People
enlightenment thinker who wrote about natural rights
John Locke
France's 3 estates
clergy, nobility, commoners
a form of rule where one person holds all the power
absolutism
period that introduced new political and social ideas
Age of Enlightenment
Louis XVI
America's founding document
Declaration of Independence
a king/ queen whose role serves as a figurehead
constitutional monarch
a raid on the French monarchy's symbol of oppression
Storming of Bastille
Austrian-born queen of France
Marie Antoinette
a document that outlines how government works
constitution
the colonists' and Haitians' goal
independence
the 3rd estate's agreement to form a new government
Tennis Court Oath
his rise to power ended the French Revolution
Napoleon Bonaparte
the preferred method of execution by the French
nationalism
creates debt for Great Britain that led to taxation
7 Years war
a radical journalist killed in his bathtub
Jean-Paul Marat
the goals/ themes of France's revolution
liberty, equality, fraternity
the Republicans' tactic to combat opposing ideas
fear/ Committee on Public Safety
Boston Tea Party
the last death of the Reign of Terror
Maximilien Robespierre
a burden placed on the colonists and 3rd estate
taxes
accomplished in the 1st phase of the Haitian revolution
emancipation/ freeing the enslaved population
a period when 40,000 French citizens were executed
Reign of Terror
an African-born slave who led revolts in Haiti
Toussaint L'Ouverture
the colonists' mantra
taxation without representation is tyranny
enables Napoleon to seize control of France's government
military
referred to as the 'shot heard round the world'
Lexington & Concord