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6210315025Adam SmithAuthor of Wealth of Nations0
6210315026Ancien RegimeThe traditional political and social order in Europe before the French Revolution1
6210315027Anti- SemitismPrejudice against Jews2
6210315028Baron de MontequieEnlightment thinker that said power should be seperated between the different branches of government3
6210315029Camillo de CavorLeader in the unification of Italy4
6210315030CaudillosMilitary rulers who emerged in new republics across latin america5
6210315031Civil CodeCode of laws established by Napoleon which preserved many of the ideals of the French Revolution6
6210315032Congress of Vienna(1814-1815 CE) Meeting of representatives of European monarchs called to reestablish the old order after the defeat of Napoleon.7
6210315033ConservatismA belief that limited government insures order competitive markets and personal opportunity.8
6210315034Continental CongressA meeting of delegates from each of the thirteen American colonies. These delegates served as the government during the Revolutionary War.9
6210315035Declaration of IndependenceSigned in 1776 by US revolutionaries; it declared the United States as a free state.10
6210315036Declaration of the Rights of Man and the CitizenStatement of fundamental political rights adopted by the French National Assembly at the beginning of the French Revolution.11
6210315037Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female CitizenWork written to challenge Woman's social roles as outlined in the Declaration '''''' Man and the Citizen12
6210315038Elizabeth Cady StantonAn American social activist, abolitionist, and leading figure of the early woman's movement13
6210315039Estates GeneralAn assembly of representatives from all three of the estates, or social classes, in France14
6210315040French RevolutionA major change in government that began in 1789; it brought an end to the absolute monarchy and a start to a representative government15
6210315041Giuseppe GiribaldiItalian leader of the redshirts. Helped unite italy16
6210315043Gran ColombiaExisted as an independent state until 1830 when Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador became separate independent nations.17
6210315044Haitian RevolutionA major influence of the Latin American revolutions because of its successful; the only successful slave revolt in history; it is led by Toussaint L'Ouverture.18
6210315046Judenstaatseparate Jewish state19
6210315047Klemens Von MetternichThe Foreign Minister of Austria; he had the most influence at the Congress of Vienna.20
6210315048LiberalismA belief that government can and should achieve justice and equality of opportunity.21
6210315054Unification of ItalyA group of nationalistic Italian students that demanded an independent Italy.22
6210315055ZionismA movement to create a Jewish homeland in Palestine23
6210329317American RevolutionRebellion of English American colonies along Atlantic seaboard between 1775 and 1783; resulted in independence for former British colonies and eventual formation of United States of America24
6210335074Criollosa person from Spanish South or Central America, especially one of pure Spanish descent.25
6210339999DeistsThe belief that God has created the universe but remains apart from it and permits his creation to administer itself through natural laws.26
6210344070Enlightenmenta European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. It was heavily influenced by 17th-century philosophers such as Descartes, Locke, and Newton, and its prominent exponents include Kant, Goethe, Voltaire, Rousseau, and Adam Smith.27
6210349823Gens de couleura French term meaning "people of color". The term was commonly used in France's West Indian colonies prior to the abolition of slavery, where it was a short form of gens de couleur libres28
6210357113George Washingtonan American politician and soldier who served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797 and was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.29
6210360524German Unificationa politically and administratively integrated nation state officially occurred on 18 January 1871 in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles in France. Princes of the German states gathered there to proclaim Wilhelm I of Prussia as German Emperor after the French capitulation in the Franco-Prussian War.30
6210380145John Lockewas an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism"31
6210386245Nationalisma complex, multidimensional concept involving a shared communal identification with one's nation. It is a political ideology oriented towards gaining and maintaining self-governance, or full sovereignty, over a territory of historical significance to the group32
6210396319Philosopheswere the intellectuals of the 18th-century Enlightenment. Few were primarily philosophers; rather, philosophes were public intellectuals who applied reason to the study of many areas of learning, including philosophy, history, science, politics, economics, and social issues.33
6210398994Reign of Terroralso known as The Terror, was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution,34
6210405308Toussaint Louverturewas the best-known leader of the Haitian Revolution. His military and political acumen saved the gains of the first Black insurrection in November 179135

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