vocab 12/03

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  1. 3. L'Ouverture -Haitian revolutionary who led a successful slave uprising and helped establish an independent Haiti in 1797.
  2. 4. of Rights -the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution representing the rights
  3. 6. Revolution -A period of rapid growth in the use of machines in manufacturing and production that began in England c. 1750
  4. 8. rotation -The practice of rotating use of different fields from crop to crop each year, to avoid exhausting the soil; utilized during the c. 1750 time period and led to increased crop yields and growing population
  5. 9. -She was the queen of France at the start of the revolution; she was from Austria and spent too much money on herself
  6. 10. Regime -A combination of the absolute monarchy and feudalism in France; it included the three estates.
  7. 11. Bolivar -Leader for independence who defeated Spanish forces in South America, liberating Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.
  8. 14. -The legislative branch of the French government prior to the French Revolution; it could meet only with permission from the king (May 5th, 1789)
  9. 17. -An increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in cities as opposed to the countryside.
  10. 18. -showing rational reasoning and a modern look
  11. 19. -person who assumes all financial risk in starting a business (business man)
  12. 20. of Independence -1776 statement, issued by the Second Continental Congress, explaining why the colonies wanted independence from Britain.
Down
  1. 1. -one of the deistic or materialistic writers and thinkers of the 18th century French Enlightenment.
  2. 2. -the development of industries in a country or region
  3. 5. of production -Land, labor, and capital; the three groups of resources that are used to make all goods and services
  4. 7. Smith -(Scottish economist) in The Wealth of Nations, he created the concept of laissez-faire ( government should leave economy alone) & applied natural law to means of production & exchange (supply & demand); saw mercantilism as government interference in economy or free trade; believed that enlightened self-interest would create the best production & exchange for market conditions
  5. 12. of Power -a political situation in which no one nation is powerful enough to pose a threat to others.
  6. 13. Fear -A period of general panic during the french revolution
  7. 15. -believed that all noble names should be abolish to earn equal rights.
  8. 16. Revolution -in 1789 there were a series of slave revolts in the Caribbean sparked by the French and American Revolutions. Resulted in the formation of a black independent Haiti in 1803.