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Revolutions in the World Flashcards

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Important Figures of the American Revolution

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Thomas Jefferson

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Thomas Jefferson

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Wrote the Declaration of Independence; 3rd President; Wealthy planter (own estate + slaves)

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What was never the goal of the American revolution

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Overthrow of the economic system

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Slavery in the American Revolution

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Blamed King George III for the practice; Only thing that had to be removed from the declaration of independence

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Causes for the American Revolution

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Taxes - Stamped Act + Boston Tea Party; Getting judged; Revolution; Send troops to the US

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Laissez-faire

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Adam Smith’s idea; With minimal government intervention - Let people do what they want

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Goal of the American Revolution

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Pay less in taxes; To have more to say in government decisions / free of government interference

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Important Events during the American Revolution

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Stamp + Tea Act (Taxes): Boston Tea Party; 7 Years War / French and Indian War; Continental Congress → Declaration of Independence

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Senate

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In the Congress: Responsible for representing the rich and well-born; Interest of the upper class

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House of Representative

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House of the commoners; Not lot of transformation in hierarchy; Slavery doesn’t get abolished

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Major groups during the American Revolution

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White elites; Whites of modest means; Blacks

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Social mobility during the American Revolution

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White elites moved more up;
Whites of modest means still had bare political representation

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Enlightened Ideas in the American Revolution

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John Locke: Justify Peasant Tax -> Right to property

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Major Figures during the French Revolution

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Maximilien Robespierre

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Maximilien Robespierre

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Jacobin leader; Leads the Reign of Terror; Executed Olympe de Gouge; Death led to end of liberalism and against Enlightenment ideals → Create the Directory

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Reign of Terror

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Robespierre and his party killed the king and queen to exercise power; Guillotine - perfected beheading / Symbol for the Reign of Terror

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Directory

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The governing five-member committee in the French First Republic

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Marie Antoinette

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Queen of France; “Let them eat cake”

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Causes for the French Revolution

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Wanted Liberty, Equality, Fraternity (brotherhood): Got its ideas from the American revolution; Rights of Man + Citizen; Taxes; Voting by class and not by individual

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Liberty, Equality, Fraternity (brotherhood)

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Main cause of the French Revolution

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Rights of Man + Citizen

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Liberty, property, security and resistance to oppression

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Goal of the French Revolution

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Limit power of their monarch and copy what the US did

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How did the French become a Republic?

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Fair voting in the beginning which developed into a limited constitutional monarchy - however, unsuccessful because Louis wanted to kill them all -> Republic

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Limited Constitutional Monarchy

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A monarchy which has its power limited by a constitution; Louis XVI enjoyed only a fraction of the power he had as an absolute monarch

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Republic

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Didn’t kill Louis; Removed powers of Louis and gave it to the Estate General

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Louis XVI

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King of the French

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Important Events during the French Revolution

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Storming of the Bastille; Mass unemployment and starvation; Estates - Constitution; Popular sovereignty; Promoted education; Developed the draft

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Major Groups during the French Revolution

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Nobility & Clergy; Bourgeoisie (middle class); Peasants

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Nobility & Clergy

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Gets 1 vote; 1st Estate; Don’t have to pay taxes; Catholic Church = Largest single landowner → The Third estate had to pay taxes because the deaths of American Revolution required an increase in taxes

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What happened to the 1st Estate after the Revolution?

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Lost all of their power; Priests turned into local employees / regular citizens; Secularism: Religion doesn’t have place in political life

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Bourgeoisie / Middle Class

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2nd Estate; Gets 1 vote
Gain the most from the revolution; Rise up and became the dominant group

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Peasants

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3rd Estate; Gets 1 vote
3rd Estate (97%); After Revolution: Free of their lords and rents + can own their own land

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Levee en masse

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French Draft - Citizen army not controlled by the government

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Nationalism

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Develop sense of patriotism and love of your culture; Effect of the Draft

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Enlightened Ideas in the French Revolution

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Jean Jacques Rousseau: Popular sovereignty

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Important Figures of the Haitian Revolution

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Toussaint L’Ouverture; Jean Jacques Dessalines

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Toussaint L’Ouverture

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Son of slaves; Father of Haiti; Leader of the slaves who overcame the white settlers and foreign armies; Learned to read and write from a Roman Catholic priest; Built a strong and disciplined army; Made the French, British, and Spanish forces turn on each other

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Jean Jacques Dessalines

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Leader of the Haitian Revolution; 1st ruler of independent Haiti under the constitution of 1805; Lieutenant of Toussaint

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Political Causes

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Enslaved and colored people inspired by success of the American + French revolution - Built up courage to have violence on the political and social revolution in Saint Domingue

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Identity Causes

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Racism / unfairness against the mulatto population and slaves; Cause of racism: Large growth in # of mulatto population -> Effect: French colonists got scared and made more restrictions on rights and freedom of colored

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Military Causes

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Mulattos’ participation in the American war of independence allowed them to see revolutionary ideals in practice → Intent of reforming Saint-Domingue

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Economic Causes

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Sugar plantations - Planters abuse enslaved people → Increase in death rate → Many slaves ran away + formed their own societies

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Social Causes

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White settlers in Saint-Domingue created laws and the right to govern themselves but didn’t grant political and legal equality to the mulattos

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Goal of the Haitian Revolution

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Independence from the French + Abolish slavery / Freedom + equal citizenship for all people in St.Domingue

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Enlightened Ideas in the Haitian Revolution

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JJR: All people are born with rights - Slaves didn’t have them; Popular sovereignty - Should base of on the blacks because they are the majority but that wasn’t the case
John Locke: Natural rights of life, liberty, and property - Slaves didn’t have any of these

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Napoleon’s role in Haitian Revolution

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Decision of reintroducing slavery caused the establishment of Haiti

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Important Events during the Haitian Revolution

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L’Ouverture led an army and killed most of the whites; Toussaint created an institution granting equality and citizenship to all the residents of Saint - Domingue; Didn’t declare independence from France due to Napoleon; Toussaint attempted to negotiate a peaceful settlement → Didn’t work and died in prison
1803, Napoleon declared his intention to reintroduce slavery → Dessaline rose in rebellion and expelled the French
In 1803, declared independence and 1805 established Haiti

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Why is the Haitian Revolution significant?

