American Revolution
Enlightenment ideas influenced the composition of this American document authored by Thomas Jefferson.
Declaration of Independence.
These were the Three Estates in Ancien Regime France.
First Estate: Clergy
Second Estate: Nobility
Third Estate: Commoners
This figure led Haiti to victory against the Spanish, French, and English.
Toussaint L'Ouverture
Spain briefly lost control of its Latin American colonies because
Mainland Spain was conquered by Napoleon.
These two colonial powers came to the aid of the American colonists in their struggle against the British Empire.
France and Spain.
This king was executed by his own people in 1793.
King Louis XVI
These were the four main classes of society on the French colony of Saint Domingue.
Grand Blancs
Petit Blancs
Gens de couleurs (mixed race people)
Enslaved persons
Simon de Bolivar wrote this document which asserted the rights of Latin Americans and criticized Spanish treatment of the colonies.
Jamaica Letter
These primary Enlightenment ideas motivated the American Revolution.
Popular Sovereignty, Natural Rights, Consent of the Governed.
The Third Estate made up this proportion of the French population.
98%
The outbreak of revolution in Haiti was triggered by a rumor that
The King was going to outlaw slavery in the near future.
The Latin American Revolutions took place long after the North American Revolution because
There was no tradition of self-government in Latin America.
The difference in class structures in America before and after the Revolution can be summarized in this way.
No real changes in class structure (wealthy class of gentlemen ran society and government).
The Declaration of Independence inspired the composition of this document that controversially stated "men are born and remain free and equal in rights."
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
This syncretic religion provided a cultural commonality among African-born slaves.
The initial uprising in the Latin American Revolutions took place where and for what reason?
Mexico; peasant revolt driven by hunger for land and high food prices. (led by Hidalgo and Morelos)
Generally, conditions in the new United States were comparatively better than other post-revolution societies for these reasons.
Availability of land (because Native Americans were forced away)
Lack of titled nobility
No legal distinctions between aristocrats/commoners
All men had equal status before the law
These factors gave a more violent and radical character to the French Revolution.
third estate paid most taxes
Middle class resented rights of aristocracy
nobles resented royal taxes
Armed conflict broke out between French forces and the forces of independent Haiti because
Napoleon wanted to return the slavery to the island.
The Latin American Revolution replaced the Spanish colonial regimes with this type of government in most cases.
Anti-democratic, oligarchical governments. This started a trend that continues into the modern day of the military overthrowing the government when it gets too democratic.