Nationalism
Concern and pride for or a devotion to one's own nation, especially desire for national progress, defense, or independence
A European country that had experienced its own revolutions and limits on the King in the 1600s with the help of the Magna Carta written all the way back in 1215!
England
This King was sentenced to the guillotine!
King Louis the 16th
identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.
Nationalism
A powerful and popular general named _____________ Bonaparte soon rose to power and declared himself emperor in 1799
Napoleon Bonaparte
"No Taxation without Representation" was a popular slogan for the Revolution of this country in the late 18th century.
The United States of America
Grito de Dolores
A medieval fortress and state prison in Paris, built in the 1300s, that symbolized the tyranny of the French monarchy. Its storming on July 14, 1789, by revolutionaries seeking gunpowder marked a turning point in the French Revolution
Bastille
A "social" agreement by members of society to cooperate for the benefit of society. For example, you may give up a little but of one right to ensure that everyone else is better off.
Social Contract
This concept was founded in the concept of a Divine Right. This is the belief that monarchies received their power directly from God, and that it was their duty to pass this power on to their descendants.
Absolutism
A series of uncoordinated republican revolts against European monarchies. Beginning in Sicily, the wave quickly spread across the continent, affecting over 50 countries, including France, Germany, Italy, and the Austrian Empire
I was from (1791–1804) and primarily inspired by the ideals of the American (1176-1783) and French Revolution (1789), particularly its "liberty, equality, and fraternity" and the Declaration of the Rights of Man
Haiti
In 1789, bourgeoise leaders of the 3rd Estate overthrew their absolute monarchy and a new government was established. A period chaotic period of social unrest followed known as...
Great Fear or Reign of Terror
“The purpose of the government is to protect the natural rights of the people. When government goes beyond this purpose, it risks becoming unjust.” This adapted quote comes from...
John Locke
"But if you're asking me am I willing to go to war with England? Well then the answer is most definitely no!" (What movie and what event?).
The Patriot and the American Revolution
While the movement gained ideological momentum following the Napoleonic era and the 1815 Congress of Vienna, the active process of unification primarily occurred between 1848 and 1871
Unification of Italy
In the northern regions of Latin America, the revolutionary general _______________ successfully fought Spanish forces and created a short-lived “Gran Columbia” between 1819 and 1830 that was modeled after the United States.
Simón Bolívar
Napoleon was defeated at the _________________ in 1815 and it marked the end of his reign
Battle of Waterloo
Official Vocab term for an 18th-century absolute monarch who embraced rational Enlightenment ideals—such as religious tolerance, legal reforms, and education—to improve their subjects' lives while maintaining total control.
Enlightened Despot
Last major battel for independence in Latin America
Battle of Ayacucho
The _______________ War led directly to the creation of the German Empire, Continental Europe's most powerful state with __________ replacing Paris as the focal point of global politics
Franco-Prussian, Berlin
Haitian general and the most prominent leader of the Haitian Revolution. Born into slavery in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti), he became a free man before leading a massive slave rebellion that successfully overthrew French colonial rule, abolished slavery, and set the stage for Haiti to become the first independent black republic
Tóussant louverture
The ________________attempted to restore Europe as it had been before the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars.
Congress of Vienna
I took power in 1762, following a bloodless coup d'état and ruled until 1796. I modernized Russia along Western European lines, supported the arts, and expanded education, while also strengthening the power of the nobility
Catherine the Great
The author and the the book (1776) that is considered a foundational Enlightenment document because it applies the period's core values—rationality, skepticism of authority, and the search for natural laws—to the study of human society, economics, and commerce.