Unit 6: Reason and Revolution

2. an Austrian princess and the wife of King Louis XVI
5. An eighteenth-century French philosopher; one of the leading figures of the Enlightenment
8. was the overthrow of the French regime in Haiti by the Africans and their descendants who had been enslaved by the French and the establishment of an independent country founded and governed by former slaves.
9. the practice of planting different crops sequentially on the same plot of land to improve soil health, optimize nutrients in the soil, and combat pest and weed pressure
11. a transformation away from an agricultural- or resource-based economy, toward an economy based on mechanized manufacturing
14. Venezuelan soldier and statesman who played a central role in the South American independence movement
15. the social and political order that existed in France from the late Middle Ages until the French Revolution.
16. the transition from creating goods by hand to using machines
17. an equilibrium of power sufficient to discourage or prevent one nation or party from imposing its will on or interfering with the interests of another
18. a former slave who rose to become the leader of the only successful slave revolt in modern history known as the Haitian Revolution

1. someone who starts or owns a business
3. showing understanding, acting in a positive way, and not following old-fashioned or false beliefs
4. an official act taken by all 13 American colonies in declaring independence from British rule
6. the concentration of human populations into discrete areas
7. the inputs used to produce a good or service in order to produce income
10. the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution
12. 18th-century Scottish economist, philosopher, and author who is considered the father of modern economics
13. French word for "philosopher"