AP World History Flashcards

Mrs. Brockinton
Traditions and Encounters

325489434	John Locke	English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704)	0
325489435	Rousseau	French philosopher from 1712-1778 who believed that people are naturally good, but are corrupted by society	1
325489436	Seven Years' War	Worldwide struggle between France and Great Britain for power and control of land; known in America as the French and Indian War	2
325489437	Continental Congress	The legislative assembly composed of delegates from the rebel colonies who met during and after the American Revolution; they issued the Declaration of Independence	3
325489438	George Washington	Commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War; 1st president of the United States	4
325489439	Cornwallis	commander of the British forces in the American Revolutionary War; surrendered to the colonists at Yorktown	5
325489440	The Estates General	A rarely called meeting of the three social classes in France	6
325489441	King Louis XVI	King of France from 1774-1792; his unpopular policies helped trigger the French Revolution.	7
325489442	The National Assembly	A group of Third Estate delegates that broke ties with the Estates General. Marked the first stage of the revolution.	8
325489443	The Convention	Legislative body created by revolutionary leaders that abolished the monarchy & proclaimed France as a republic	9
325489444	The Bastille	A fortress and prison in France that was destroyed in 1789 at the beginning of the French Revolution	10
325489445	Mass Levy	French wartime draft	11
325489446	The Directory	A group of five directors that were in power in France until they were overthrown by Napoleon in 1799	12
325489447	L' Ouverture	Leader of slave revolt in Haiti which helped it to achieve its independence	13
325489448	Bolivar	leader of revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule.	14
325489449	Jose de San Martin	revolutionary leader who freed chile and joined bolivar to free peru	15
325489450	Gran Colombia	The temporary union of the northern portion of South America after independence movements led by Simón Bolivar	16
325489451	Pedro I	Aided in the declaration of Brazilian independence in 1822 and became constitutional emperor	17
325489452	Hidalgo	A member of the lower nobility in Spain	18
325489453	John Stuart Mills	Founder of utilitarism; fought for womens rights	19
325489454	Herzl	Invented zionism	20
325489455	Metternich	Austrian foreign minister who basically controlled the Congress of Vienna.	21
325489456	Elizabeth Cady Stanton	A prominent advocate of women's rights (1815-1902)	22
325489457	Otto von Bismarck	German statesman under whose leadership Germany was united (1815-1898)	23