chapter 16 Flashcards
what city was the headquarters for the British for the revolutionary war?
new york
which battle was considered the turning point of the war
saratoga
what battle ended the war?
yorktown
define the first estate?
upper clergy included bishops and arch bsiops and owned 10% of all land.
define the second estate?
nobles and taxed the poor
define the third estate
the commoners and the largest class, paid all taxes, preformed labor free of charge.
what is bastile day? when is it?
french independance day, when they stormed bastile prison. july 14th
what was the mayflower compact?
established the plimoth coloney consitiction for thwm
who was the king of england during the american revolution?
george the 3rd
what was the date the decleration of indempances was signed?
1776
government based uopn consent of the govern is called what?
popular sovrinty
what was the mobilization of the entire french nation for battle called what?
levee en masse
whos leadership was key to the american revoltuion
george washinton
what was the agreement that the british formally aklolaged the i depancande of the states
treaty of paris 1783
what is the term of the temoryary alliance of nations?
coallssion
who was alexander the first?
he fought nepolaon, he was the czar