Chapter 8 Key Terms

Question 1

Successful rebellion against British rule that established the United States.Conducted by the European settlers in the colonies of British North America, starting in 1716

Answer 1

American Revolution

Question 2

A charter of political liberties drawn up by the French National Assembly that proclaimed equal rights of all male citizens. It gave expression to the essential outlook of the French Revolution.

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Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

Question 3

A massive upheaval of French society that overthrew the monarchy, ended legal privileges of the nobility, and for a time outlawed the Catholic Church.

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French Revolution

Question 4

Leader of the French Revolution during the Terror, responsible for the execution of tens of thousands of enemies of the revolution. He was arrested and guillotined.

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Robespierre

Question 5

He established a military dictatorship in France and spread revolutionary ideals throughout Europe.

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Napoleon Bonaparte

Question 6

The only fully successful slave rebellion in world history, leading to the establishment of an independent state in Saint-Domingue (Haiti).

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Haitian Revolution

Question 7

A series of risings in Spanish and Portuguese colonies that established independence from European rule but retained privileges for elites.

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Latin American Revolutions

Question 8

Leaders of the Mexican War of Independence that began in 1810.

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Hidalgo-Morelos Rebellion

Question 9

Leader of a Native American rebellion in Peru in the early 1780s, claiming descent from the last Inca emperor.

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Tupac Amaru

Question 10

A slave rebellion in the British West Indies inspired by the Haitian Revolution, where around 60,000 slaves attacked plantations.

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Great Jamaica Revolt

Question 11

Internal movement that condemned slavery as morally repugnant and contributed much to ending slavery in the western world in the 19th century

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Abolitionist Movement

Question 12

Written by Mary Wolsteincraft one of the earliest espressions of feminist consciousness

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Vindication Of The Rights Of Women

Question 13

Leading figure of the earliest women’s rights movement in the US; drafted a statement paraphrasing the Declaration Of Independence stating women and men were created equal

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Question 14

Movement that claimed that women have value in society not because of an abstract idea of equality but because women have a distinctive and vital role as mothers

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Maternal Feminism

Question 15

Focusing on citizens loyalty on the notion that they are part of a nation with a unique culture, territory, and common experience

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Nationalism