Mrs. Brockinton
Traditions and Encounters
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| 325489434 | John Locke | English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704) | 0 | |
| 325489435 | Rousseau | French philosopher from 1712-1778 who believed that people are naturally good, but are corrupted by society | 1 | |
| 325489436 | Seven Years' War | Worldwide struggle between France and Great Britain for power and control of land; known in America as the French and Indian War | 2 | |
| 325489437 | Continental Congress | The legislative assembly composed of delegates from the rebel colonies who met during and after the American Revolution; they issued the Declaration of Independence | 3 | |
| 325489438 | George Washington | Commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War; 1st president of the United States | 4 | |
| 325489439 | Cornwallis | commander of the British forces in the American Revolutionary War; surrendered to the colonists at Yorktown | 5 | |
| 325489440 | The Estates General | A rarely called meeting of the three social classes in France | 6 | |
| 325489441 | King Louis XVI | King of France from 1774-1792; his unpopular policies helped trigger the French Revolution. | 7 | |
| 325489442 | The National Assembly | A group of Third Estate delegates that broke ties with the Estates General. Marked the first stage of the revolution. | 8 | |
| 325489443 | The Convention | Legislative body created by revolutionary leaders that abolished the monarchy & proclaimed France as a republic | 9 | |
| 325489444 | The Bastille | A fortress and prison in France that was destroyed in 1789 at the beginning of the French Revolution | 10 | |
| 325489445 | Mass Levy | French wartime draft | 11 | |
| 325489446 | The Directory | A group of five directors that were in power in France until they were overthrown by Napoleon in 1799 | 12 | |
| 325489447 | L' Ouverture | Leader of slave revolt in Haiti which helped it to achieve its independence | 13 | |
| 325489448 | Bolivar | leader of revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule. | 14 | |
| 325489449 | Jose de San Martin | revolutionary leader who freed chile and joined bolivar to free peru | 15 | |
| 325489450 | Gran Colombia | The temporary union of the northern portion of South America after independence movements led by Simón Bolivar | 16 | |
| 325489451 | Pedro I | Aided in the declaration of Brazilian independence in 1822 and became constitutional emperor | 17 | |
| 325489452 | Hidalgo | A member of the lower nobility in Spain | 18 | |
| 325489453 | John Stuart Mills | Founder of utilitarism; fought for womens rights | 19 | |
| 325489454 | Herzl | Invented zionism | 20 | |
| 325489455 | Metternich | Austrian foreign minister who basically controlled the Congress of Vienna. | 21 | |
| 325489456 | Elizabeth Cady Stanton | A prominent advocate of women's rights (1815-1902) | 22 | |
| 325489457 | Otto von Bismarck | German statesman under whose leadership Germany was united (1815-1898) | 23 |
