Vocabulary
A government where even the ruler must follow the law.
What is a CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT.
The representative group that challenged the king over taxes and laws.
What is PARLIAMENT.
Why American colonists turned against the King of England.
What is UNFAIR TAXATION (without representation).
The social system in France before the French Revolution that divided people into different groups.
What are the THREE ESTATES.
This social group controlled most Latin American colonies before independence and was at the top of society.
Who were the PENINSULARES.
The belief that a king’s power comes from God.
What is DIVINE RIGHT.
Why Parliament turned against the king.
What was he TRIED TO RULE without PARLIAMENT / RAISED TAXES UNFAIRLY.
Different beliefs and philosophies that suggested to colonists they had the right to rebel, like from Montesquieu, Locke, Voltaire, and Rousseau.
What are ENLIGHTENMENT IDEAS.
The group that paid most taxes but had the least power.
Who were the COMMON PEOPLE (THIRD ESTATE).
How earlier revolutions influenced Latin America.
The middle class in France who had money but little political power.
Who were the BOURGEOISIE.
The document that forced the English king to follow the law.
The action colonists used to protest British goods.
What is a BOYCOTT.
One major reason French people turned against their king.
What was UNFAIR TAXATION / SOCIAL INEQUALITY.
Why Napoleon’s actions in Europe helped trigger revolutions in Latin America.
What is SPAIN WAS WEAKENED / DISTRACTED.
People born in Latin America but of European descent.
Who were the CREOLES.
The main result of England’s struggle between king and Parliament.
What is a LIMITED (CONSTITUTIONAL) MONARCHY.
The goal of the American Revolution.
What is INDEPENDENCE or SELF-RULE.
A violent period meant to scare enemies of the revolution.
What was the REIGN OF TERROR.
The leader of the revolution of Haiti.
Who was TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE.
The belief that power belongs to the people, not a king.
The big idea England helped prove to the rest of the world.
What is that NO ONE - NOT EVEN A KING - IS ABOVE THE LAW.
What the American Revolution showed people in other parts of the world.
What is that PEOPLE COULD OVERTHROW UNFAIR COLONIAL GOVERNMENTS.
The leader who rose to power by restoring order after the chaos of the revolution.
Who was NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.
The overall result of Latin American revolutions.
What is INDEPENDENCE but CONTINUED SOCIAL INEQUALITY.