Chapter 15 Vocab

Question 0

Declaration of Independence

Answer 0

July 4, 1776 signed by a bunch of people declaring independence from Britain.

Question 1

French and Indian War

Answer 1

A mid eighteenth century power struggle between France and England

Question 2

George Washington

Answer 2

A North American General who forced British forces to surrender in 1781

Question 3

Federalist system

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A system in which power to delegated between federal and state levels to avoid concentrating all the power in one person’s hands

Question 4

The French Revolution

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A civil war (begun in the 1790s) spawned by the enlightenment, and invigorated by the success of the American Revolution(although its roots were in place before the American). It basically was concerning the fact that there was no parliament, and that children were dying while the Kings were lavish

Question 5

Bourgeoisie

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French middle class and professional people(in the French Revolution)

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Estates General

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An assembly of nobility, church officials, and bourgeoisie

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King Louis XVI

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The king of France during the French Revolution. He called the Estates General in 1789, hoping they would endorse his tax reforms

Question 8

National Assembly

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The new french parliament after the first Revolution, who executed Marie Antoinette and her husband

Question 9

Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizens

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The French declaration of Independance

Question 10

Radical Jacobins (french)

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Stressed the enlightenment value of equality

Question 11

Kings supporters (french revolution)

Answer 11

Wanted the king to retain his power

Question 12

Maximilian Robspierre

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The radical french leader, who decided there was no place for a king after the French Revolution, and guillotined him. He made the reign of terror(1793-94), which only ended when he himself was killed

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Nationalism

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Patriotism, being proud of ones country as a whole

Question 14

Napoleon Bonaparte

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A french general who rose after the French Revolution (because he could, whilst before he couldn’t have because he wasn’t nobility), and staged a coup d’état in 1799, eventually crowning himself emperor in 1804

Question 15

Napoleonic code

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The law code that Napoleon organized after reducing the National Assembly to a rubber stamp. He also assured equal rights and returned property to the church

Question 16

The battle of Waterloo

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In 1815, the British defeated Napoleon here(Belgium). He was exiled afterwards

Question 17

The congress of Vienna

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A congress held in Vienna after napoleons demise, included a bunch of powerful diplomats. They tried to decide what to do with france(eventually decided to re institute monarchy and strengthen the countries around it)

Question 18

Count Camillo di Cavour

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Centralized Italy in the 1800s

Question 19

Otto Von Bismarck

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Centralized Germany in the 1800s

Question 20

Gens de couleur

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Mixed race planter/merchants in Haiti. Played a similar role to the bourgeoisie in France

Question 21

Toussaint L’Overture

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The “black Napoleon”. He defeated napoleons troops and by 1801 made a constitution declaring equality for slaves on the colony of Saint-Domingue. His successors declared Independance from France in 1804

Question 22

Juntas

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Groups of military leaders who ruled for the King of Spain(the one that napoleons instituted after he attacked Spain and Portugal in 1807)

Question 23

Simon Bolivar

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A wealthy creole military officer who revolted in Spanish South America. He revolted in 1810, and ruled until 1830 when his empire crumbled into Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Bolivia

Question 24

How did brazil gain Independance?

Answer 24

When Napoleon invaded Portugal in 1807, the royal family fled to brazil. The king of Portugal declared brazil Independant of Portugal in 1822, and he ruled there.

Question 25

Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

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A mexican priest who called for an uprising in 1810

Question 26

Augustine de Iturbide

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A creole military officer in Mexico who declared Independance in 1821. However, he instituted himself as an emperor, so he was killed.