Causes
What is France?
This was the time period where people were accused of being anti-revolutionary and sent to the guillotine
What is the Reign of Terror?
The Leader of the Revolution who became radical and started the Reign of Terror
Maximillian Robespierre
Leader who believed unification of Germany would be achieved through "Blood and Iron"
Otto Van Bismark
This estate had to pay ALL of the taxes
Who are the 3rd estate?
This is the event that was seen as the "start" of the revolution where people tore down the prison
Popular Military Leader who became "emperor of France" and was later defeated in the Battle of Waterloo
Napoleon Bonaparte
Leader of the Italian unification movement
Giuseppe Garabaldi
This was the name of the King who threw lavish parties and did little to help the French people
Who is King Louis XVI
After the Reign of Terror and the failed Directory, this man rose to power in a coup
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
Enlightenment thinker who believed all men had natural rights of Life Liberty and Property
John Locke
King Louis XVI
This revolution helped to both inspire the French people and also put France into debt
What is the American Revolution?
It was this document where the French people declare they are “born free and remain free and equal in rights.”
Enlightenment thinker who believed that political authority must be divided into three branches (executive, legislative and judicial)
Enlightenment thinker who believed that in order to live in a society one must follow laws/ rules and will receive protection from the government
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
What is the Meeting of the Estates General?
This was the meeting held by leaders of Europe after Napoleon fell from power
What is the Congress of Vienna?
Leader of the Haitian Revolution
Toussaint Louverture
Known as "El Libertador" (The Liberator) for leading the military and political campaigns that freed much of South America from Spanish colonial rule
Simon Bolivar