Historical Figures
What was the name of the king and queen of France before the French Revolution?
King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
What caused all three revolution?
The Enlightenment
What was the name of the document announcing the separation of the 13 American colonies from Great Britain? What was the date it was written?
The Declaration of Independence (1776)
What are the names of the three estates?
1. Clergy
2. Nobility
3. Commoners/third estate
Which European country ruled over most of Latin America before the revolutions?
Spain
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence and helped write Declaration Rights of Man?
Thomas Jefferson
Name three Enlightenment ideas?
Equality, rights, freedom, and reason
Which country helped Americans in the Revolutionary War?
France
What were the four causes of the French Revolution?
1. Enlightenment
2. Estate General
3. Financial Crisis
4. Unfit Monarchs
Which educated group born in the Americas led the revolutions because they were angry about being blocked from top government jobs?
Creoles
Who was the commander-in-chief of the American army during the Revolutionary War.
George Washington
Describe Guerilla Warfare
Surprise attacks, hit and run, ambush
What was the spark the American Revolution?
Boston Tea party
What was the name of document outlining rights in the French Revolution? Describe what the main ideas were.
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
To outlined: birth rights, liberties, principles of the new republic, freedom, equality
Who led the successful Haitian Revolution?
Toussaint L'Ouverture
Who was the leader of the French Revolution during the Reign of Terror?
How did he die?
Robespierre
Guillotine
Describe the main ideas of Thomas Paine's book Common Sense.
American independence, self governance, no more monarchy
What were the first battles in the American Revolution?
Lexington & Concord
What was the estates general?
A group made up of the three estates to make decisions about France
What were the causes of the Haitian Revolution?
French Revolution ideas
Racial Hierarchy
Extreme brutality on slave plantations
What was the name of the king during the american revolution?
King George III
What is a coup d'état?
An illegal military overthrow of power
What were the effects of Britains Seven Years War and French and Indian War?
Britain's national debt doubled which led to taxation on colonists
What were two costly mistakes that Napoleon made?
Invasion of Russia and loss of army in Spain
What were the effects of the Haitian Revolution?
Ended French colonial rule
Established Haiti as the first independent nation founded by former slaves