The American And French Revolution Flashcards
King George III
The king of Britain during the American Revolutionary War. He was known for insisting on royal privilege.
Taxation without representation
. A slogan of the Revolutionary War and the years before.
the stamp act
an act of the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents.
George washington
The first president of the United States, and the commanding general of the victorious American army in the Revolutionary War.
Redcoats
a British soldier.
Continental Army
The Continental Army was formed by the Second Continental Congress after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War by the colonies that became the United States of America.
Seven Year War
A war fought in the middle of the eighteenth century between the German kingdom of Prussia, supported by Britain, and an alliance that included Austria, France, and Russia.
loyalists
a colonist of the American revolutionary period who supported the British cause.
Patriots
a person who vigorously supports their country and is prepared to defend it against enemies or detractors.
Thomas Jefferson
A political leader of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries; one of the Founding Fathers; the leader of the Democratic-Republican party.
declaration of independence
The Declaration of Independence is defined as the formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain.
The Three Estates
The Three Estates refer to the three divisions of European society in the Middle Ages: the nobles (first estate), the clergy (second estate), and the commoners (third estate).
Louis xv
King of France (1715-1774) who led France into the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) and the Seven Years’ War (1756-1763), during which France lost its colony in Canada
Marie Antoinette
(1755–93), French queen, wife of Louis XVI. A daughter of Maria Theresa, she married the future Louis XVI of France in 1770.
Versailles
A city of north-central France west-southwest of Paris.
National Assembly
the elected legislature in France during the first part of the French Revolution, 1789–91
Estate General
the legislative body in France until 1789, representing the three estates of the realm (i.e., the clergy, the nobility, and the commons).
Declaration of rights of man
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (French: Déclaration des droits de l’homme et du citoyen), passed by France’s National Constituent Assembly in August 1789, is a fundamental document of the French Revolution and in the history of human and civil rights.
Constitution of 1791
French constitution created by the National Assembly during the French Revolution.
Emigres
a person who has left their own country in order to settle in another, usually for political reasons.
Radicals
a person who advocates thorough or complete political or social reform; a member of a political party or part of a party pursuing such aims.
Moderates
a person who holds moderate views, especially in politics.
Conservatives
holding to traditional attitudes and values and cautious about change or innovation, typically in relation to politics or religion.
Reign of Terror
a period of remorseless repression or bloodshed, in particular Reign of Terror, the period of the Terror during the French Revolution.
