History Finals (40 Vocab Words)

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Napoleon Buonaparte

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a corsican born leader who led France to capture lands all the way to Russia, then abdicated FR

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enclosure

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closed off part of land that increases farm production IR

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capitalism

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economic system where production is privately owned and operated for profit IR

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Creole

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person from spain's colonies in the americas who was an american born descendant of spanish settlers IMP

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Utilitarianism

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goal: to bring the greatest happiness to the greatest number of people IR

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to abdicate

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to step down from power FR

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Laissez faire

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business interaction without government interference

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Buorgeoise

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the highest level of the lower classes above proletariat and below royalty FR

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to annex

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to take over land and and it to your own FR

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urbanization

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when the flow of people moves from farms to cities IR

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Congress of Vienna

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a group of European leaders who wanted to create lasting peace throughout the land (after FR)

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James Watt

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improver of newcomen's steam engine IR

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suffrage

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the right to vote IR

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storming of the bastille

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when peasants came to attack political figures in the bastilles (jails) FR

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marie antoinette

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wife of king louis xvi who was executed during the FR

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clemens von metternich

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austrian prince who was a part of the congress of vienna and became an austrian diplomat

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jaques necker

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the financial advisor to king louis xvi during the FR

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henry ford

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man who used assembly lines to mass produce cars during the IR

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turnpike

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a privately owned road where a fee is charged to cross IR

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mary wollstonecraft

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feminist who fought for women's rights to vote and didn't believe in marriage

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thomas hobbes

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man who believed in absolute monarchies and that humans had bad motives PH

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johann sebastian bach

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GERMAN composer of the FR

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simon bolivar

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venezuelan leader who took part in the resistance juntas REV

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claude monet

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impressionist painter whose techniques were opposite those of the FR

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impressionism

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style of french painting to capture visual impression of the moment

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boston massacre

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when british soldiers open fired in boston killing 5 men during AR

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social contract

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agreement to give up natural state for an organized society PH

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deficit spending

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when the government spends more money than they have FR

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émigré

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person who flees their country for political reasons

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Great fear

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a time of the FR when the nobles feared the peasants

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jacobins

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middle class FR lawyers who belonged to a revolutionary political club

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guerrilla warfare

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hit a run raids on the french in the FR

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waterloo

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battle where napoleon was defeated and he abdicated FR

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methodism

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IR religious movement that gave workers the hope for a better future

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karl marx

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german philosopher who wrote "communist manifesto" and thought capitalism brought happiness

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communism

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form of socialism to end class struggle

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proletariat

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working class of the FR

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el grito de dolores

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cry of dolores, speech demanding independence for his people by miguel hidalgo

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thomas edison

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made first light bulb allowing factories to be open after dark IR