Ch. 30 Flashcards

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