American Revolution
Who was the first president of the United States?
George Washington
What was the largest estate in France before the French Revolution?
Third Estate
Who became emperor of France after the French Revolution?
Napoleon Bonaparte
What group of people of European descent, born in Latin America, helped lead independence movements?
Creoles
What is the belief that people should be loyal to their nation and shared culture?
Nationalism
Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Which estate consisted of the clergy?
First Estate
What was Napoleon's comprehensive system of French laws called?
Napoleonic Code
What priest called for Mexican independence from Spain in 1810?
Miguel Hidalgo
What political group wanted to preserve traditional European monarchies?
Conservatives
In what year was the Declaration of Independence approved?
1776
What prison was stormed on July 14, 1789?
The Bastille
What is the term for a sudden seizure of political power?
Coup d'état
What military leader helped liberate Argentina, Chile, and Peru?
José de San Martín
What political group wanted constitutional government and more power for elected parliaments?
Liberals
What slogan did American colonists use to protest British taxes?
No taxation without representation
What document declared that men were born free and equal in rights?
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
What meeting attempted to restore peace and stability in Europe after Napoleon's defeat?
Congress of Vienna
What was the name for people born in Spain who held the highest positions in Spanish colonial society?
Peninsulares
Who led the Red Shirts during the unification of Italy?
Giuseppe Garibaldi
What system of government divides power between a national government and individual states?
Federal system
What revolutionary leader became associated with the Reign of Terror?
Maximilien Robespierre
Who was the influential Austrian statesman at the Congress of Vienna who wanted to preserve European monarchies?
Prince Klemens von Metternich
What was the term for people of mixed European and Indigenous ancestry in the Spanish colonial hierarchy?
Mestizos
What Prussian prime minister used realpolitik and war to unify Germany?
Otto von Bismarck