AP World History Crossword - Mihir Rao

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  1. 1. Leader of the Haitian Revolution. He freed the slaves and gained effective independence for Haiti despite military interventions by the British and French.
  2. 3. War was caused by Napoleon's invasion of Portugal (1807) in order to compel it to accept the CONTINENTAL SYSTEM
  3. 4. A French political leader of the 18th century. A Jacobin, a radical leader of the French Revolution. Headed the Committee of Public Safety, responsible for the Reign of Terror, was later executed.
  4. 6. Revolutionary Leader in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution who originated from the lower classes and was especially appealing to the peasants because he wanted to take land from the haciendas and return it to them.
  5. 8. Radical republicans during the French Revolution. They were led by Maximilien Robespierre from 1793 to 1794.
  6. 11. (1783-1830) Leader for independence who defeated Spanish forces in South America, liberating Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Creole
  7. 13. France's traditional national assembly with representatives of the three estates, or classes, in French society: the clergy, nobility, and commoners. The calling of the them in 1789 led to the French Revolution.
  8. 18. Military dictators; gained control after independence movements
  9. 19. A machine for beheading people, used as a means of execution during the French Revolution.
  10. 21. an American foreign policy opposing interference in the Western hemisphere from outside powers; Helped with Latin American Revolutions
  11. 22. French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)
  12. 23. This man rose to power by first invading Egypt, then became military hero, then in a coupe became Consul of France, later Emperor.
  13. 25. American born descendants of Europeans, started many of the Latin American Revolutions
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  1. 2. The third estate of the Estates General -broke from the Estates because they wanted the Estates to sit as a committee and not as segregated groups.
  2. 5. Mexican general who tried to crush the Texas revolt and who lost battles to Winfield Scott and ZacharyTaylor in the Mexican War (1795-1876)
  3. 7. 1785-1799. Five man group. Passed a new constitution in 1795 that was much more conservative. Corrupt and did not help the poor, but remained in power because of military strength. By 1797 it was a dictatorship.
  4. 9. Austrian foreign minister who basically controlled the Congress of Vienna. Wanted to promote peace, conservatism, and the repression of libaral nationalism throughout Europe.
  5. 10. South American general and statesman, born in Argentina: leader in winning independence for Peru and Chile
  6. 12. War in which Britain and France fought against Russia as a result of fear that the Russians would gain at the expense of the disintegrating Ottoman Empire.
  7. 14. French Revolutionary assembly (1789-1791). Called first as the Estates General, the three estates came together and demanded radical change. It passed the Declaration of the Rights of Man in 1789.
  8. 15. This Spanish priest led the rebellion against Spain in Mexico and was executed for it. The rebellion was ultimately successful and Mexico won its independence in 1821.
  9. 16. French revolutionary leader who stormed the Paris bastille and who supported the execution of Louis XVI but was guillotined by Robespierre for his opposition to the Reign of Terror (1759-1794)
  10. 17. The place that on June 18, Napoleon was finally defeated. Then sent to forsaken island of Saint Helena.
  11. 20. First emperor of Brazil; declared independence after Napoleon's invasion of Portugal
  12. 24. Large Spanish colonial estates usually owned by wealthy families but worked by many peasants in the Americas