Revolutions Review

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  1. 4. ____ A prominent leader of the Haitian Revolution who played a key role in the fight for freedom and independence. Died before the Revolution succeeded in a French Prison.
  2. 5. led the Mexican War of Independence because they resented their exclusion from high-ranking positions of power, which were reserved for peninsulares, and sought greater political and economic control.
  3. 9. Mexican military leader who played a key role in securing Mexico's independence from Spain in 1821 and briefly served as its emperor.
  4. 10. Enlightenment philosopher who argued for natural rights, including life, liberty, and property, and greatly influenced modern democracy and political thought.
  5. 11. A legislative assembly in France made up of representatives from the three estates: the clergy, the nobility, and the common people.
  6. 13. __ of the rights of man and citizen, a foundational document of the French Revolution, asserting that all men are born free and equal in rights. Based on the ideas of the Enlightenment.
  7. 14. Mexican priest and revolutionary leader who sparked Mexico's War of Independence from Spain with his famous "Grito de Dolores" in 1810.
  8. 15. monarchs exercising total control over the government and society, resisting challenges to their authority, which ultimately contributed to the rise of revolutionary movements seeking democratic reforms
  9. 16. The condition of being free from outside control; self-governance.
  10. 17. 18th-century English writer and philosopher who advocated for women's rights and gender equality, most notably through her work A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.
  11. 20. Spanish-born individuals who resided in the Spanish colonies in the Americas, holding the highest social and political positions in colonial society.
  12. 22. wealthy French colony in the Caribbean, known for its sugar and coffee plantations, powered by enslaved labor, and later Haiti.
  13. 23. __ Revolution(1789-1799) that inspired the Haitian Revolution and led to the abolition of the monarchy.
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  1. 1. movement in the 17th and 18th centuries that emphasized reason, individual rights, and scientific inquiry, challenging traditional authority and inspiring political and social change.
  2. 2. __ system concentrated land and wealth in the hands of a few Peninsulares, exploiting indigenous and lower-class Mexicans, which contributed to growing resentment and sparked the Mexican War of Independence.
  3. 3. The storming of the __ on July 14, 1789, was a pivotal event in the French Revolution, when Parisians attacked the prison to seize weapons and free prisoners, marking a symbol of the people's revolt against the monarchy's oppression.
  4. 6. Grito de__, Miguel Hidalgo's passionate call to arms on September 16, 1810, which marked the beginning of Mexico's War of Independence against Spanish rule.
  5. 7. A device used for carrying out executions by decapitation, symbolizing the Reign of Terror during the Revolution.
  6. 8. A significant change in political power or organizational structures that occurs in a relatively short period of time.
  7. 12. __ Revolution The successful slave revolt (1791-1804)that established an independent republic.
  8. 18. __ court oath members of the Third Estate, was a pledge to not separate until they had created a new constitution for France, marking a decisive step toward the French Revolution.
  9. 19. Bonaparte A military leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and eventually became Emperor of the French.
  10. 21. __ revolts, sparked by severe food shortages and high bread prices in 1789, fueled widespread unrest in France and contributed to the growing dissatisfaction that eventually led to the French Revolution.