Ch. 30 Flashcards
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53926455 | Olympe de Gouges | French feminist who insisted that women should become full citizens of revolutionary France, an ideafor she was eventually executed | 0 | |
53926456 | John Locke | Political theorist of the 17th century who inspired the revolutions of the 18th century | 1 | |
53926457 | George Washington | Virginian, patriot, general, and president. Lived at Mount Vernon. Led the Revolutionary Army in the fight for independence. First President of the United States. | 2 | |
53926458 | Louis XVI | leader wgo, when he plotted with Austria to invade France, destroyed the possibility of a constitutional monarchy and invited his own execution | 3 | |
53926459 | Marie Antoinette | queen of Franceas wife of Louis XVI) who was unpopular her extravagance and opposition to reform contributed to the overthrow of the monarchy; she was guillotined along with her husband1755-1793) | 4 | |
53926460 | Maximilien Robespierre | Radical Jacobin leader associated with the worst excesses of the French Revolution | 5 | |
53926461 | Napolean Bonaparte | qLeader who, altough regarded as one of the greatest military leaders of any age, committed the fatal mistake of overconfidence | 6 | |
53926462 | Toussaint Loverture | Revolutionary who, armed with education, organizational skills, and a determined army, liberated his island colony from French rule | 7 | |
53926463 | Simon Bolivar | considered "George Wahington" of Latin America | 8 | |
53926464 | Edmund Burke | spokesman for British conservatism who accepted change that was gradual and consistant with tradition | 9 | |
53926465 | John Stuart Mill | spokeman for British liberalism who argued for complete freedom of religion | 10 | |
53926466 | Klemens von Metternich | conservative Austican diplomat who sought a balance of power between the nations of Europe | 11 | |
53926467 | Otto von Bismarck | Prime minister of Prussia and architect of Germany unification | 12 | |
53926734 | Mary Wollstonecraft | English feminist who argued that the ideals of the Enlightment-matural rights, consent of the governed-should also be applied to women | 13 |