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Latin American Revolutions
The Enlightenment
The French Revolution
The Scientific Revolution
French Revolution 2
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former slave taught Enlightenment ideas; led slave revolt in Haiti; freed both Haiti and the Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo)
Who is Toussaint L'Ouverture
100
An agreement by which people give up the state of nature for an organized society
What is a social contract
100
educated, middle class of France; provided force behind the Revolution
What is Bourgeoisie
100
the idea that the earth and the other planets revolve around the sun.
What is heliocentric theory
100
a palace built in the 17th century for Louis XIV southwest of Paris near the city of Versailles
What is Versailles
200
Creole; made Venezuela independent; wanted to make one united South American empire
Who is Simon Bolivar
200
A ruler influenced by the ideas of enlightenment
What is an Enlightened Despot
200
instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles
What is Guillotine
200
A series of steps followed to solve problems including collecting data, formulating a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and stating conclusions.
What is Scientific Method
200
queen of France (as wife of Louis XVI) who was unpopular her extravagance and opposition to reform contributed to the overthrow of the monarchy; she was guillotined along with her husband (1755-1793)
Who is Marie Antionette
300
American-born Spaniards who owned land, but ranked below "real" Europeans.
What is a Creole
300
Any of the leading philosophical political and social writers of the Enlightenment
What is the philosophes
300
a member of the radical movement that instituted the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution
What is the Jacobins
300
English mathematician and scientist- invented differential calculus and formulated the theory of universal gravitation, a theory about the nature of light, and three laws of motion. was supposedly inspired by the sight of a falling apple.
Who is Sir Isaac Newton
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Young provincial lawyer who led the most radical phases of the French Revolution; his execution ended the Reign of Terror.
Who is Maximilien Robespierre
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organized the Insurgency;abolishes Indian natives tribute obligation, Was brutaly murdered because the elites and the peasents thought he wasn't given out an equal distrubutin of land
Who is Father Hidalgo
400
A form of government where the monarch has absolute power
What is absolutism
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a pledge made by the members of France's National Assembly in 1789, in which they vowed to continue meeting until they had drawn up a new constitution
What is the Tennis Court Oath
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An Italian who provided more evidence for heliocentrism and questioned if the heavens really were perfect. He invented a new telescope, studied the sky, and published what he discovered. Because his work provided evidence that the Bible was wrong he was arrested and ended up on house arrest for the rest of his life.
What is Galileo
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absolute monarch of France at the start of the French Revolution. After yielding power to the revolutionary National Assembly, he was overthrown when the French Republic was declared and then executed, along with his wife, Queen Marie Antoinette, during the Reign of Terror.
What is Louis XVI
500
a form of large landed estate systems which originated in Spanish America during the colonial period, and acted as a traditional institution of rural life.
What is the hacienda system
500
French Term- leave alone
What is laissez faire
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French divided into 3 classes; Catholic clergy, nobles, everyone else in france.
What is the 3 Estates
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(1473-1543) concluded that the sun is the center of our solar system. Heliocentric Theory or Copernicus Theory. He wrote "On the Revolution of Heavenly Spheres"
Who is Nicolas Copernicus
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1769-1821. French military and political leader. General during French Revolution, Ruler of France as First Consul of French Republic, King of Italy, Mediator of Swiss Confederation, and Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte