American Revolution
This 1776 document declared the 13 colonies free from British rule.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This event on July 14, 1789 symbolized the start of the French Revolution.
What is the storming of the Bastille?
A street vendor’s protest in this country sparked the movement.
What is Tunisia?
This military leader became emperor of France in 1804.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
Many Latin American revolutions were inspired by these two prior revolutions.
What are the American Revolution and the French Revolution?
Anger over taxes without representation led to this 1775–1783 conflict.
What is the American Revolution?
This group of French citizens paid most taxes before the Revolution.
What is the Third Estate?
Egypt’s revolution led to the fall of this longtime leader.
Who is Hosni Mubarak?
Napoleon expanded French land mainly by doing this.
What is conquering Europe through military campaigns?
This man is known as “The Liberator” who helped free much of South America from Spanish rule.
Who is Simón Bolívar?
This nation became America’s main ally after the Battle of Saratoga.
What is France?
This French king was executed after losing support and failing to solve the crisis.
Who is Louis XVI?
This country saw a civil war and the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi.
What is Libya?
This legal reform organized French laws and protected property rights.
What is the Napoleonic Code?
This social group, of mixed European and Indigenous ancestry, often supported revolutionary movements.
Who are the mestizos?
Enlightenment thinkers like John Locke inspired this belief in basic rights.
What are natural rights?
This 1789 document guaranteed rights like liberty and equality.
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen?
The Arab Spring began in this year, starting a wave of protests across the Middle East and North Africa.
What is 2010?
Napoleon’s failed 1812 campaign against this nation led to heavy losses.
What is Russia?
The social class of people born in Europe but living in Latin America was called this.
What are peninsulares?
This treaty, signed in 1783, officially ended the American Revolution and recognized U.S. independence.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
Funding the American Revolution worsened this major economic problem in France.
What is national debt?
High youth unemployment, frustration, and dissatisfaction with authoritarian rule helped spread the Arab Spring across these types of governments.
What are dictatorships or authoritarian regimes?
After Waterloo, Napoleon was exiled to this remote island.
What is St. Helena?
The independence of which country was the first successful Latin American revolution led by enslaved people?
What is Haiti?