American Revolution
Unanimously chosen as the first president?
Who was George Washington?
The king known for taxing the common people (Third Estate) while the nobility lived lavish lives without paying taxes.
Who was King Louis XVI?
Before the civil war of 1791, 90% of the Haitian population were from this group of the social hierarchy.
What were slaves?
In 1810 he rallied the common people of Mexico, (mestizos and Indians) for independence from Spain.
Who was Padre Hidalgo?
Rode his horse to Lexington to warn that the British were coming and was a leader in the Boston Tea Party.
Who was Paul Revere?
British soldiers killed five Boston men which angered the colonists against the British authoritries. (March 5, 1770)
What is the Boston Massacre?
Period of time where at least 40,000 people were killed by a series of massacres and public executions.
What was the Reign of Terror?
Before 1791, this was the primary source of wealth in Haiti.
What were sugar plantations?
Amerindian uprising left lasting tension between the natives and this group of Spanish descendants in the Andes Mountains.
What are criollos?
Viewed himself as an "enlightened" dictator and crowned himself Emperor of France in 1804.
Who was Napoleon?
Signed on July 4, 1776, this document contains a list of colonist' grievances and justification for the colonist rebellion.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Political violence by revolutionary insurgents who attempted to storm and seize control of the medieval armoury and prison.
What was the Storming of the Bastille?
The wealthy plantation owners in the Haitian social hierarchy that did not get the same rights as the Petits Blancs because they were not white.
Who were the Free People of Color?
The ruling groups that were create while moving toward independence in South America instead of submitting to a French king in Spain.
What were juntas?
A Voudun priest that lead the slave rebellion in Haiti.
Who was Boukman?
A tax imposed by Britian that forced American Colonists to pay for British troops in the colonies.
What was the Stamp Act of 1765?
The National Assembly formed by the Third Estate took an oath to create this.
What is a Constitutional Monarchy?
This person defeated Napolean and established the Independent Republic of Haiti in 1804.
Who was Jean-Jacques Dessalines?
This battle was lead by Bolivar in 1824 and ended with the defeat of the Spaniards in the Andes.
What was the Battle of Ayacucho?
A leader of the Jacobins that is credited with overthrowing the monarchy, establishing the French Republic, and implementing the Reign of Terror.
Who was Maximilien Robespierre?
The document was drawn up in 1789 to outline the System of Checks and Balances and the Two House Legislature of the colonies.
What is the Constitution of the United States of America?
Thousands of Parisian women marched to the Palace of Versailles to protest food shortages and high bread prices which ultimately ended the monarchy's independence and marked a significant shift in power.
What is The Women's March on Versailles?
He fought and allied with Spanish forces against Saint-Domingue Royalists, joined with Republican France, became Governor-General-for-life of Saint-Domingue, liberated the slaves, and fought against Napolean.
Who was Toussaint L’Ouverture?
The collapse of the Republic (Venezuelan Junta) was caused by these two divisions.
What are divisions between class and race?
This war hero freed South America from Spanish and Portuguese control.
Who was Simon Bolivar?