Key People
John Locke
Natural rights, consent of the governed
What is the Edict of 1635?
What is it ordered the strict closing of Japan under the Tokugawa Shogunate; Japan became isolated?
Ottoman Turks become more powerful and take city of Constantinople
Effect: Blending of Christians, Hebrews, & Turkish Muslims
Mary Wollstonecraft's work that states women are rational beings and need/should be educated
What is A Vindication of the Rights of Women?
What is the historical context of the Enlightenment?
What is the Scientific Revolution, absolute monarchs/divine right of kings/authority of the Church
Montesquieu
Separation of powers/checks and balances
Nationalism is...
What is the belief that people who share a common history, culture, and area should be free and independent and rule themselves, not be ruled by a distant absolute ruler
Frustration over the Estates General voting system; Vowed not to disband until they had drafted a new Constitution for France
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
The document, written by John Locke, stated that "all men are naturally born in a state of perfect freedom, equal and independent to act how they want to."
What is the Second Treatise on Government (1689)?
Revolution in American leads to?
French Revolution, Haitian Revolution, Latin American revolutions?
"The Liberator"/The George Washington of Latin America/Lead independence movements in northern South America against Spanish rule
Who is Simon Bolivar?
The build up of the military/strong military presence
What is militarism?
Which event was the symbolic start of the French Revolution on July 14th 1789
What is the Storming of the Bastille
This document granted freedom to Saint Domingue and set up laws for the newly freed and independent people in this nation
What is the Haitian Constitution?
Spain's rigid social class system which kept creoles out of high ranking positions in the military and government led to...
What is nationalist movements led by Bolivar and Jose de San Martin?
Napoleon
Emperor of France, created the Napoleonic Code which he spread across Europe as he conquered it, invaded Russia but had to turn back
The relationship between a government and its people. People agree to give up some rights in exchange for security and protection. The government has to protect people's rights or else the people can change/overthrow the government.
What is the social contract theory
This event was a radical period in the French Revolution in which roughly 40K people were killed
What is the Reign of Terror
Otto von Bismarck's famous speech on how he would unify Germany
What is the "blood and iron" speech?
Cause: Count Camillo de Cavour and Guiseppe Garibaldi work to rid this country of foreign influence thereby bringing it together. What is the effect?
What is Italian Unification?
Olympe de Gouges
Wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Female Citizen to gain rights for women during the French Revolution (1791)
Define bourgeoisie
Upper middle class; white collar jobs; successful managers; educated; believed in Enlightenment ideals
This meeting was an attempt to put Europe back together after Napoleon and restore former monarchs to their "legitmiate" position
What is the Congress of Vienna?
Describe what Bolivar created in exile in 1815. What is the significance of this document?
Bolivar's Jamaica Letter. He outlined why the Spanish needed to be removed and how the new nations of Latin America would operate together
The historical context for the Haitian Revolution was
What is exploitation of the slave population on plantations to harvest cash crops like sugar and coffee