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| 335656467 | enlightenment | a movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions | 0 | |
| 335656468 | Benjamin Franklin | printer whose success as an author led him to take up politics | 1 | |
| 335656469 | George Washington | 1st President of the United States | 2 | |
| 335656470 | Joseph Brant | Mohawk leader who supported the British during the American Revolution. | 3 | |
| 335656471 | Constitutional Convention | the convention of United States statesmen who drafted the United States Constitution in 1787 | 4 | |
| 335656472 | estates general | assembly of the estates of all France | 5 | |
| 335656473 | 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. | 6 | |
| 335656474 | Declaration of the right of man | stated that all people are equal before the law. Guarenteed freedom of speech, press, and religion. Also protected all against arbitary arrest and punishment | 7 | |
| 335656475 | Jacobins | Radical republicans during the French Revolution. They were led by Maximilien Robespierre from 1793 to 1794. | 8 | |
| 335656476 | Maximilien Robespierre | "The incorruptable;" the leader of the bloodiest portion of the French Revolution. He set out to build a republic of virtue. | 9 | |
| 335656477 | Napoleon Bonaparte | Overthrew 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. | 10 | |
| 335656478 | gens de couleur | Free men and women of color in Haiti. They sought greater political rights and later supported the Haitian Revolution. | 11 | |
| 335656479 | Francois Dominique 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. | 12 | |
| 335656480 | Congress of Vienna | conservative, reactionary meeting, led by prince metternich, restore europe to prerevolution time | 13 | |
| 335656481 | 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. | 14 |
