Relvolutions Flashcards
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| 267790179 | The spirit of the laws | This work by Montesquieu called for a separation of powers and heavily influenced the formation of American government | 0 | |
| 267790180 | Congress of Vienna | Meeting of representatives of European monarchs called to re-establish the old order after the defeat of Napoleon | 1 | |
| 267790181 | Revolutions of 1848 | Democratic and nationalist revolutions that swept across Europe. The monarchy in France was overthrown. In Germany, Austria, Italy, and Hungary the revolutions failed. (p. 595) | 2 | |
| 267790182 | Simon Bolivar | Venezuelan statesman who led the revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule | 3 | |
| 267790183 | Estates General | The French national assembly summoned in 1789 to remedy the financial crisis and correct abuses of the ancien regime. | 4 | |
| 267790184 | Olympe de Gouges | French journalist who demanded equal rights for women | 5 | |
| 267790185 | John Locke | English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704) | 6 | |
| 267790186 | Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette | Queen and king during the French Revolution, Marie was Austrian (French hate Austrians) lived a spoiled, lavish lifestyle when the rest of France was starving | 7 | |
| 267790187 | Maximilien Robespierre | "The incorruptable;" the leader of the bloodiest portion of the French Revolution. He set out to build a republic of virtue. | 8 | |
| 267790188 | Napoleon Bonaparte | French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821) Has a syndrome named after him for his unusal short stature. | 9 | |
| 267790189 | Declaration of the Rights of Man | Statement of fundamental political rights adopted by the French National Assembly at the beginning of the French Revolution. | 10 | |
| 267790190 | Ancien Regime | a political and social system that no longer governs (especially the system that existed in France before the French Revolution) | 11 | |
| 267790191 | National Assembly | French Revolutionary assembly (1789-1791). Called first as the Estates General, the three estates came together and demanded radical change. It passed the Declaration of the Rights of Man in 1789. (p. 585) | 12 | |
| 267790192 | Jacobins | Radical republicans during the French Revolution. They were led by Maximilien Robespierre from 1793 to 1794. | 13 | |
| 267790193 | Directory | Group of five men who served as liaisons between Robespierre and the Assembly. Overthrown by Napoleon. | 14 | |
| 267790194 | Civil Code | Napoleonic Code; this code preserved most of the gains of the revolution by recognizing the principle of the equality of all citizens before the law, and ect. | 15 |