The Enlightenment
The Enlightenment idea that some things are crucial to human existence and should not be taken away from people by any government
What are Natural Rights?
This man was famously took over France as a dictator atthe end of the revolution. He gave some people rights but also wielded absolute power.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
This country is the first free, modern black Republic in the Western Hemisphere
What is Haiti?
This is the European power who controlled the majority of Latin America.
What is Spain?
This disease killed 1/3rd of Europe
What is Bubonic Plague?
This Enlightenment philosopher believes in your natural rights, including that of life, liberty, and property. No one can take that away from you! (in theory)
Who is John Locke?
This document was the French version of the American Declaration of Independence. It outlines ideas of natural rights and consent of the governed.
What is the Declarations of the Rights of Man and Citizen?
The Haitian Revolution was so legendary because it was led by these people.
What is slaves?
This social structure in Latin America divided people based on what.
What is race?
This explorer was the first European to reach the Western Hemisphere
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This female Enlightenment thinker pushed for women's rights and education
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?
This terror of a man was head of the Committee of Public Safety and was responsible for a Reign of Terror, in which the press was heavily censored and many people were arrested by the Secret Police.
Who is Maximillian Robespierre?
The majority of the Haitian slaves were abducted, captured, or sold off from this continent.
What is Africa?
This Liberator helped lead a revolution against Spain, allowing for Latin American colonies to become free nations.
Who is Simon Bolivar?
This is the name of the earliest civilizations in human history that settled along rivers
What is river valley civilizations?
This is Montesquieu's idea of a division of political authority between many people or groups so that it is not concentrated in one place.
What is separation of powers?
This women famously wrote the "Declaration of the Rights of Women" and later lost her head for it during the Reign of Terror
Who is Olympe de Gouges?
This leader and self-educated man led a military force of nearly 100,000 slaves against the Spanish and French in an effort to gain freedom and independence for Haitian slaves.
Who is Toussaint L'Ouverture?
This is the social class at the top of Latin America after the revolutions according to the colonial social hierarchy. It was made up of white people who were born in Latin America
What is Creole?
This chinese admiral explored Asia and Africa on his many voyages
Who is Zheng He
This Enlightenment philosopher famously pointed out the social inequality between the Estates in France, noting that people deserved equality under the law regardless of their physical differences in what is known as the 'Social Contract'
Who is Jean Jacques Rousseau?
These are the three social classes in France that represented extreme economic inequality. These were called to one meeting by the king to determine a solution for France' financial crisis.
What are the First, Second, and Third Estates?
This agricultural product explains why France was so heavily invested in Haiti- Haiti produced 40% of the world's supply...sweet!
What is sugar cane?
This is the name of the unified Latin American state that the Liberator hoped to achieve.
What is Grand Columbia!
This Russian Empress was known for both giving her people rights, but also maintaining total control over her country.
Who is Catherine the Great?