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What was the historical significance of Thomas Paine's Common Sense |
It persuaded many Americans to support Independence |
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Why did the Americans decide to replace the Articles of Confederation |
It made the central government too weak |
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In France before the French Revolution the Third Estate or commoner class included what people |
Merchants laborers and farmers |
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One reason for the French government's financial troubles |
The cost of helping with the American Revolution |
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By declaring themselves to be a National Assembly members of the estates-general did what |
They claim they have the authority to govern France |
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The Napoleonic Code of 1804 was a law code that |
It upheld the equality citizens |
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Across much of Europe the French Revolution encourage the growth of |
Nationalism |
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19th century liberals were in favor of what |
Economic freedom |
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After the United States Revolution what was the first successful revolution in the Americas |
The Haiti Revolution |
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How did Napoleon Bonaparte contribute to Revolutions in South America |
By invading Spain he weakened Spanish control over its colonies |
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Revolution and South America spread from Buenos Aires through the southern part of the continent under the leadership of |
Jose de San Martin |
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What kind of government did Japan have after the Meiji restoration |
Constitutional monarchy |
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In the Opium Wars in China British wanted China to what |
Permit the import of opium |
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According to the Declaration of Rights of Man and citizen what is the definition of Liberty |
Freedom with limits determined by the law |
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Based on the passages which of the following best explains the principle of equality before the law |
Laws must treat everyone the same way |
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Which country was the revolution actually led by the emperor |
Japan |
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What is Admiral Matthew Perry famous for doing |
Leaving a fleet of ships into a Japanese Harbor |
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Sun Yat-sen led a revolution in China in 1911 that did what |
End of the Qing Dynasty |
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The Boxer Rebellion aimed to do what |
Drive foreigners out of China |
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In Mexico the radical Creole priest Miguel Hildago inspired what |
A nationalist uprising of Indians and mestizos in the countryside |
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Most of the revolutionary leaders in South America were |
People of Spanish ancestry born in America |
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Toussaint l'ouverture succeeded in establishing what |
The first black Republic in modern history |
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And chronic himself Emperor how did Napoleon maintain the appearance of popular sovereignty |
Who won of vote by the French people to restore monarchy |
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The reign of terror occurred when |
Extremist politicians took control of National Assembly |
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What was the French society like before the Revolution |
Society was socially divided |
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What was the key feature of the government laid out in the u.s. Constitution |
The government power would be divided among three branches |
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Why did the British troops impose new taxes on the American colonies in the mid 1760 s |
To pay for the cost of the French and Indian War |
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The political Revolutions of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were inspired by the ideas of what |
Enlightenment |
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Why did the French government help the American Revolution |
The support of the colonists as a way of undermining the British |
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The American Constitution was written by who |
Bike Committee with a lot of debate and compromise |
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Which idea was stated in the French Declaration of Rights of Man and citizen |
Men Are Born Free and equal |
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After Napoleon came to power what did he do |
He led his army and campaigns across Europe |
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What was the main goal of the movement for Italian unification |
Gaining independence from the Austrian Empire |
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How did Bismarck complete the unification of Germany |
By provoking a war against France |
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What role did Simone Bolivar play in the Latin American independence movements |
He let a revolutionary Army in the region of New Granada |
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How did the arrival of the US warships in 1853 lead to the revolution in Japan |
Showed the shogun's weakness |
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Otto von Bismarck who led the unification of Germany was the political leader of what state |
Prussia |
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What act or tax that the British fight in the colonies United them |
The Stamp Act |
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What act seemed to put English settlers modest level political freedom in jeopardy |
Intolerable Acts |
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What were the first fights of the independence of the United States |
Battle of Concord and Lexington |
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Who opposed the Patriots the US |
A significant number of loyalists in parts of New York New Jersey and Carolinas |
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When and who signed the Declaration of Independence |
The members of the Congress signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th 1776 |
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How did Britain respond to the Declaration of Independence |
They sent troops and took control of New York |
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What two countries were enemies of the British |
Spain Holland and France |
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What ended the Revolutionary War |
The Treaty of Paris in 1783 |
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In 1781 the states had ratified or approved what |
The Articles of Confederation |
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Why were the Articles of Confederation a failure |
I left the central government too weak to resolve nation wide economic problems |
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Three branches of government |
Executive judicial and legislative |
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What was the main thrust of the unification movement |
to gain independence from Austria |
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Who work on a plan to oust Austria from italy |
Victor Emmanuel II and the prime |
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In 1860 what fighter and revolutionary LED his army into southern Italy freed most parts |
Giuseppe Garibaldi |
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What two places being annexed completed unification |
Venetia and Rome |
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In Germany which state took control leaving the unification |
Prussia |
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Who was Toussaint l'ouverture |
A free black who joined the rebels and helped lead what became known as the Haitian Revolution |
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What resulted in founding new nations throughout Spanish America |
Creole revolutions |
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What influenced the Creoles |
Enlightenment ideas and motivated by American Revolution fought to free themselves from Spanish rule |
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Achievements of the Creole |
Achieved in Buenos Aires they establish self-rule in the Southeast coastal cities |
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Who is the Patriot leader who trained an Army in 1817 and where did he train them |
Patriot leader Jose de San Martin born and trained an army in Rio De La Plata |
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Who was the patriot leader that San Martin look up to |
Simone Bolivar |
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What happened on May in 1822 |
By May 1822 Simone Bolivar had brought Independence to new Granada |
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What happened in July 1822 in Ecuador |
Bolivar and San Martin met in Ecuador and San Martin decided to step aside and let bulevar take the lead in the effort to liberate Peru |
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Miguel Hidalgo |
Creole priest who called for Independence and was inspired by nationalist uprising of Indians and mestizos cross the Mexican Countryside tried to force the Spanish forces out |
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What happened to the rebel forces Miguel Hildago |
The Army finally overpower the rebel forces. Later Creole soldiers conducted a successful coup against their Spanish officers and shaved Independence and the promise of a constitutional monarchy but their leader the former royalist Agustin declared himself Emperor his Reign lasted less than three years as the Mexicans from across the political Spectrum opposed him |
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Was Mexico stable? |
Mexico remained unstable in the years that followed this political and economic and social ills plagued the country |
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How is the Brazilian Revolution started |
When Napoleon invaded Portugal it did not set off major Uprising in Brazil a Portuguese Colony. It did however cause a reversal and relationship between the mother country and the colony. Many years later when the king and finally returned to Portugal he put his son Dom Pedro and charge the following year faced with growing calls from political reforms are Republicans Don Pedro declared Brazil's Independence |
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Which revolutionary leader had a country named after him |
Simon Bolivar Bolivia |
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Differences between creoles and peninsulares |
Peninsulares where people that came from the Spanish peninsula Creoles are people that are mixed with European and black descent. |
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Napoleon Bonaparte |
Fought against the French in the upper classes. Fought for the 3rd estate. To establish equality for all classes. |
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Simon Bolivar |
Fought for the Creoles. Fought against Spain. Free Latin America from the control of the Spanish. |
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Miguel Hidalgo |
Fought against Spain. Fought for the Indians and mestizos. Force the Spanish out of Mexico. |
