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39 Cards in this Set
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John locke
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formulated one of the most influential theories of contractual government
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George Washington
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strong and imaginitive military leadership
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Louis XVI
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Unable to raise more revenue for overburdened peasantry, wanted to increase taxes on nobility: wasn't working for him
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Marie-Antoinette
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austrian heritage, wife of louis xvi, both sent to guillotine
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nat'l assembly
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3rd estate met on the tennis court
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the convention
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new legislative body elected by universal male suffrage, abolished monarchy
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robespierre
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jacobin known as incorruptible
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jacobins
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most radical party: dominated convention
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directory
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conservative men of property seeking middle way between ancien régime
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olympe de gouges
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revolutionary and strong advocate of women's rights
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napoleon
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ended the directory in 1799
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toussaint l'ouverture
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smart revolution with army who liberated his island colony from french rule
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miguel de hidalgo
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parish priest led peasant rebellion in mexico against
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simon bolivar
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south american creole elite
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bernardo o'higgins
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creole elite in chile
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edmund burke
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believed in conservatism
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john stuart mill
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most prominent proponent of early liberalism
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william wilberforce
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english philanthropist, got a seat in parliament, against slavery
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mary astell
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wanted to know why women were not born free, but as slaves
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mary wollstonecraft
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informal self-educated woman who wrote a vindication of the rights of women
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elizabeth cady stanton
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began movement of women's rights in a convention at seneca falls, new york
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mazzini
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formed a group called young italy that promoted independence from austrian and spanish rule and the establishment of an italian national state
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alfred dreyfus
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jewish army officer spying for germany- rose questions of trustworthiness of jews in french society
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theodor herzl
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launched zionist movement
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cavour
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expelled austrian authorities from most of northern italy
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garibaldi
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nationalist- dashing soldier- unified southern italy and sicily
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otto von bismarck
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prussian prime minister the great questions of the day will be answered thru blood and iron
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king willhelm I
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appointed bismarck as prime minister
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abe lincoln
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a house divided against itself cannot stand
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john macdonald
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first prime minister of canada, further unified canada by increasing land, railroad
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simon bolivar
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latin american liberator, tried to establish confederation
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juan manuel de rosas
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one of the biggest caudillos, argentina, used to be a gaucho, machiavelli of pampas, argentine nero
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benito juarez
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led la reforma
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emiliano zapata
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argrarian rebel, distributed lands, killed in 1919
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walt whitman
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poet who wrote about multicultural society in US
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louis riel
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leader or métis, exiled, came back and led metis rebellion against canada
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domingo faustino sarmiento
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hated caudillos
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jose hernandez
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poet who wrote about gauchos
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adela zamudio
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poet who was frustrated that women did not have equal rights
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