Chapter 15 and 16 Flashcards

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