The American and French Revolutions Vocab Flashcards
Toussaint L’ Ouverture
The best-known leader of the Haitian Revolution. His military and political acumen saved the gains of the first Black insurrection in November 1791.
Saint Dominque
A French colony on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola from 1659 to 1804.
Miguel Hidalgo
A Mexican Roman Catholic priest and a leader of the Mexican War of Independence.
Castilla
An independent kingdom between the 10th and 15th centuries, it formed the largest power in the Iberian peninsula. The name derives from the many castles in the region.
Simon Bolivar
A Venezuelan military and political leader who played a leading role in the establishment of Venezuela.
Gran Columbia
A name used today for the state that encompassed much of northern South America and part of southern Central America from 1819 to 1831.
Pedro 1 and Pedro 2
Pedro 1 was the founder and first ruler of the Empire of Brazil. Pedro 2 was the second and last ruler of the Empire of Brazil, reigning for over 58 years.
Monroe Doctrine
The best known U.S. policy toward the Western Hemisphere.
Portfolio Diaz
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
A Mexican lawyer and politician of Zapotec origin from Oaxaca who served as the president of Mexico for five terms: 1858–1861 as interim, then 1861–1865, 1865–1867, 1867–1871 and 1871–1872 as constitutional president.
War of the Pacific
Took place from 1879 to 1883, with Bolivia and Peru on one side and Chile on the other.
Emiliano Zapata
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
A Mexican Revolutionary general and one of the most prominent figures of the Mexican Revolution.
Vaqueros
(in Spanish-speaking parts of the US) A cowboy; a cattle driver.
Unification
The process of being united or made into a whole.
