Atlantic Revolutions

4. racial distinctions in the New World for Spanish & Portuguese “classes” which led to calls for revolution
5. Spanish term for “warlord” but synonymous with strongman; when new Latin American governments formed after revolutions, they took charge
6. Old economic system in which governments exert control over trade and control of raw materials
8. type of monarchy in which the leader has total control over all aspects of government and society
11. Caribbean island nation that was the first to successfully fight for independence from its European colonizer
15. primary author of the Declaration of Independence (and Declaration of the Rights of Man & Citizen!)
17. SPANISH forced labor system in which taxes were paid in the form of labor for the government
18. radical leader of the French Committee of Public Safety; killed thousands
20. when a nation spends more money than is available
22. Queen consort of France who spent the country into financial ruin
24. pride in your nation or ethnic group
25. leader of the Continental Army during the American Revolution
26. - person known as the Liberator; led independence movements across much of South America
28. Hero of the Haitian Revolution; tried to negotiate with the French and was imprisoned

1. When Napoleon invaded ___, he lost 90 percent of his troops (mostly from exposure and desertion)
2. The term for attempting to eliminate the slave trade
3. FRENCH forced labor system in which taxes were paid in the form of labor for the government
4. Meeting from 1814-15 in which the map of Europe was redrawn to prevent one nation from dominating
7. crowned himself Emperor of France in 1804
9. French society was divided into three ___, leading to discontent
10. type of government in which people elect representatives
12. Time period in the French Revolution (1793-94) when nobility and the “old order” were rounded up
13. Nickname for the “system” when Napoleon economically cut off his empire from foreign trade
14. popular execution method in the French Revolution due to its “equality” of handling victims
16. placed a tax on printed materials like newspapers as well as official legal documents
19. Spanish colonial system granting settlers control over indigenous labor and tribute
21. Three-word theory that European nations should share the burden for keeping legitimate governments in place
23. France tried to have a new legislative branch called the ___ ___ but it took a revolution and several constitutions to create it
27. the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution; protect people from the new federal government