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| 64663972 | Enlightenment | Intellectual movement (18th c) applied methods and questions of Scientific Revolution to study of human society; advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions. | 0 | |
| 64663973 | Benjamin Franklin | American public official, writer, scientist, and printer. After the success of his Poor Richard's Almanac (1732-1757), he entered politics and played a major part in the American Revolution. Franklin negotiated French support for the colonists, signed the Treaty of Paris (1783), and helped draft the Constitution (1787-1789). His numerous scientific and practical innovations include the lightning rod, bifocal spectacles, and a stove. | 1 | |
| 64663974 | George Washington | Virginian, patriot, general, and president. Lived at Mount Vernon. Led the Revolutionary Army in the fight for independence. First President of the United States. | 2 | |
| 64663975 | Joseph Brant | Pro-British Mohawk leader that devastated New York and Pennsylvania frontiers in 1778. Led Inidian resistance against white settlement. Organized the northwestern Indians in an alliance. | 3 | |
| 64663976 | Constitutional Convention | The meeting of state delegates in 1787 in Philadelphia called to revise the Articles of Confederation. It instead designed a new plan of government, the US Constitution. | 4 | |
| 64663977 | Estates General | France's traditional national assembly with representatives of the three estates, or classes, in French society: the clergy, nobility, and commoners. The calling of the Estates General in 1789 led to the French Revolution. | 5 | |
| 64663978 | National Assembly | French Revolutionary assembly (1789-1791). Called first as the Estates General, the three estates came together and demanded radical change. It passed the Declaration of the Rights of Man in 1789. (p. 585) | 6 | |
| 64663979 | Declaration of the Rights of Man | Document written by Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson. Stated very well that political sovereignty did not rest in the hands of a monarch but rather with the nation at large. All citizens were equal before the law and in enjoyment of rights and responsibilities of society. Freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom to engage in economic activity of their choice. Property was inviolable and sacred. | 7 | |
| 64663980 | Jacobins | Radical republicans during the French Revolution. They were led by Maximilien Robespierre from 1793 to 1794. Most attendees of the National Convention were Jacobins. | 8 | |
| 64663981 | Maximillien Robespierre | A young, little known lawyer from the provinces who had been influenced by Rousseau's ideas. Launched the Reign of Terror (40K executions; 300K imprisoned) and led the Jacobins. | 9 | |
| 64663982 | Napoleon Bonaparte | . Overthrew French Directory in 1799 and became emperor of the French in 1804. Failed to defeat Great Britain and abdicated in 1814. Returned to power briefly in 1815 but was defeated and died in exile. | 10 | |
| 64663983 | gens de couleur | Free men and women of color in Haiti. They sought greater political rights and later supported the Haitian Revolution. (See also L'Ouverture, Fran?ois Dominique Toussaint.) | 11 | |
| 64663984 | Francois Dominique Toussaint L'Ouverture | Leader of rebellious slaves. Former domestic slave who created a disciplined military force. | 12 | |
| 64663985 | Congress of Vienna | From 1814-15 representatives of Britain, Russia, Austria, and Prussia met as the Congress of Vienna to reestablish political order in Europe. Created a comprehensive peace settlement that they hoped would safeguard the conservative order. Central objective was to restore France to stability = best guarantee of future peace in Europe. | 13 | |
| 64663986 | Revolutions of 1848 | These revolutions occurred in 1)France, because of the depression and rising unemployment rates caused starvation in France in which they then overthrew the bourgeois monarchy 2)Austria, because the Hungarians rebelled against the Austrian Empire and were joined by the urban poor looking for employment, and 3) Prussia, because the artisans and factory workers joined with the middle-class liberals to rebel against the monarchy and eventually, Prussia became a constitutional monarchy | 14 |
