5.2 nationalism & revolutions Flashcards
who were physiocrats?
provided a defense of free market deas instead of european mercantilism
what did thomas jefferson believe in?
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
what were the three ideas of the french revolution?
liberty, equality, property
what was the national assembly?
the formerly known “commoners” of the Estates-General (government meeting for the three sectors of society)
what was the bastille and why was it stormed?
a former prison that symbolized the abuses of monarchy and the corrupt aristocracy
who became the emperor of France?
Napoleon Bonaparte
who was in the haitian revolution?
enslaved africans
maroons (people who already escaped slavery in haiti)
toussaint l’ouverture (formerly enslaved)
jean jacques dessalines
l’ovuverture’s successor
Haiti became the first latin american country to win its independence
and the first black-led country in the western hemisphere.
creoles
many were wealthy owners of estates/businesses
wanted independence from spain & its mercantilism (spain only)
wanted more political power instead of peninsulares
mestizos
wanted wealth & political power many worked in jobs of the peninsulares & creoles
Simon Bolivar’s beliefs
liberal, abolition of slavery, free market
Manuela Saenz
“Liberator of the Liberator’ saved Bolivar
Lola Rodriguez de tio
critiques of Spain’s exploitive rule over Puerto Rico
realpolitik
practical politics of reality
Cavour
Bismarck
what new empire did bismarck found?
the german empire