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Because it’s the only successful slave revolt

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Major groups during the Haitian Revolution

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Whites; Mulattoes; Blacks

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Whites in Haitian society

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40 thousands; Divided into 3 different classes

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Mulattoes in Haitian

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28 thousands; Artisans; Servants

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Blacks in Haitian

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Major population; Slaves on sugar plantations; No rights

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Maroons

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Slaves who escaped to the mountains and built their own settlements

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Change in political system after Haitian Revolution

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Before: French + plantation owners had authority which designed to maintain control over the large populated slaves
After: Abolishment of slavery; Establishment of Republic

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Change in social system after Haitian Revolution

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Before: Social hierarchy based off wealth and slavery / race
After: No more hierarchical structure - equality among everyone

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Change in economy after Haitian Revolution

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Before: Large sugar plantations
After: Abolishment of plantations - forced labor on sugar plantations due to failing economy

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Important Figures of the South American Revolution

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Simon Bolivar

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Simon Bolivar

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Creole; Inspired by George Washington + American Revolution; Believed in Popular Sovereignty + Political freedom; Letter from Jamaica; Created Republic; Wanted to rebel + make all Spanish colonies remain together and become a single massive Republic; Defeated Ferdinand VI’s spanish army; Coordinated with creole elites to campaign and overcome armies

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Enlightened Ideas in South American Revolution

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JJR: Popular Sovereignty + Political freedom

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Letter from Jamaica

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Bolivar expressed his idea to form Republic throughout America - failed due to political problems

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Goal of the South American Revolutions

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(Creoles) Leaving the Spanish government in Europe and form their own government sho that they can be at the top of the social hierarchy

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Junta

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Hostile seizure of the government by a military leader, usually generals

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Important events in South American Revolutions

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Buenos Air - Creole; Junta; Travel to Chile and Peru through Mountain Ranges

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Major groups during South American Revolutions

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Creoles (largest population); Mestizos; Indians; Blacks

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Social hierarchy of South American Revolutions

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Didn’t change with creoles at the top (have most wealth and power) and everyone else in poor conditions

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Result in Brazil (South American Revolution)

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Achieved independence as a monarchy but the poor were still compressed; Supported enlightenment ideas but ended up going against them

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South America after the Revolution

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Creoles having the most power; Peninsulares kicked out

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What is the same goal / idea for all revolutions?

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Equality for all but they all result in some oppression in certain people

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Important Figures in the Mexican Revolution

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Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

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Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

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Priest; Father of Mexican independence; Founder of the Queretaro Group; Doesn’t identify with the creoles; Leads the mestizos against the whites

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Queretaro Group

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Club-meeting that talked about how the oppression Spain has on Mexico - Spain controls and uses Mexico to support itself

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What did Miguel want?

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Radical transformation as he’s fighting for the poor but he failed due to ongoing conflicts

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Causes for the Mexican Revolution

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Gold ran out led to the creation of plantation economies; Creoles increased taxes and decided who Mexicans can trade with;
Nationalism

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Nationalism

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Demand more roles / participation in government

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How was the Mexican Revolution different from the other revolutions?

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It failed because the government killed all the leaders in the revolution

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How is Miguel different from other leaders?

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Other leaders want to run things themselves; Miguel successfully led the revolution but wanted to create a monarchy on his own → he got kicked out

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Cry of Dolores

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Speech / cry for racial equality + redistribution of land; Caused mestizos and indigenous people to respond but they were unprepared against the creoles

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Result of Racial Identity in Mexicans

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Most identify as mestizo

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Who were the main figure of the Napoleonic era?

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Napoleon Bonaparte

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Napoleon Bonaparte

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Born French but Italian; Became a general at a young age; Overthrew the Directory → Created a new government and made himself a dictator by making peace with the Catholic Church

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Concordat

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Agreement between Napoleon and the Pope where Napoleon can have the land in exchange for making Catholicism the main religion

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Civil Code

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All men are equal; Equality before law

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Consulate

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French government where Napoleon was voted emperor for life because he offers social mobility based on enlightenment ideals on individual rights;
Doesn’t give anyone individual power

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Enlightened Despots

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Absolute ruler who still believes in Enlightenment values and shares some with you

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Continental system

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Napoleon’s strategy to weaken Britain’s economy by banning trade between Britain and states occupied by or allied with France; System where Napoleon decided to boycott English goods

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Social hierarchy of Napoleon

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Created his own dynasty and made his family members nobles

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Causes for Napoleon’s warfare

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Military Campaigns

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Goal of Napoleon

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Rule most of Europe - Didn’t achieve it but came close to it

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War of Liberation

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All of France’s allies went against him and kicked him out

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Universal Manhood Suffrage

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All males get to vote

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Napoleonic Code

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Embrace the most popular equality, laws, property ownerships; Spread to culture to conquered people; Best at promoting human rights among the whole population; Same rights for most people

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Government of Napoleon

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Believes in meritocracy

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Meritocracy

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Most talented person get the job

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