Unit 2 test Flashcards
3 causes of the French Revolution
- Enlightenment ideas
- Estate system
- Financial problems
What was the importance of the DOROMAC?
Equality, natural rights of all people, Protected private property, enlightened ideas etc
Pros of Robespierre
Created more a Republican forms of government with greater democracy
Diminished role of Catholic Church in French society
Eliminate monarchy/reduce the role of the church in government
Extended voting rights to all males in France
Abolished slavery in French colonies (It would be short lived though)
Cons of Robespierre
Executed the King- this sent shockwaves throughout Europe
Used terror against enemies- thousands of innocents were killed
Changed traditions too quickly- abolishing the Church and turning all churches into temples of Reason and creating a new calendar are examples of this
Effects of the French Revolution
End of estate system, end of privileged nobility, sense of nationalism
What allowed napoleon to rise to power
End of reign of terror, constant victories in battle, and yearning for stability in france
Effects of Napoleons reign
Napoleonic Code, Strengthening the ideas of universal education, Ideas of Enlightenment
Goals of Congress of Vienna
Meeting of the powers of Europe that took place after Napoleon’s exile, Reconfigure the map of Europe, equal power across europe
2 causes of the Haitian Revolution
Brutality of sugar plantations, Free people of color demand to be treated as equals in France
Results of the Haitian Revolution
First Latin American nation to declare independence in Western Hemisphere, First successful slave revolt,
Toussaint L’Ouverture
leader of Haitian Revolution
Jean-Jaques Dessalines
Toussaint successor and 2nd leader of the revolution
political and economic reasons that led Creoles
Castas System, opposed to mercantilism, influenced by the Enlightenment
Why did Bolivar’s vision of a United South America fail?
Geography
Regionalism
Made Latin America more vulnerable to the US corporations
