AP World History Strayer Chapter 16 Vocabulary Flashcards
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| 9361680679 | North American Revolution | *Definition:* The successful rebellion conducted by the colonists of North America against the British rule (the struggle of independence). *Significance:* Assured property rights and established the Republican government. It caused other revolutions in Europe and Latin America based upon this revolution. |  | 0 |
| 9361680680 | French Revolution | *Definition:* Massive dislocation of French society that overthrew the monarchy, destroyed aristocrats, and launched radical reforms of society. Napolean's imperial rule. *Significance:* Inspired the Haitian Revolution. One of the most violent and allowed nationalism to rise. |  | 1 |
| 9361680681 | Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen | *Definition:* Document drawn up by the French National Assembly that proclaimed equal rights of all men. *Significance:* Launched the French Revolution. It lists rights and freedoms of all. It inspired the Declaration of Independence. |  | 2 |
| 9361680682 | Napoleon Bonaparte | *Definition:* The French head of the state. *Significance:* He preserved the French Revolution under the autocratic system and responsible for the spread of revolutionary ideals through conquest. |  | 3 |
| 9361680683 | Haitian Revolution | *Definition:* Only fully successful slave revolt in world history. *Significance:* Sparked by French Revolution and led to the establishment of an independent state after a long and bloody war. |  | 4 |
| 9361680684 | Spanish American Revolutions | *Definition:* Wars of independence of natives on Spanish (elites minority) in the 19th-century. *Significance:* Class divisions and fear of social rebellion caused the revolution. The aftermath was that the colonies became impoverished, unstable, dependent on foreign technology and investment. |  | 5 |
| 9361680685 | Abolitionist Movement | *Definition:* International movement that succeeds in condemning slavery as morally repugnant and abolishing it in much of the world. *Significance:* Abolished slavery in Britain and the United States. Allowed the freedom to slaves. |  | 6 |
| 9361680686 | Nationalism | *Definition:* Focusing on citizens' loyalty on the notion that they are part of a "nation" with unique culture, territory, and culture. *Significance:* Prominent in political culture. It transformed countries and alliances towards people and country. | 7 | |
| 9361680687 | Vindication of the Rights of Woman | *Definition:* A document written by Mary Wollstonecraft in 1792, focusing on the notion that women are a part of the "nation". *Significance:* Infinitely flexible and enormously powerful idea in the 19th-century Atlantic world and beyond. |  | 8 |
| 9361680688 | Elizabeth Cady Stanton | *Definition:* Leading figure of early women's rights movement in the United States (1815 - 1902). *Significance:* Instrumental in organizing the first women's first conference, (Seneca Falls) NY. Published women's Bible. |  | 9 |
| 9361680689 | Maternal Feminism | *Definition:* The movement that claimed that women have value in society, not because of an abstract notion of equality. Women have a distinctive and vital role as mothers. *Significance:* Argument: Women have the right to intervene in political and civil life (duty to watch over future children). | 10 | |
| 9361680690 | Kartini | *Definition:* Javanese women from an elite background (1879 - 1904). *Significance:* She was regarded as a pioneer of both feminist and nationalist thinking in Indonesia. |  | 11 |