Chapter 17 Vocab
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| 350478637 | North American Revolution | -13 British Colonies -No Tension -British Military Protected the Colonists from Natives and the French -Successful Rebellion -success ensured land and republican government | 0 | |
| 350478638 | French Revolution | -Overthrew France's Monarchy | 1 | |
| 350478639 | Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen | -Document that stated equal rights to all men. Launched French Revolution | 2 | |
| 350478640 | 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. | 3 | |
| 350478641 | Haitian Revolution | Slave uprising, led by Toussaint L'Oeveture, that occupied Napoleon's/ French attention during the time of the Louisiana Purchase. Resulted in L'Oeveture taking control of Haiti, and the establishment of first republic ruled by people of African descent. | 4 | |
| 350478642 | Spanish American Revolutions | Colonists in Central and South America revoluted against their Spanish and Portugese rulers for independence. | 5 | |
| 350478643 | Abolitionist Movement | Movement dedicated to the abolition of slavery that existed primarily in the North in years leading up to the Civil War; had both white and black members. | 6 | |
| 350478644 | Nationalism | A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country. | 7 | |
| 350478645 | Vindication of the Rights of Woman | Novel written by Wollstonecraft urging equality of woman. | 8 | |
| 350478646 | Maternal Feminism | Movement that claimed that women have value in society not because of an abstract idea of equality, but because women have a distinctive and vital role as mothers; its exponents argued that women have the right to intervene in civil and political life because of their duty to watch over the future of their children. | 9 | |
| 350478647 | Elizabeth Cady Stanton | A member of the women's right's movement in 1840. She was a mother of seven, and she shocked other feminists by advocating suffrage for women at the first Women's Right's Convention in Seneca, New York 1848. Stanton read a "Declaration of Sentiments" which declared "all men and women are created equal." | 10 |
