Chapter 17 Vocab Flashcards
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Document by the French National Assembly that proclaimed the equal rights of all men
Creoles
Native born elites in the Spanish colonies
Declaration of the Rights of Women
Written by the French feminist olympe de gouges that was modeled after the one for all citizens
Estates general
French representative assembly called in to session by Louis XVI
Freetown
West African settlement in modern day Sierra Leone
French Revolution
Massive dislocation of French society
Haiti
Name that revolutionaries gave to the former French colony of saint domingue
Haitian revolution
The only fully successful slave rebellion in world history
Hidalgo-Morelos rebellion
Socially radically peasant insurrection that began in Mexico
Latin American revolutions
Uprisings in the Spanish colonies of Latin America
Toussaint louverture
First leader of the Haitian revolution
Maternal feminism
Movement that claimed that women have value in society
Nation
A clearly defined territory
Nationalism
The focusing of citizens’ loyalty on the notion that they are part of a nation
North American Revolution
Successful rebellion against Britain