5.2 Flashcards
Nationalism and Revolutions
Declaration of Independence
Document written by Thomas Jefferson that started the American Revolution by declaring the United States “undeniable rights”
liberte, egalite, et fraternite
French revolutionary slogan
philosophes
enlightenment thinkers and writers who invented and popularized Enlightenment styles of thinking
Bastille
French prison that represented the injustices of the monarchy, it was stormed by revolutionaries, helping to force the king to accept the new government
Declaration of the Rights of Man
French declaration after the French Revolution declaring their basic and natural rights within the new government
Reign of Terror
Series of executions of nobles, including the king and queen, after the French Revolution led by revolutionary group the Jacobins
Haiti
former French colony, a group of slaves and maroons led a slave revolt and it became the first and only country to gain independence via a slave revolt.
Maroons
individuals who had escaped slavery and lived in independent black communities
Toussaint L’Ouverture
Haitian who became a general and led the maroons and slaves of Haiti in rebellion, succeeded, and became governor of Haiti
creoles
Those born of European descent in the Spanish colonies
mestizos
Those born of European and Indigenous descent in the Spanish colonies
peninsulares
Those born of European descent in Spain who moved to the Spanish colonies
mulattoes
Those born of European and either African or Indigenous descent in the Spanish colonies
Simon Bolivar
Latin American revolutionary and general who fought for enlightenment ideals, a free market, and the end of the slave trade in Latin American countries in hope of a revolution like the United States
Lola Rodriguez de Tio
Puerto Rican renowned educated female poet who fought for freedom and gathered revolutionaries in Puerto Rico and Cuba.