Absolute Monarchs
Who holds all the power with no limitations in an absolute monarchy
What is the monarch?
He was the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
Who was the king of France at the time
Who is King Louis XVI
Where did the Enlightenment begin
What is Europe?
The Venezuelan-born "Liberator" who dreamed of a united Gran Colombia, leading independence for Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Who is Simón Bolívar?
This is the belief that monarchs have to respond to god and only god
What is the divine right of kings.
He was the King of Great Britain during the American Revolution
Who is King George III?
What prison was raided by the members of the third estate
What is the Bastille
This philosopher that championed freedom of speech and religion.
Who is Voltaire?
Napoleon's invasion of Spain weakened the monarchy, creating a power vacuum that fueled independence movements across the Atlantic
What is the Peninsular War?
This is the French king known as the "Sun King"
Who is Louis XIV?
During this 1773 event, colonists disguised as Native Americans dumped chests of tea into the harbor in protest of the Tea Act.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
The name given to the period from 1793 to 1794, characterized by mass executions and extreme paranoia
What is the Reign of Terror?
The idea that government power should be divided, not absolute
What is separation of powers?
After independence, this rigid system remained largely intact, with wealthy creoles replacing the peninsulares at the top
What is the social hierarchy/class system?
This Russian ruler was the first to try to westernize or modernize Russia to compete with other European powers
Who is Peter the Great
This body first met in Philadelphia in 1774 to discuss colonial grievances and later declared independence in 1776.
What is the Continental Congress (First and Second)?
who was the first consul of France
Napoleon
The movement that emphasized reason, individualism, and human rights
What is the enlightenment?
People of pure Spanish descent born in the Americas and they led the revolutions but wanted to maintain power
Who are the Creoles?
This grand palace was built by Louis XIV to demonstrate his immense power and control over the French nobles
What is the Palace of Versailles?
Colonists used this term to protest British taxes, as they had no representatives in Parliament to vote on them.
What is "Taxation without representation"?
How tall was Napoleon
what is 5,6
The idea that a government's legitimacy comes from the consent of the governed, often requiring periodic renewal, as argued by Rousseau
What is the social contract?
The country that emerged from the Haitian Revolution, the first independent nation in Latin America
What is Haiti