Renaissance, Age of Exploration, Age of Absolute Monarchs, and Protestant Reformation _____.
led to the beginning of the Enlightenment
The Sugar Act, the Stamp Act, and the Townshend Acts
What were the three most prominent taxes imposed on the colonist?
in 1799, this french figure led a revolution and seized power in france
who is Napoleon Bonaparte
In a meeting with Simón Bolívar in Guayaquil in 1822, this Argentine general, who liberated Argentina and Chile, stepped aside to allow Bolívar to complete the liberation of Peru.
Who is José de San Martín?