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| 8858490839 | Enlightenment | A philosophical belief system in 18th century Europe that claimed that one could reform society by rediscovering rational laws that governed social behavior and were just as scientific as the laws of physics. | 0 | |
| 8858495445 | Estates General | France's traditional national assembly with representative of the 3 estates, or class, in French society: the clergy, mobility, and commoners. | 1 | |
| 8858501399 | Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen | Statement of fundamental political rights adopted by the French National Assembly at the beginning of the French Revolution. | 2 | |
| 8858504576 | Jacobins | Radical republicans during the French Revolution. They were led by Maximilien Robespierre from 1793-1794. | 3 | |
| 8858509679 | Maximilien Robespierre | Young provincial lawyer who led the most radical phases of the French Revolution. His execution ended the Reign of Terror. | 4 | |
| 8858517339 | Napoleon Bonaparte | General who overthrew the French Directory in 1799 and became emperor of the French in 1804. Failed up defeat Great Brittan and abdicated in 1814. Returned to power briefly in 1815 but was defeated and died in exile. | 5 | |
| 8858517340 | Francois Dominique Toussaint L'Ouverture | Leader of the Haitian Revolution. He freed the slaves and gained effective Independence for Hati despite military interventions by the British and French. | 6 | |
| 8858536950 | Congress of Vienna | Meeting of representatives of European monarchs called to re-establish the old order after the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte. | 7 | |
| 8858542357 | Revolutions of 1848 | Democratic and nationalist revolutions that swept across Europe. The monarchy in France was overthrown. In Germany, Austria, Italy, and Hungary the revolutions failed. | 8 | |
| 8858553958 | Simon Bolivar | The most important military leader in the struggle for independence in South America. Born in Venezuela, he led military forces there and in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. | 9 | |
| 8858560364 | Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla | Mexican priest who led the first stage of the Mexican independence war in 1810. | 10 | |
| 8858560365 | Caste War | A rebellion of the Maya people against the government of Mexico in 1847 that nearly returned the Yucatan to Maya rule. | 11 | |
| 8858564922 | Abolitionists | Men and women who agitated for a complete end to slavery. | 12 | |
| 8858568643 | Acculturation | The adoption of the language, customs, values, and behaviors of host nations by immigrants. | 13 | |
| 8858571998 | Womans Rights Convention | An 1848 gathering of woman angered by their exclusion from an international antislavery meeting. | 14 | |
| 8858578328 | Benito Juarez | President of Mexico from 1858-1872. Born in poverty in Mexico, he was educated as a lawyer and Rose to become chief justice of the Mexican supreme Court and then president. He led Mexico's resistance to aFrench invasion in 1862 and the installation of Maximilian as emperor. | 15 |
