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AP World Vocabulary Chapters 21-24

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Vocabulary for the 21-24. I will add the vocabulary words as I go on in the Book

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298400953EnlightenmentA philosophical belief system in eighteenth-century Europe that claimed that one could reform society by discovering rational laws that governed social behavior and were just as scientific as the laws of physics.
298400954Benjamin FranklinAmerican intellectual, inventor, and politician who helped negotiate French support for the American Revolution.
298400955George WashingtonMilitary commander of the American Revolution. He was president of the United States from 1789-1799.
298400956Constitutional ConventionMeeting in 1787 of the elected representatives of the thirteen original states to write the Constitution of the United States.
298400957Estates GeneralFrance's traditional national assembly with representatives of the three estates, or classes, in French society: the clergy, nobility, and commoners. The calling of this assembly led to the French Revolution.
298400958JacobinsRadical republicans during the French Revolution. They were lead by Maximilien (cool name!) Robespierre from 1793 to 1794.
298400959Maximilien RobespierreYoung provincial lawyer who led the most radical phases of the French Revolution. His execution ended the Reign of Terror.
298400960Napoleon Bonaparte (teehee)General who overthrew the 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. (FunFact: He was also castrated)
298400961gens de couleurFree man and women of color in Haiti. They sought greater political rights and later supported the Haitian Revolution.
298400962Fancois Dominique Tousaint L' OuvertureLeader of the haitian Revolution. He freed the slaves and gained effective independence for Haiti despite military interventions by the British and French.
298400963Congress of ViennaMeeting of the representatives of European monarchs called to reestablish the old order after the defeat of Napoleon I.
298400964Revolutions of 1848Democratic and Nationalist revolutions that swept across Europe.
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