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| 8633793449 | 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 them in 1789 led to the French Revolution. | 0 | |
| 8633793450 | 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. | 1 | |
| 8633793451 | Tennis Court Oath | A pledge made by the members of France's National Assembly in 1789, in which they vowed to continue meeting until they had drawn up a new constitution | 2 | |
| 8633793452 | National Convention | The third estate of the Estates General -broke from the Estates because they wanted the Estates to sit as a committee and not as segregated groups. | 3 | |
| 8633793453 | Committee of Public Safety | Established and led by Robespierre, very brutal force in French Revolution. Basically secret police and also controlled the war effort. Instigated the Reign of Terror. One member was Napoleon Bonaparte... | 4 | |
| 8633793454 | Guillotine | A machine for beheading people, used as a means of execution during the French Revolution. | 5 | |
| 8633793455 | The Directory | 1785-1799. Five man group. Passed a new constitution in 1795 that was much more conservative. Corrupt and did not help the poor, but remained in power because of military strength. By 1797 it was a dictatorship. | 6 | |
| 8633793456 | Jacobins | Radical republicans during the French Revolution. They were led by Maximilien Robespierre from 1793 to 1794. | 7 | |
| 8633793457 | Robespierre | A French political leader of the 18th century. A Jacobin, a radical leader of the French Revolution. Headed the Committee of Public Safety, responsible for the Reign of Terror, was later executed. | 8 | |
| 8633793458 | Marat | French revolutionary leader (born in Switzerland) who was a leader in overthrowing the Girondists and was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday (1743-1793) | 9 | |
| 8633793459 | Danton | French revolutionary leader who stormed the Paris bastille and who supported the execution of Louis XVI but was guillotined by Robespierre for his opposition to the Reign of Terror (1759-1794) | 10 | |
| 8633793460 | Napoleon | French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821) | 11 | |
| 8633793461 | The Continental System | The system in which Napoleon cut off all trade with Great Britain to try and make Europe more self-sufficient and to cripple GB's economy. | 12 | |
| 8633793462 | The Crimean War | War in which Britain and France fought against Russia as a result of fear that the Russians would gain at the expense of the disintegrating Ottoman Empire. | 13 | |
| 8633793463 | The Peninsular War | War was caused by Napoleon's invasion of Portugal (1807) in order to compel it to accept the CONTINENTAL SYSTEM | 14 | |
| 8633793464 | Waterloo | The place that on June 18, Napoleon was finally defeated. Then sent to forsaken island of Saint Helena. | 15 | |
| 8633793465 | Congress of Vienna | (1814-1815 CE) Meeting of representatives of European monarchs called to reestablish the old order after the defeat of Napoleon. | 16 | |
| 8633793466 | Simon Bolivar | (1783-1830) Leader for independence who defeated Spanish forces in South America, liberating Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Creole | 17 | |
| 8633793467 | Augustin de Iturbide | First of Emperor of Mexico in 1821 | 18 | |
| 8633793468 | Jose de San Martin | South American general and statesman, born in Argentina: leader in winning independence for Peru and Chile | 19 | |
| 8633793469 | Hidalgo | This Spanish priest led the rebellion against Spain in Mexico and was executed for it. The rebellion was ultimately successful and Mexico won its independence in 1821. | 20 | |
| 8633793470 | Caudillos | Military dictators; gained control after independence movements | 21 | |
| 8633793471 | Monroe Doctrine | an American foreign policy opposing interference in the Western hemisphere from outside powers; Helped with Latin American Revolutions | 22 | |
| 8633793472 | Toussaint L'Ouverture | Leader of the Haitian Revolution. He freed the slaves and gained effective independence for Haiti despite military interventions by the British and French. | 23 | |
| 8633793473 | Haciendas | Large Spanish colonial estates usually owned by wealthy families but worked by many peasants in the Americas | 24 | |
| 8633793474 | Emperor Pedro | First emperor of Brazil; declared independence after Napoleon's invasion of Portugal | 25 | |
| 8633793475 | Metternich | Austrian foreign minister who basically controlled the Congress of Vienna. Wanted to promote peace, conservatism, and the repression of libaral nationalism throughout Europe. | 26 | |
| 8633793476 | Bastille | The storming of the _______ was seen as the true start of the French Revolution. | 27 | |
| 8633793477 | Creoles | American born descendants of Europeans, started many of the Latin American Revolutions | 28 | |
| 8633793478 | Santa Ana | Mexican general who tried to crush the Texas revolt and who lost battles to Winfield Scott and Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War (1795-1876) | 29 | |
| 8633793479 | Zapata | Revolutionary Leader in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution who originated from the lower classes and was especially appealing to the peasants because he wanted to take land from the haciendas and return it to them. | 30 | |
| 8633793480 | Poor Economic Situation | First Reason for cause of French Revolution.... P____ E_______ S_______ | 31 | |
| 8633793481 | Absolutism | Second Reason for cause for French Revolution A_______ | 32 | |
| 8633793482 | Ignoring Estates General | Third Reason for cause for French Revolution I______ E_______ G_______. | 33 | |
| 8633793483 | 150 years | Before the calling of the Estates General in 1789, how long was it before they were last called? | 34 | |
| 8633793484 | Napoleon | This man rose to power by first invading Egypt, then became military hero, then in a coupe became Consul of France, later Emperor. | 35 | |
| 8633793485 | Industry | Reason for US's success during Revolutionary period... | 36 |
