Section 2 part 2 Flashcards
Who coined the term “The American Paradox?
Edmund Morgan
What was the American Paradox that Morgan considered?
The constitution of liberty was also the constitution of slavery
Who is representative of the migration of political ideals of democracy from France to America?
Marquis de Lafayette
Who wrote Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen in 1789?
Lafayette
When were the Storming of Bastille and the establishment of the French National Assembly?
summer of 1789
What document does the French “Declaration” echo?
Declaration of Independence
What American was notably with Lafayette in 1789?
Jefferson
What were the Jacobins known for by people in the US?
Violence, extremism, and insurrection
What French group was Lafayette a leader of?
Girondins
What French king and queen were killed in 1793?
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
How many people were executed in France during the Reign of Terror?
17,000
Who wrote The Rights of Man?
Thomas Paine
What party quickly condemned the extremism of the French Revolution?
Federalist
What was the name of Haiti before it came independent?
Saint-Domingue
When did the Haitian Revolution end?
1798