Enlightenment & Government
This idea says people are born with rights like life and liberty.
What are natural rights?
Colonists were upset because they had no __________ in Parliament.
What is representation?
After Napoleon’s defeat, this meeting restored balance in Europe.
What is the Congress of Vienna?
This process involved building factories and mass production.
What is industrialization?
This is when one country dominates another politically or economically.
What is imperialism?
This system divides government into branches to prevent abuse of power.
What is separation of powers?
This document justified independence from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This idea spread across Europe after Napoleon.
What is nationalism?
People moved from farms to cities in a process called this.
What is urbanization?
European nations wanted Africa mainly for these.
What are natural resources?
This document limited the power of the English king in 1215.
What is the Magna Carta?
Both the American and French Revolutions resulted in more of these for citizens.
What are political rights?
Spain and Portugal were weakened by these wars, allowing revolutions in Latin America.
What are the Napoleonic Wars?
Industrialization created these two main social classes.
What are the middle class and working class?
Colonized people often responded by doing this.
What is resistance?
Enlightenment thinkers believed governments should get power from this.
What is the consent of the governed?
This group in France lacked political power and helped cause the revolution.
What is the Third Estate (or middle class/bourgeoisie)?
This leader helped lead independence movements in Latin America.
Who is Simón Bolívar?
Workers demanded this due to poor factory conditions.
What are labor reforms?
European powers introduced these into African societies.
What are new cultural practices (assimilation)?
This Enlightenment thinker influenced U.S. government with separation of powers.
Who is Montesquieu?
The French Revolution aimed to replace this entire system.
What is the existing political and social order (or absolute monarchy)?
Bolívar was inspired by these two revolutions.
What are the American and French Revolutions?
This economic idea led to factory owners gaining most of the wealth.
What is free enterprise (or capitalism)?
19th century imperialism focused more on these regions than earlier colonialism.
What are Asia and Africa?