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2257912654what is popular sovereignty?relocating sovereignty in the people0
2257912655what changed traditional monarchs claim to a "divine right" to rule?the enlightenment1
2257912656what was John Locke's theory of contractual government?authority comes from the consent of the governed2
2257912657what where two qualities that became important in the time of the enlightenment?Freedom and equality3
2257912658who wrote The Social Contract?Jean-Jacques Rousseau4
2257912659what caused North America to be so heavily taxed?British debt in result from seven years war5
2257912660where in 1775 did the brits and americans have a skirmish?Lexington6
2257912661what forced british to surrender to America in 1781?the cost of conflict7
2257912662because of French debt crisis, what was King Louis XVI forced to do?to summon Estates General to raise new taxes8
2257912663how did the estates general work?First and Second Estates (nobles, clergy) tried to limit Third Estate (commoners)9
2257912664what did the national assembly do in 1789?~Angry mob seized the Bastille on 14 July, sparked insurrections in many cities ~wrote the "Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen"10
2257912665what was the slogan of the national assembly?"Liberty, equality, and fraternity"11
2257912666what where the three major accomplishments of the national assembly?~abolished the feudal system ~altered the role of church ~France became a constitutional monarchy, 179112
2257912667what replaced National Assembly under new constitution in 1791?the convention13
2257912668who invaded France to restore ancien régime?Austrian and Prussian armies14
2257912669what did the convention do?~Convention abolished the monarchy and proclaimed France a republic ~King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette executed, 179315
2257912670who dominated the Convention in 1793-94 in a "reign of terror"?Radical Jacobins16
2257912671what was a conservative reaction against the excesses of the Convention that executed the Jacobin leader Robespierre, July 1794?The Directory, 1795-179917
2257912672who Supported the revolution, defended the Directory and eventually overthrew it?Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)18
2257912673what was the Civil Code of 1804?~extended freedom of religion to Protestants and Jews; political and legal equality for all adult men- Napolean's doing ~revised body of civil law that helped stabilize French society; political and legal equality of all adult men, merit based-society based on talent rather than birth; protected private property; used moderate policies of the National Assembly and not the radical Convention; restored patriarchal authority in the family19
2257912674where was Napoleon successful and where was he horrendously unsuccessful?~Dominated the European continent: Iberia, Italy, Netherlands; Defeated Austria and Prussia; fought British on high seas ~Disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812 destroyed Grand Army20
2257912675how did the fall of Napoleon go down?~Forced by coalition of enemies to abdicate in 1814, exiled on Elba ~Escaped, returned to France, raised army, but was defeated by British in 181521
2257912676was literate organized slave built a strong and disciplined army, controlled most of Saint-Domingue by 1797, created a constitution in 1801 and was arrested by French troops- dying in jail, 1803?Toussaint Louverture (1744-1803)22
2257912677what helped Haiti win its independence and freedom?yellow feva23
2257912678what where the social classes of latin america?peninsulares, creoles, slaves, and indigenous peoples24
2257912679what weakened royal control of colonies in Spain?Napoleons invasion25
2257912680after Napoleon, what became of Mexico?~1810: peasant revolt in Mexico led by Hidalgo, defeated by conservative creoles ~1821: Mexico briefly a military dictatorship ~then in 1822 a republic26
2257912681who was inspired by George Washington, took arms against Spanish rule in 1811 and led independence movement in South America?Simon Bolivar (1783-1830)27
2257912682Bolivar's effort of creating the what failed in 1830s?Gran Colombia28
2257912683what where the effects of revolution and independence in latin america?~Independence brought little social change in Latin America ~Principal beneficiaries were creole elites29
2257912684who viewed society as an organism that changed slowly over time and said that the American Revolution: a natural and logical outcome of history and the French Revolution: violent and irresponsible?Edmund Burke30
2257912685Conservatism means what?resistance to change31
2257912686Liberalism means what?welcomed change as an agent of progress32
2257912687who championed individual freedom and minority rights?John Stuart Mill33
2257912688Abolition in Britain in 1), France in 2), the United States in 3), Brazil in 4)?1) 1833 2) 1848 3) 1865 4) 188834
2257912689Women used logic of who to argue for women's rights?John Locke35
2257912690who attacked male dominance in the family?Mary Astell36
2257912691who began the idea that women possessed same natural rights as men and wrote "A Vindication of the Rights of Women"?Mary Wollstonecraft37
2257912692who's declaration of full citizenship for women was thought to be too radical?Olympe de Gouges38
2257912693what does Volksgeist mean?a German loanword for a unique "spirit" possessed collectively by each people or nation39
2257912694what movement founded by Theodor Herzl to create a Jewish state in Palestine as a result from anti-semitism?Zionism40
2257912695what group of conservative leaders were determined to restore old order after defeat of Napoleon?Congress of Vienna, 1814-1541
