The American Revolution
This document declared America a free and independent nation. Document named and listed the grievances of the colonies against King George.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This document declared that all men were created equal. Explained the beliefs and aims of the French Revolution.
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man/Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen?
A freedman who defeated Napoleon and the french military.
Who is Toussaint Louverture?
The first industry to be affected by the Industrial Revolution...
What is the textile industry/textiles?
A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force...
What is imperialism?
A group of British colonies on the east coast of North America founded in the 17th and 18th centuries.
What are the Thirteen Colonies?
Ineffective monarch who could not handle France's financial problems during the French Revolution. Later executed.
Who is King Louis XVI?
The Haitian Revolutions first started as this
What is a slave revolt?
The first telegraph contributed to the field of
What is communication?
All people have _________________ that should be protected by the government.
What are natural rights?
Parent country of the Thirteen Colonies alongside the east coast of North America that eventually became the United States of America.
What is England/Great Britain/Britain?
Before the French Revolution, this was based on social class.
What is the basis for division among the Three Estates?
The Enlightenment and the American Revolution were both major influences on 19th-century (1800s) uprisings in...
What is Latin America?
Before factories developed, machinery was powered by...
What is using their muscles?
. . . reason, which is that law teaches all mankind, who would but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.
John Locke, Two Treatises on Civil Government, 1689
Paraphrase the passage in your own words.
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Both revolutions were sparked by conflict over taxation.
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Similarities between the French and American Revolutions.
The French Revolution later inspired this revolution.
What is the Haitian Revolution?
I. _________________________________
A. Ideas from the American Revolution spread.
B. Enslaved persons burned sugar fields and rebelled
against French slave owners.
C. Toussaint L'Ouverture organized rebels.
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What are the factors of the Haitian Revolution?
The improvements in agriculture affect the Industrial Revolution in England by...
Increasing the population which provided a larger labor supply for the factories.
Socialism called for the government to take charge of
What are the means of production?
It popularized the idea of democracy, and also helped bankrupt the French government.
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What effect did the American Revolution have on the French Revolution?
The American and French Revolutions are considered turning points in global history because of...
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Inspired other people to see democracy and independence.
1. Impact of Enlightenment Ideas
2. Increasing discontent (unhappiness) among people living in the colonies
3. Weakening of Spain's power
4. Emergence of strong leaders
What are reasons for the revolutions in Latin America?
It had a large aristocratic class to run the factories.
What is NOT a reason for the Industrial Revolution?
The economic theory that opposes governmental interference in economic affairs beyond what is necessary to protect life and liberty...
What is laissez-faire economics?