Misc.
Which Enlightenment idea most directly inspired leaders of the revolutions we learned about?
The concept that people have natural rights to liberty and equality
What did Marie Antoinette probably not say, but has been attributed to her?
"Let them Eat Cake"
What did crop was Haiti economy tied too?
Sugar Cane
Who was known as the George Washington of Latin America?
Simon Bolivar
This group was made up of...
Commoners, Poor, Merchants, Working Class, Middle Class, 97% of the population, paid most of the taxes.
The Third Estate
Father Miguel Hidalgo
What group made up 97% of the population but only received 1/3 of the vote in decision making.
The Third Estate
What group of people rose up to fight for independence in Haiti?
What individual's actions in Europe kicked off a movement of Spanish colonies to fight for independence?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Who was in the 1st Estate?
Clergy, Bishops, Church.
What Political leader is know for orchestrating the reign of terror?
Maximilien Robespierre
What leader rises out of the chaos of the Revolution and brings stability.
Napoleon Bonaparte
What movement inspired the people of Haiti to rise up and fight for independence?
The French Revolution.
What group of people in Latin America controlled top colonial positions.
Peninsulares
Who were the Creoles?
This European event weakened Spain and Portugal so much that it opened the door for Latin American independence movements to succeed.
Who was a former slave and revolutionary leader who organized and led Haitian forces, securing major victories and helping move Haiti toward independence?
Toussaint L'Ouverture
What was unique about the Brazils independence that was different from all the other Latin American Revolutions?
No Bloodshed, Top down, Elites (plantation owners still kept power).
In latin America what group of people would you be a part of if you had Native and European ancestry.
Mestizos
This document, inspired by Enlightenment ideals, declared that ‘men are born and remain free and equal in rights’ and became a symbol of the French Revolution.
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen?
Roughly how many people were suspected of being killed by the Guillotine?
30,000
Because of the Haitian Revolution, what did Napoleon Bonaparte do?
He sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States
Roughly by what year most latin American countries had won their independence?
1824
What group was associated with the Reign of Terror (Most radical of the French Revolution)
Jacobins