French Revolution
What was Reign of Terror?
A tumultuous period during the French Revolution characterized by mass executions.
Who the leader for the Latin American Revolution
(for the North South America/ Venezuela)
(for the South South America/ Argentina)
Simón Bolívar (Venezuela/North South America).
José de San Martín (Argentina/South South America).
What was French and Indian War?
A conflict in North America between Great Britain and France, along with their respective Native American allies.
What is a plantation?
An estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are cultivated by resident/slave labor.
What is the Congress of Vienna?
A series of international diplomatic meetings to discuss a new layout of the European political order after the downfall of Napoleon.
What is the divine right?
The right that is supposedly given to a king or queen by God to rule a country.
Simón Bolívar, José de San Martín, and Toussaint l'Ouverture are important in Latin American history because they were?
leaders of liberation movements.
What was the Treaty of Paris?
Ended European Seven Years’ War and forced France to surrender all of American possessions to British and Spanish.
Who was the leader of the Haitian Revolution?
Toussaint Louverture.
What is a coup?
A sudden and illegal seizure of government, with the intentions of replacing that current government and replacing it with a new ruling body.
Who was the Third Estate?
Who pays the most taxes and has the highest rate of military service (96% of the population).
What was the goal of the Haitian Revolution?
To end slavery and political inequality for people of color.
What was the Stamp Act?
A law that required the colonists to pay a tax on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards.
Reason for Haiti's economic success?
Coffee and sugar plantations.
Who is Russia?
The country that ultimately destroys France/Napoleon.
Who were the Jacobins?
Radicals that wanted to get rid of the king and monarchy entirely.
Which of these situations was the direct result of the other three?
nations of Latin America won independence.
What is popular sovereignty?
The principle that the leaders of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people.
What were some of the contributing factors of the Haitian Revolution?
Brutal slave,Inspiration by the French Revolution, and Rigid racial/class hierarchy.
Who was the Pope/Catholic Church?
The person/group that crowns Napoleon thus giving up their power to him.
What was Declaration of Rights of Man?
A human and civil rights document from the French Revolution.
Which group of people were considered the highest social class in colonial Latin America?
Peninsulares.
Who was King George III?
Leader of England during the revolution.
Who is France?
Country that owned the colony of Saint-Domingue.
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
Napoleon agreed to sell France's territorial holdings in North America to the newly formed United States for $15 million.