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what act did colonial lawyers argued that went against natural rights?
Stamp act
What did the navigation act say?
colonists can only trade w/ GB unless paid high taxes to import french & dutch goods
what was the slogan that Americans argued for?
what does it mean?
no taxation w/o representation
that Britain sldnt be able to tax America w/o them having any reps in gov
Boston tea party
what congress appointed George Washington general?
2nd continental congress
first form of gov after american rev
articles of confederation
what was the estates general?
a meeting where all 3 estates met with lists of complaints to talk abt
who was in the
1st estate?
2nd estate?
3rd estate?
1: clergy-church
2: nobles
3: everyone else :peasants, lawyers etc.
what was the national assembly?
the 3rd estate new name bc they broke away
who was the king during the french revolution? and what end up happening to him?
Louis XVI
he was guillotined
why did the revolutionaries storm the bastille?
to get the weapons they thought were stored there
who were the san-culottes?
who were the bourgiesse?
what estate were they part of?
the poorest class (the shoeless)
the teachers, lawyers, middle class ppl
3rd estate
what does moderate mean?
what does radical mean?
not so into something
very into something
french rev slogan
Life, Equality, Fraternity
what instrument was used during the reign of terror?
guillotine
what was the purpose of the committee of public safety?
to keep the french rev going no matter what
who was the person in charge of the reign of terror?
robisphere
what was the newest branch of gov that the moderates made after the french rev?
directory
who did politicians turn to as chaos was still going on in France after the rev?
napoleon bonaparte
What privilege did the National Assembly vote to abolish?
What did this end?
exemption from taxes
feudilisam
what were the 4 reasons for the colonist's success in winning the rev against GB?
1. colonists were defending their own land, so they used guerilla warfare
2. Britain was overconfident and made some important mistakes
3. the war was super expensive for Britain and the British citizens were getting tired of paying such high taxes so they started calling for peace
4. America wasn't fighting themselves cuz France and joined tehm
What did the Constitution of 1791 establish?
constitional monachry in france
The radicals in the Legislative assembly, mostly consisting of lawyers and intellectuals, were called....
jacobins