Chapter 19&20 Flashcards

1
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Why did the British raise taxes on the American Colonies

A

to pay for French and Indian War

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2
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What was used as the basis of the Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson

A

natural rights enlightenment

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3
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Why was George Washington a good pick for leader of the army

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he had political and military experience and brought balance between north and south

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4
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people who didn’t think the American Revolution was justified

A

Loyalist

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5
Q

Why did foreign Nations help America

A

French and Indian War and Balance of Power

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6
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Why did the colonies form a weak central government

A

because they were scared of authority, paranoid

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7
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How did Thomas Jefferson use the ideas of Thomas Locke

A

we are born with certain rights Social Contract

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8
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Marquis de Lafayette

A

french general that fought with Washington

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9
Q

the religious leaders in French Society

A

First Estate

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10
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nobility/landowners in French Society

A

Second Estate

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11
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the third estate decided to form a new govt

A

Tennis Court Oath

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12
Q

middle age castle/prison/armory

A

Bastille

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13
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other nations would step in to support the French King

A

Great Fear

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14
Q

was offended by the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen

A

Olympe de Gouges

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15
Q

Why didn’t France have enough money

A

expensive wars and kings who spent too much

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16
Q

common people ho played a major role in the radical revolution

A

sans-culottes

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17
Q

radical who lead the french Government

A

Georges Danton

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18
Q

machine that made beheading faster

A

guillotine

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19
Q

lawyer who was a part of the Estates General

A

Maximilien Robespierre

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20
Q

reign by the Committee of Public Safety

A

Reign of Terror

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21
Q

Why did the attempt to De-Christianize France fail

A

because the people were deeply catholic

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22
Q

a black slave who lead the revolt of Haiti

A

Toussaint L’Overture

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23
Q

plot to overthrow the govt

A

coup d’teat

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24
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Napoleon’s Wife

25
made the french legal system fair and codfied the law
Napoleon
26
women who wrote against napoleon
Germaine de Stael
27
Who was Napoleon's greatest enemy
England
28
collation of nations to agree to follow Napoleon
Grand Empire
29
why didn't Napoleon invade England
because they controlled the seas
30
boycott of British Goods
Continental System
31
Why did Napoleon invade Russia
because they bought British goods
32
What about nature hurt Napoleon
Winter
33
Where did the Industrial Revolution Begin
Britain
34
investors willing to take great risk
Entrepreneurs
35
What markets did the British have
colonies, India
36
something that restricts you from being able to operate at full compaity
bottleneck
37
invented the steam engine
James Watt
38
what was the original intention of James Watt's invention
to pump out water from the mines
39
who changed the iron industry by the process of puddling
Henry Cort
40
created the locomotive
George Stephenson
41
how did employers get employees to be disciplined
by docking pay, firing, and capitol punishment
42
glass building that was dedicated to British Industry
Crystal Palace
43
taxes on imported goods
tariff
44
introduced interchangeable parts
Harper's Ferry
45
how did the US deal with their disadvantage in transportation
the railroad and steamboat
46
why didn't the industrial revolution spread to Russia
not enough resources, leadership didn't like it
47
What was the relationship with the Catholics and Protestants in Ireland
poor Catholics oppressed by the rich protestants
48
What caused the Great potato famine
a fungus that rotted potatoes and blight
49
What did the Irish do to prevent them from starving
emigrated
50
What was the rich's reaction to the poor living conditions
they would move away from it
51
What did Edwin Chadwick seek
elimination of poverty, the govt built housing and that they should help the people
52
middle class person
bourgeoisie
53
Why were people from religious minorities so successful
because they banded together to help everyone
54
Why was child labor nothing new
because children had worked for their parents before
55
When child labor laws were passed who took their place
women
56
What was the purpose to the Poor Law Act of 1834
it made being poor illegal
57
What did unions use to get their way
strikes
58
Who were the Luddites
people who destroyed machines because they feared them
59
what was the goal of the Chartism Movement
it was to elect people who supported your causes