Key Figures
Led the Continental Army during the American Revolution and ultimately became a president.
Who is George Washington
Who is John Locke
Development of a country into the factory system
What is industrialization
A reaction to an increase tax on the price of tea, American Colonists dumped 350 chests of British tea into Boston harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party
This angered the American colonists and inspired protests.
What is taxation without representation
American Patriot who was the leader of the Sons of Liberty and protested taxes in the colonies.
Who is Patrick Henry
He argued that the government should be separated into 3 branches of government.
Who is Baron De Montesquieu
Also known as the Age of Reason where people questioned the role of government
What is the Enlightenment
The battle that ended the American Revolution
What is the Battle of Yorktown
The country that aided America and eventually started their own revolution
What is France
Revolutionary who led and encouraged the Reign of Terror, killing lots of people.
Who is Maximilian Robespierre
He believed that the government should protect people from their own selfishness.
Who is Thomas Hobbes
The belief that countries need to build as many colonies as possible to create an empire
What is imperialism
The period where Robespierre executed enemies of the revolution and struck fear in France.
What is the Reign of Terror
Who is Copernicus
Was the king of France during the Storming of the Bastille. He is known for for his lavished spending and was executed during the Reign of Terror.
Louis the XVI
He supported religious tolerance
Who is Voltaire
The belief that a country builds colonies to bring in wealth to the mother country
What is mercantilism
This marked the start of the French Revolution
What is the Storming of the Bastile
This Revolution is predominantly concerned with finding new ways of observing and studying the natural world, rather than dealing with social issues in society.
What is the Scientific Revolution
Took over France after the Reign of Terror. Was a military hero and general, loved and supported by the French people who hoped he would bring stability to the nation.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte
This thinker promoted the rights of women.
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft
The French people were divided into 3 of these.
Estates
military power, trade markets, natural resources, and labor
What are the motivations of imperialism
Power sources, transportation, population increase, rise of socialism/communism, and competition
What are the effects of the Industrial Revolution