18,19,20,21 Flashcards
Dismissed Pitt the elder
George III
Fredrick the great; best cultured and educated monarchs
Fredrick II
an intelligent woman who wished to reform Russia
Catherine II
Determined to make changes and enhance Habsburg’s power
Joseph II
Between Europe, India, and America
Seven years’ war
a treaty signed in 1763 by Great Britain, France, and Spain that ended the Seven Years War in Europe (1756–63) and the French and Indian War in North America.
Treaty of Paris
the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.
Articles of Confederation
a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.
Constitution
the first ten amendments to the US Constitution,
Bill of Rights
a term in common law for a person’s property, entitlements and obligations
Estates
a palace built for Louis XIV near the town of Versailles, southwest of Paris. It was built around a chateau belonging to Louis XIII, which was transformed by additions in the grand French classical style.
Versailles
was a French playwright and political activist whose feminist and abolitionist writings reached a large audience.
Olympe de Gouges
a country in the Caribbean Sea that occupies the western third of the island of Hispaniola
Haiti
a battle fought on June 18, 1815, near the village of Waterloo (in what is now Belgium), in which Napoleon’s army was defeated by the British (under the Duke of Wellington) and Prussians. The allied pursuit caused Napoleon’s army to disintegrate entirely, ending his bid to return to power.
Waterloo
is the national motto of France and the Republic of Haiti, and is an example of a tripartite motto.
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
A movement to end slavery, whether formal or informal. In Western Europe and the Americas, abolitionism is a historical movement to end the African and Indian slave trade and set slaves free.
Abolition of slavery
a lieutenant in the Revolution
Napoleon Bonaparte