Causes of Revolution
This common problem helped cause revolutions in France and Latin America: a large gap between rich elites and poor people.
What is economic inequality?
The French king who was executed during the revolution.
Who was Louis XVI?
The French general who rose to power after the revolution.
Who was Napoleon Bonaparte?
The region where colonies fought for independence from European rule in the 1800s.
What is Latin America?
The forced movement of Africans to the Americas is known as this.
What is the trans-Atlantic slave trade?
In France, rising bread prices and taxes angered this group the most.
Who was the Third Estate?
This document stated that all men are born free and equal in rights.
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
This law code promoted equality before the law and ended feudal privileges.
What is the Napoleonic Code?
The first Latin American country to gain independence through a successful slave revolt.
What is Haiti?
This system relied on enslaved labor to produce sugar, coffee, and cotton.
What is plantation agriculture?
Enlightenment thinkers encouraged people to question this traditional system of rule
What is absolute monarchy?
The violent period when thousands were executed to protect the revolution.
What was the Reign of Terror?
Napoleon spread revolutionary ideas like nationalism across this region.
What is Europe?
The leader called “El Libertador” who fought for independence in northern South America.
Who was Simón Bolívar?
The trans-Atlantic slave trade most dramatically changed the population of this region.
What is the Western Hemisphere?
European control of colonies helped spark independence movements in this region.
What is Latin America?
The device used for executions that became a symbol of revolutionary justice.
What is the guillotine?
This meeting of European leaders tried to restore monarchies after Napoleon’s defeat
This meeting of European leaders tried to restore monarchies after Napoleon’s defeat
He helped lead independence movements in Argentina, Chile, and Peru.
Who was José de San Martín?
Haiti’s revolution was unique because it was led mainly by this group.
Who were enslaved people?
A lack of political representation is one major reason societies choose this action.
What is revolution?
This queen became a symbol of royal excess during the revolution.
Who was Marie Antoinette?
One long-term effect of Napoleon’s rule was the spread of this idea, later inspiring independence movements.
What is nationalism?
Many Latin American revolutionaries were inspired by this European revolution.
What is the French Revolution?
One contradiction of revolutionary ideas was that freedom often excluded this group.
Who were enslaved people (or women)?