Chapter 15 and 16 Flashcards
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132992498 | French and Indian War | Also called the 7 years war; struggle between England and France that caused the two countries to fight on fronts not only in North America, but also in France and India | 0 | |
132992499 | Declaration of Independence | A 1776 document stating that the 13 English colonies were a free and independent nation | 1 | |
132992500 | George Washington | The British forces surrendered to him in the last battle at Yorktown, Virginia in 1781 | 2 | |
132992501 | Federalist System | powers shared by the government and its subunits | 3 | |
132992502 | Bourgeoisie | Middle class business and professional people | 4 | |
132992503 | Louis XVI | king of France from 1774 to 1792; his failure to grant reforms led to the French Revolution; he and his queen (Marie Antoinette) were guillotined (1754-1793) | 5 | |
132992504 | National Assembly | The new parliment that called for the king and his queens executions in 1793 | 6 | |
132992505 | Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen | This was the new constitution that the National Assembly wrote that gave all citizens free expression of thoughts and opinions and guaranteed equality before the law | 7 | |
132992506 | Reign of Terror | Time of mass executions in 1793 and 1794; ended with the guillotining of Robespierre himself | 8 | |
132992507 | Nation | Group of people bound together by a common political identity | 9 | |
132992508 | Nationalism | Sense of belonging and identity that distinguishes one nation from another | 10 | |
132997175 | Napoleon Bonaparte | French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821) | 11 | |
132997176 | Napoleonic Code | a comprehensive and uniform system of laws established for France by Napoleon | 12 | |
132997177 | Waterloo | Present day Belgium; place where Napoleon was defeted by the British in 1815 | 13 |