the american and french revolutions Flashcards
Toussaint L’Ouverture
François Dominique [frahn-swa dawmee-neek] (Show IPA), 1743–1803, Haitian patriot and leader of the Haitian Revolution slave rebellion.
miguel hidalgo
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, (born May 8, 1753, Corralejo, near Guanajuato, Mexico—died July 30, 1811, Chihuahua), Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary leader who is called the father of Mexican independence. Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla.
castilla
Castile. , Castilla (Spanish) n a former kingdom comprising most of modern Spain: originally part of León, it became an independent kingdom in the 10th century and united with Aragon (1469), the first step in the formation of the Spanish state.
simon bolivar
Simon Bolivar - Venezuelan statesman who led the revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule; founded Bolivia in 1825 (1783-1830) El Libertador, Bolivar.
gran columbia
Gran Colombia (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɡɾaŋ koˈlombja], “Great Colombia”) is a name used today for the state that encompassed much of northern South America and part of southern Central America from 1819 to 1831.
monroe doctrine
a principle of US policy, originated by President James Monroe in 1823, that any intervention by external powers in the politics of the Americas is a potentially hostile act against the US.
portfillio diaz
José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori (Spanish pronunciation: [porˈfiɾjo ði.as]; 15 September 1830 – 2 July 1915) was a Mexican general and politician who served seven terms as President of Mexico, a total of three and a half decades from 1876 to 1911.
benito juarez
Benito Juárez (1806-1872) was a Mexican statesman and resistance leader against the French. After defeating the Austrian would-be emperor Maximilian, Juárez instituted numerous liberal reforms as president. By 1850 Mexico seemed on the verge of total collapse.
war of the pacific
The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia-Pacific War, was the theater of World War II that was fought in the Pacific and East Asia. It was fought over a vast area that included the Pacific Ocean and islands, the South West Pacific, South-East Asia, and in China (including the 1945 Soviet–Japanese conflict).
emiliano zapata
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Emiliano Zapata Salazar (Spanish pronunciation: [emiˈljano saˈpata]; 8 August 1879 – 10 April 1919) was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution, the main leader of the peasant revolution in the state of Morelos, and the inspiration of the agrarian movement called Zapatismo.
pancho villa
Francisco “Pancho” Villa (born José Doroteo Arango Arámbula; 5 June 1878 – 20 July 1923) was a Mexican Revolutionary general and one of the most prominent figures of the Mexican Revolution. … The two revolutionary generals briefly came together to take Mexico City after Carranza’s forces retreated from it.
vaqueros
(in Spanish-speaking parts of the US) a cowboy; a cattle driver.
unification
the process of being united or made into a whole.
napoleon
a gold twenty-franc French coin minted during the reign of Napoleon I.
2. 19th-century man’s boot reaching above the knee in front and with a piece cut out behind, originally worn by cavalrymen.
brazil
a large three-sided nut with an edible kernel, several of which grow inside a large woody capsule. Brazil nuts grow on a South American forest tree, and most are harvested in the wild.
