The French Revolution
They were required to pay 100% of the nation's taxes...
The Third Estate
Leader of the Haitian revolution
Toussaint L'Ouverture
He was the weak and ineffective ruler of Russia during the revolution
Czar Nicholas II
Leader of the communists during the Chinese Civil War
Mao Zedong
A sudden and violent seizure of power from a government
What is COUP D'ETAT
These people had ideas and philosophies that challenged our views about government and how it should run.
The Enlightenment Thinkers: Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Voltaire
The European country that is most known for controlling Haiti
France
One major effect of the Russian Revolution was that Russia became this
The Soviet Union/USSR/First Communist Nation in the World
Mao took this journey and gathered the support of peasants to help the CCP win the Chinese Civil War
The Long March
This was the first country to have a revolution during the Arab Spring
What is TUNISIA
Known for unleashing a "reign of terror" upon France
Maximilien Robespierre
Leaders of the Latin American Revolutions
Father Hidalgo, Simon Bolivar, Jose de San Martin
The Bolshevik leader who promised Russians these three things...
Vladimir Lenin: Peace, Land, & Bread!
The Chinese were upset with the weakness of the Qing dynasty because...
European/Imperialist influence in the country, spheres of influence
An Arab country who's revolution has now turned into civil war.
What is SYRIA
Napoleon met his demise in Russia as a result of what factor?
harsh winter conditions
This country controlled most of Latin America in 1800
Spain
What was Bloody Sunday?
Bloody Sunday was the killing of (sources vary) at least 100 workers and people who were marching on Nicholas's Winter Palace to deliver a list of grievances to relieve them of their current living conditions. This march was led by Father Georgi Gapon who saw the politicians as the only obstacle in improving the workers' situations.
This was the name of Mao's agricultural and industrial reform policy
The Great Leap Forward
Ben Ali of Tunisia, Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, and Bashar al-Asaad were all ________________, meaning they had complete power and ruled by force.
What is DICTATOR
The "radical" political group during the Revolution
Jacobins
People born in Spain and at the top of the social hierarchy
Peninsulares
How did the death of Lenin lead to the rise of Stalin?
When Lenin died, it left either Trotsky or Stalin, the secretary of the communist party. Stalin thought Russia needed to be stronger and Trotsky had an opposing viewpoint. He made his way to the top through political trickery and deception.
The were leaders of the Chinese nationalist party
Sun Yat-Sen and Chiang Kia-Shek
Two effects of the Arab Spring
-overthrow of authoritarian regimes
-increased political participation (increased democracy)
-reforms
-increased repression of the dissent (protesters)
-economic disruption
-increased corruption