2257912696what where the successes and failures of the Congress of Vienna?~Succeeded in maintaining balance of power in Europe for a century ~Failed in repressing nationalist and revolutionary ideas42
2257912697what inspired uprisings against foreign rule in Italy?Mazzini's Young Italy43
2257912698who led nationalists and expelled Austrian authorities in northern Italy, 1859?Cavour44
2257912699who controlled southern Italy, returned it to King Vittore Emmanuele, 1860?Garibaldi45
2257912700what Prussian prime minister created a united Germany?Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898)46
2257912701Bismarck provoked three wars which caused what result?swelled German pride47
2257912702in 1871, Prussian king proclaimed emperor of the what?Second Reich48
2257912703what are the main ideas of the social contract?~ Every law the people have not ratified in person is null and void — is, in fact, not a law. ~The legislative power belongs to the people, and can belong to it alone. ~Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.49
2257912704What echoed John Locke's contractual theory of government in arguing that individuals extablished governments to secure these rights and in holding that governments derive their power and authority from " the consent of the governed."the decloration of independence50
2257912705What reforms did the leaders of the French Revolution call for?Social, political, & cultural reform. Everything about the Ancient Regime was abolished.51
2257912706What happened during the rule of the directory?The directory was the rule that followed Robespierre, and they could not fix all of the problems the reign of terror caused France. They lurched from one political policy to the next, trying to find a balance between the ancient regime and Robespierre's.52
2257912707What was the turning point in Napoleon's career?when he invaded russia53
2257912708How were the Creoles of Latin America influenced by the ideals of the Enlightenment?Creoles did not like their peninsulare overlords & wanted to get rid of them, but did not want to give up their privileged spot on the social hierarchy. So that's what they did, no social reform. They modeled their ideals after the American and French revolutions, but they extended it further to include women and [former] African slaves.54
2257912709what creole general that seized Mexico City and named himself emperor and declared the empire independent from Spain? (because of his bad administration, he was abdicated from the throne and the empire was converted into a republic)Augustin de Iturbide55
2257912710what Creole general that helped in the independence movement in South America in CHILE?Barnardo O'Higgins56
2257912711Southern regions of the Mexican Empire that split off the form the what? (they split up into Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica)Central American Federation57
2257912712what was the pact made by the pope and Napoleon, and it said that France would retain church land seized during the revolution, but the states paid clergymen's salaries, and recognized Roman Christianity as preferred faith, but was accepting of Protestant Christians and Jews?Concordat58
2257912713what was the reformed list of rights granted to the MEN after the French Revolution in the National Assembly?Declaration of the rights of Man and the Citizen59
2257912714who thought that society was a compact between a person's ancestors, the present generation, and their descendants that have yet to be born; condemned racial or revolutionary change, which he thought could only lead to anarchy?Edmund Burke (conservative)60
2257912715who was the feminist that really started the Women's Rights Movement in America?Elizabeth Cady Stanton61
2257912716who promoted freedom of individuals to pursue economic and intellectual interests; tried to keep powerful minorities (wealthy class) from subduing the poorly organized majority, but he also did not want the majority to impose its interests onto the minorities; universal suffrage; taxation of business profits, high personal incomes; promoted women's rights and working peoples?John Stuart Mill (liberal)62
2257912717who was the Creole general that helped in the independence movement in South America in ARGENTIA?Jose de San Martin63
2257912718who was the foreign minister of Austria; the "great powers" that defeated Napoleon, Austria, Britain, Prussia, and Russia, wanted to make sure that revolutions did not destroy the balance in Europe, so they met in the Congress of Vienna. They dismantled Napoleon's empire and returned sovereignty to the royal families. His personal efforts were to ensure that the different ethnicities did not destroy the multicultural Austrian empire with a sense of nationality.Klemens von Metternich64
2257912719where was the largest battle in Europe prior to World War I and ended Napoleon's presence in Germany and would ultimately lead to his first exile on Elba?Leipzig65
2257912720who was a priest that led the peasant rebellion in Mexico; he called for a new government and redistribution of the wealth and property; he was captured and killed, but the rebellion continued for 3 years after his death?Miguel de Hidalgo66
2257912721what Creole general that led the independence movement in South America; exiled twice; goal was to create a great confederation like in the US; created Gran Colombia (Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador) and tried to annex in Peru and Bolivia, but the differences were too great; he deemed South America ungovernable and died on the way to self-imposed exile?Simon Bolivar67
2257912722who started zionism?Theodore Herzl68

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