Vocabulary Choice Board Assignment unit # 6

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Across
  1. 1. a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics. especially : the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group. a military coup d'état of the dictator
  2. 7. The term used in Spanish and Portuguese colonies to describe someone of mixed African and European descent.
  3. 8. A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country
  4. 12. Descendents of Spanish-born but born in Latin America; resented inferior social, political, economic status.
  5. 13. Overthrew the French revolutionary government (The Directory) in 1799 and became emperor of France in 1804. Failed to defeat Great Britain and abdicated in 1814. Returned to power briefly in 1815 but was defeated and died in exile.
  6. 14. the middle class, including merchants, industrialists, and professional people
  7. 15. Medieval fortress that was converted to a prison stormed by peasants for ammunition during the early stages of the French Revolution.
  8. 16. The site of Napoleon's defeat by British and Prussian armies in 1815, which ended his last bid for power
Down
  1. 2. Spanish-born, came to Latin America; ruled, highest social class.
  2. 3. Was an important leader of the Haïtian Revolution and the first leader of a free Haiti; in a long struggle again the institution of slavery, he led the blacks to victory over the whites and free coloreds and secured native control over the colony in 1797, calling himself a dictator.
  3. 4. 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.
  4. 5. (1793-94) during the French Revolution when thousands were executed for "disloyalty"
  5. 6. A machine for beheading people, used as a means of execution during the French Revolution.
  6. 9. A pledge made by the members of France's National Assembly in 1789, in which they vowed to continue meeting until they had drawn up a new constitution
  7. 10. member of a radical political club during the French Revolution
  8. 11. 1783-1830, Venezuelan statesman: leader of revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule.