Philosophy and Law
The first declaration in the Rights of Man and of the Citizen state all men are born _____________ and ___________
Free & Equal
Which country did the United States gain independence from?
Great Britain
Which war was between Britain and its 13 colonies in North America?
American Revolutionary War
Who made advancements in mathematics and is credited with the theory of the laws of motion?
Isaac Newton
what two continents occupy the Western Hemisphere
North and South America
was a practice that was often championed by enlightenment thinkers and leaders even though it directly opposed the enlightenment’s ideals.
slavery
What country did Haiti get independence from?
France
Who led the French army to spread the enlightenment and French Empire across Europe?
Napoleon
A class of French occupying the middle class between the peasantry and aristocracy. Most characterized by urban professional and commercial classes.
bourgeoisie
What 3 continents did the Russian Empire span at its height?
Europe, Asia and North America
The English Bill of Rights (1689) and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789) influenced the ___________________________, the first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution.
US Bill of Rights
What country did Brazil get independence from?
Who led the forces that freed most of South America from Spanish control?
Simon Bolivar
What was the intercontinental exchange of plants and animals between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres called?
Columbian Exchange
This country contained 1/5 of the World's population in 1600.
China
This right was guaranteed for Protestants in the English Bill of Rights and is extended to all citizens in the US Bill of Rights?
Right to bear arms
What was the year that Mexico gained its independence from Spain?
1821
This was a name given to colonists, along with nearly 20,000 former slaves, in North America who sided with the British in the Revolutionary War
Loyalist
This type of company sold stock to investors to conduct trade around the world, often using force and establishing ports, forts, settlements and governments overseas to benefit their country of origin.
Joint-Stock Company
Who controlled trade in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, Egypt and Red Sea that divided Europe from India?
Ottoman Empire
What 5 freedoms are covered in the US 1st amendment in the US Bill of Rights
freedom of speech, religion, press,
right to assemble and petition the government.
Which revolution saw the execution of the monarch and the institution of new laws and sweeping changes to take power from the church and create a secular culture based on individual liberty reason.
French Revolution
He led the Army of free people of color and former slaves to fend off European invasions of Haiti.
Toussaint L'Ouverture
The type of economic system that was a precursor to Capitalism where wealth was accumulated by trade
mercantilism
Napoleonic wars ended serfdom in Europe except in _______________?