U5L2 - Atlantic World Revolutions

In Latin America, years of revolutionary war contributed to the rise of local warlords known as caudillos

At the Estates-General, "representatives" of the 3rd estate (commoners, 97% of the population) __?__ to pay more taxes

Ultimately, liberals and conservatives competed for power/authority after the Atlantic World Revolutions

In addition to new taxes, the British government continued to impose tariffs. Tariffs are a feature of __?__.

The National Assembly (1) abolished feudal priviledges and (2) reorganized the Catholic Church

A former slave named __?__ led an army of slaves and maroons against the French government in Saint Domingue

The increased taxes and tariffs (restrictions on imports) led colonial leaders to demand for direct representation

The king/queen were executed after attempting to flee to Austria. Consequently, France became a __?__.

__?__ = colonists versus the Kingdom of Great Britain (1775 - 1783)

As an enlightened despot, Napoleon continued to reform France's legal, tax, and education systems

Ultimately, Toussaint Loverture secured __?__ for Saint Domingue (Haiti) and became its "governor for life"

The clergy (first estate, 1%) and nobles (second estate, 2%) __?__ pay taxes

The National Assembly enacted the Declaration of the Rights of Man (legal doc that guarenteed specific rights/liberties)

The Committee of Public Safety persecuted/executed supposed enemies of the revolution during the Reign of Terror

The United States also became a federal republic (the federal gov delegates specific powers to its state govs)

Simon Bolivar (1) secured independence, (2) founded Gran Colombia, and (3) served as its president from 1819 to 1830

__?__, after leading a coup d'etat, reinstated slavery in France's colonies (eight years after it was abolished)

The United States government failed to repay __?__ money it had lent during the American Revolutionary War

The National Assembly initially developed a __?__

The representatives of the Third Estate, unwilling to pay more taxes, revolted and formed the __?__.

__?__ = creoles & mestizos versus the Kingdom of Spain (1810 - 1825)

__?__ = slaves and maroons versus the Kingdom of France (1791 - 1804)

Toussaint also sought an end to slavery (abolitionism) and the redistribution of land to formerly enslaved peoples

Bolivar also sought to replace __?__ restrictions with a capitalist/free market economy based on laissez-faire.

Creoles had grown resentful of peninsulares and suspicious of mestizos

Dom Pedro, a Portuguese __?__, led Brazil’s independence from Portugal in 1822 & established a constitutional monarchy

Bolivar sought a __?__ gov/constitution that would protect natural rights (life, liberty, property) and abolish slavery

Simon Bolivar, a __?__ from Venezuela, led an army against the Spanish government at the Viceroyalty of New Granada

A young military general named __?__ overthrew the Directory while France was at war with neighboring/hostile monarchies

King Louis XVI met with "representatives" of each estate at the Estates-General in order to discuss tax reforms

 After the British government __?__ to provide direct representation, colonial leaders declared their independence

__?__ are unalienable rights according to the United States Constitution

Toussaint Loverture (1) abolished slavery and (2) redistributed land while serving as "governor for life"

Bolivar, while attending school in Spain, became increasingly influenced by the Enlightenment (liberalism, abolitionism)

Gran Colombia split into (1) __?__, (2) __?__, and (3) __?__ in 1830

Napoleon arrested/deported/imprisoned Toussaint Loverture

Brazil gained independence from __?__ in 1822

The Reign of Terror ended in 1794 when the Directory, a group of __?__, replaced the Committee of Public Safety

After defeating the __?__ in the Seven Years War, the British __?__ taxes on British colonists

After a decade of revolutionary war with __?__, Mexico became a constitutional republic in 1824

Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Loverture's successor, defeated France & secured Haiti's complete independence in 1804

 The National Assembly was responsible for building a new gov/constitution that represented all French people equally.

The Declaration of Independence led to the __?__

__?__ = radical revolutionaries, frustrated by the pace of change, seized control of the France's new government

The United States became a __?__ after its victory in the American Revolutionary War (1775 - 1783)

Creoles had grown resentful of __?__ regulations/restrictions

Toussaint sought a __?__ government/constitution that would better protect natural rights (life, liberty, property)

When the Declaration of the Rights of Man __?__ extend/apply to France’s colonies, slaves in Haiti revolted