Name two ideas/concepts that came out of the Scientific Revolution
Observation/experimentation, heliocentric model, the law of gravity, the scientific model, telescope, etc.
Name the social class system during the Ancien Regime in France.
The Estate system
Who was the leader of the Reign of Terror?
Maximilien Robespierre
Who lead the Haitian revolution?
Toussaint L'Ouverture
Who was Simon Bolivar?
Latin American revolutionary leader
Name the period of revival (art and literature) that the scientific revolution grew out of.
The Renaissance
Name three causes of the French Revolution
High food prices, lack of people's representation in politics, high taxation on 3rd estate, incompetent leadership/abuse of absolute monarch, national debt etc.
Why did Napoleon lose in Russia in the winter of 1812?
scorched earth policy - military strategy of destroying everything that allows an enemy to be able to fight a war, including water, food, humans, animals, plants and any kind of tools and infrastructure.
Name two events/ideas that influenced Latin American revolutions
Enlightenment ideas, French Revolution
Who was Father Miguel Hidalgo?
A Mexican priest that had an important speech that inspired thousands to revolt against the Spanish.
What are the main ideas of John Locke?
Natural rights - life, liberty, property
What was King Louis XVI's crime when he was put on trial?
Lasting largely unchanged into the 20th century, this was the most lasting part of Bonaparte's legacy.
The Napoleonic Code
Describe the Encomienda system (what it is and where)
Forced labor system in Spanish colonies.
Name the two main outcomes of nationalism and an example for each.
Breaks people up (Europe vs. Napoleon's French empire, Haiti vs. France)
Brings people together (Unification of Italy, unification of Germany)
What are the main ideas of Montesquieu?
Separation of power within the government.
After the Tennis Court Oath, this group was formed.
The National Assembly
Goal of the Congress of Vienna
What made the Haitian revolution different from other revolutions we learned this unit/the first of its kind in modern history?
A slave revolt, turned into the first ever independent black-led country.
Name and explain Otto von Bismark's most significant political ideology.
realpolitik: do whatever it takes for your country, be sneaky and forceful, militarism, etc.
What are the main ideas of Mary Wollstonecraft?
Education for women: Believed that marriage was legal prostitution unless both partners were educated.
Document that called for equality between all men regardless of social class, but left out women.
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Name the organization that determined who was to be imprisoned and/or executed during the Reign of Terror.
Name the social labels: 1) Born in the Americas, but of full European ancestry. 2) Spaniards born in Spain
1) Creoles 2) Penninsulares
Name the four components of a state.
Population, territory, sovereignty, government