8782232413 | Deism | The belief that divinity simply set natural laws in motion and then did not intervene | 0 | |
8782234903 | Romanticism | Artistic movement that spread widely in Europe and the Americas in the 1800s | 1 | |
8782234904 | Nationalism | A feeling of intense loyalty to others who share one's language and culture | 2 | |
8782237468 | Voltaire | French Philosopher during the Enlightenment. Believed that religious toleration should triumph over religious extremism. Believed that separation of church and state is best | 3 | |
8782237469 | Salons | Social gatherings of European intellectuals that took place in the homes of the rich and famous | 4 | |
8782270233 | French Estates General | First Estate: The Church (clergy). Second State: Nobility Third Estate: The commons, the French bourgeoisie and working class before the French Revolution | 5 | |
8782270234 | Bourgeoisie | The middle class | 6 | |
8782273128 | Tennis Court Oath | Called for a constitution limiting the king's power | 7 | |
8782273129 | Bastile | A former prison that still symbolized the abuses of the monarchy and the corrupt aristocracy | 8 | |
8782275599 | Primogeniture | The right of an eldest son to inherit all his parent's property | 9 | |
8782777172 | Maroons | Escaped slaves, revolted against their white masters, killing them, and burning their houses (in Haiti) | 10 | |
8782814413 | Creoles | A person of mixed European and black descent, especially in the Caribbean | 11 | |
8782858640 | Mestizos | People who born of European and Indian parents | 12 | |
8782880015 | Peninsulares | Colonists who born in Spain and Portugal | 13 | |
8782904968 | Zionism | The desire for Jews to reestablish an independent homeland where their ancestors had lived in the Middle East | 14 | |
8783048212 | Social Contract | an agreement by which they gave up their freedom for an organized society | 15 | |
8783077145 | Baron Montesquieu | Enlightenment thinker who supported the idea of separation of powers | 16 | |
8783111528 | Jean-Jacques Rousseau | French Philosopher during The Enlightenment. He Wrote "The Social Contract". He Believed that government is a contract between rulers and the people. | 17 | |
8783166466 | Thomas Paine | A patriot and author in the Revolutionary War, who wrote the book: Common Sense. Also defended Deism | 18 | |
8783188108 | Declaration of Independence | Expressed the philosophy behind the patriots fight against British troops in America | 19 | |
8783222486 | Separation of Powers | legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies. | 20 | |
8783285539 | Checks and Balances | Counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups. | 21 | |
8783295311 | Declaration of Rights of Man | A statement declaring basic human rights | 22 | |
8783330027 | Philosophes | The intellectuals of the 18th-century Enlightenment who applied reason to the study of many areas of learning, including philosophy, history, science, politics, economics, and social issues. | 23 | |
8783338776 | Napoleon Bonaparte | A French military leader and emperor who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century. | 24 | |
8783362863 | Maximilien Robespierre | Sought to quell opposition by imposing the death penalty on opponents | 25 | |
8783380777 | Toussain L'Ouveture | A former slave that joined revolts in 1791 and then he lead a general rebellion against slavery | 26 | |
8783526455 | Miguel Hidalgo | Called on Indians and mestizos for support in his 1810 drive for Mexican independence from Spain | 27 | |
8783559032 | Simon Bolivar | Continued to push for Enlightenment ideals in Latin America | 28 | |
8783585791 | Giuseppe Mazzini | Had been agitating for Italian resurgence (Risorgimento) since early nineteenth century | 29 | |
8783641085 | Otto Von Bismarck | A practical politician and Prussian leader. He used nationalist feelings to engineer three wars to bring about German unification | 30 | |
8783645295 | La Reforma | Initiated in Mexico following the ouster of conservative president Antonio López de Santa Anna by a group of liberals under the 1854 Plan de Ayutla | 31 | |
8783645296 | Realpolitik | A system of politics or principles based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations | 32 | |
8783645297 | Socialism | A political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole | 33 | |
8783646982 | Adam Smith | Economist who established liberal economics. He also Believed that the government should avoid regulating the economy in favor of market forces challenged. He had Mercantilism beliefs such as a nation's wealth should be measured by its amount of gold and silver | 34 | |
8783646983 | Laissez-faire | A policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering. | 35 |
AMSCO AP World History Chapter 21 Vocabulary Flashcards
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