Enlightenment Thinkers
This ideal, written about by Mary Wollstonecraft, emphasized equal rights for both men and women.
What is feminism?
This ideal, which spurred revolution in many places, emphasizes unity between people with the same culture.
What is Nationalism?
This famous Virginian farmer would eventually lead the fight in the American revolution.
Who is George Washington?
Eli Whitney invented this, which separated raw cotton from the seeds.
What is the cotton gin?
This class emerged as industrial economies allowed goods to be sold for lower prices and for people to make a substantial living.
What is the middle class?
This English author wrote about the social contract, a responsibility of the people to rebel against unjust government.
Who is John Locke?
This revolution ended with the Declaration of Independence and sought to balance power between government and citizens.
What is the American Revolution?
This French political party rose to power after the deposition of the French monarchy, beginning the Reign of Terror.
Who are the Jacobins?
This machine, perfected by James Watt, revolutionized transportation and factories.
What is the steam engine?
The increase in the number of factories in cities led to an increase in this.
What is pollution?
This economic system is what the English author Adam Smith considered the father of.
What is capitalism?
This revolution overthrew the absolute monarchy of Louis XIV and led to the Reign of Terror.
What is the French Revolution?
This leader worked against the French to carry out the Haitian Revolution.
Who is Toussaint L’Ouverture?
The Industrial Revolution was first spurred by changes in this industry, which produced cloth.
What is the textile industry?
This group became homemakers, their lives provided for by their husbands' careers.
Who are middle class women?
Francis Bacon began this system of thought that stressed logic and experimentation.
What is empiricism?
The only successful slave revolt in history, led by Toussaint L’Ouverture.
What is the Haitian Revolution?
Toussaint L’Ouverture was aided in his fight by these communities found on the island of Haiti.
What are maroons?
The movement of people from rural areas to cities is known as this.
What is urbanization?
A lack of housing in cities led to this development, often funded by factory owners.
What is tenement housing?
Baron de Montesquieu wrote The Spirit of Laws regarding this governmental concept.
What are checks and balances?
These revolutions were driven by Creole resentment of imperial control.
What are the Latin American Revolutions?
This is the name of the South American federation that Simon Bolivar established.
What is Gran Columbia?
A social class made up of skilled workers, professionals, business people, and wealthy farmers.
What is the Middle Class?
With the rise of tenement housing, this activity grew more common.
What is crime?