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Unit 5 Flashcards

1
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What is Enlightenment

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Scientific Revolution + humanism of Renaissance and human reason to natural law

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Magna Carta

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King must follow law

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3
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Nationalism

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Group of people loyal to their nation

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4
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Derism

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There is a god/creator but has nothing to do with history

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5
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Conservatism

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Strong belief in their religion/practices/ ideas

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Social contract

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Give power to government to protect rights and can remove if need to

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Francis Bacon

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Believed in Empiricism- reality through senses/ themselves and no outside source

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John Locke

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Natural rights (life, liberty, property)

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Adam Smith

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Replaced mercantilism with capitalism- free market

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Montesquieu

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Believed in seperation of powers which stops government from becoming powerful

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11
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Toussaint

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Led successful slave revolt in Haitian revoltuo

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12
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Roseau

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Created social contract and believed that society and institutions limit human freedom

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13
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Voltaire

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French enlightenment philosopher and fought for civil liberty’s

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14
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Nápoleon

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Rose power after French Revolution and was empror of French

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15
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What is a American Revolution cause

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Taxation without Representation by British government

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16
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Who helped American Revolution

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Thomas Jefferson which supported John Locke and his ideas

17
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What revolution did the American revolution inspire

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French Revolution

18
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French Revolution cause

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In horrible debt and participation in wars

19
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French Revolution developed…

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3 estates (clergy, nobility, commoners)

20
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What is the National Assembly

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Created by the third estate( commoners) to create new government

21
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What led to the Bastille attack

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Louis XVI threatened National Assembly

22
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What did the Bastille/ prison represent

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Monarchy abuse and corruption

23
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Why did Louis XVI caused Reign of Terror

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Because in new constitution it said limited power on gov which ended in his head being cut off

24
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Where did the Haitian Revolution take place

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France

25
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What caused the Haitian revolution

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Slaves from plantation owners rose over slave owners for their freedom

26
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The Haitian Revolution…

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First successful slave revolt and the first black led independent nation

27
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Where did the Latin American Revolutions take place

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Spain

28
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What inspired the Latin American Revolution

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Enlightenment and growing revolutions

29
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What caused the Latin American Revolutions

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Creoles taking over with the lead of Simon Bolívar which ended with land named Gran Colombia

30
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What did Simon Bolivar say in the letter to Jamaica

A

Necessity of natural rights and democratic ideals

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