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| 136389794 | Ancien Regime | a political and social system that no longer governs (especially the system that existed in France before the French Revolution) | 0 | |
| 136389795 | Caudillos | independent leaders who dominated local areas by force in defiance of national policies; sometimes seized national governments to impose their concept of rule; typical throughout newly independent countries of latin america., Military dictator; gained control after independence movements | 1 | |
| 136389796 | Declaration of Independence | the document recording the proclamation of the Second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain | 2 | |
| 136389797 | Guiseppe Garibaldi | part of Italian unification. In 1860 led an army of nationalists to conquer and unite southern Italy. He allowed the King of Sardinia to rule. His group was called the "Red Shirts" because they wore red | 3 | |
| 136389798 | Waterloo | the battle on 18 June 1815 in which Napoleon met his final defeat, Located in Belgium, the place where the british army and the prussian army forces attacked the french. Napoleon's final defeat against the British and Prussians | 4 | |
| 136389799 | Napoleonic Code | This was the civil code put out by Napoleon that granted equality of all male citizens before the law and granted absolute security of wealth and private property. Napoleon also secured this by creating the Bank of France which loyally served the interests of both the state and the financial oligarchy | 5 | |
| 136389800 | Napoleon | A French general, political leader, and emperor of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Bonaparte rose swiftly through the ranks of army and government during and after the French Revolution and crowned himself emperor in 1804. He conquered much of Europe but lost two-thirds of his army in a disastrous invasion of Russia. After his final loss to Britain and Prussia at the Battle of Waterloo, he was exiled to the island of St. Helena in the south Atlantic Ocean. | 6 | |
| 136389801 | Declaration of the Rights of Women and the Female Citizen | Olympe de Gouges/Marie Gouze in 1791 detailing that the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen should apply to women as well., the rights of what women thought they should have like voting and basic rights | 7 | |
| 136389802 | Estates General | France's traditional national assembly with representatives of the three estates, or classes, in French society: the clergy, nobility, and commoners. The calling of the Estates General in 1789 led to the French Revolution. (p. 585) | 8 | |
| 136389803 | U.S. Constitution | The document written in 1787 and ratified in 1788 that sets forth the institutional structure of the U.S. government and the tasks these institutions perform. It replaced the Articles of Confederation. | 9 | |
| 136389804 | Congress of Vienna | Meeting of representatives of European monarchs called to reestablish the old order after the defeat of Napoleon | 10 | |
| 136389805 | Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna | political opportunist and general who served as president of Mexico eleven different times and commanded the Mexican army during the Texas Revolution in the 1830s and the war with the United States in the 1840s. | 11 | |
| 136389806 | Maximilien Robespierre | "The incorruptable;" the leader of the bloodiest portion of the French Revolution. He set out to build a republic of virtue. | 12 | |
| 136389807 | Zionism | A worldwide movement, originating in the 19th century that sought to establish and develop a Jewish nation in Palestine. Since 1948, its function has been to support the state of Israel. | 13 | |
| 136389808 | l'Overture | leader of the haitian revolution, led black rebels found and declare independent Haiti, which still exists today | 14 | |
| 136389809 | Camillo di Cavour | known for leading Italian unification, he was named prime minister of Sardinia in 1852. Joined Napoleon III to drive Austria out of the northern Italian provinces in 1858 | 15 | |
| 136389810 | Jacobins | Radical republicans during the French Revolution. They were led by Maximilien Robespierre from 1793 to 1794. | 16 | |
| 136389811 | 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 | 17 | |
| 136389812 | Otto von Bismarck | Chancellor of Prussia from 1862 until 1871, when he became chancellor of Germany. A conservative nationalist, he led Prussia to victory against Austria (1866) and France (1870) and was responsible for the creation of the German Empire (714) | 18 | |
| 136389813 | Miguel Hidalgo | Mexican priest and revolutionary who led a revolt that started the Mexican war of independence. | 19 |