Unit 1: Enlightenment to Revolutions

reasons for enlightenment

1. to make life better

2. to set the pace for reform

3. to understand the world better

Locke

natural rights, overthrow government

Montesquieu

3 government branches

Rousseau

social contract, men are good but corrupted by society

Voltaire

british system, freedom of speech religious tolerance

Reign of Terror

Robespierre wanted to rid France of all people against the revolution

French motto

Liberty, equality, fraternity

Tennis Court Oath

National Assembly takes an oath to keep meeting until a new constitution is created

cause of the French Revolution

• influenced by the American Revolution

• the nation’s debt

• political imbalance

• famine

• high taxes

first act of the revolution

Storming of the Bastille

Haitian revolution cause

slavery, economy

Haitian leader

Toussaint Louverture

lasting effects of the Haitian Revolution

abolished slavery, expelled European power, inspired revolutions across Latin America

Industrial Revolution occurred in

America

consequences of the Industrial Revolution

• rural to urban cities

• need for better working conditions

• increase in pollution

• creation of a middle and working class

Latin American leaders

Jose De San Martin, Simon Bolivar, Father Hidalgo

Countries Latin American Revolutions occurred

Argentina, Chile, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Mexico

Peninsulares

Spanish from Spain

Creoles

Spanish descent in Latin America

Mestizos

Mixed = European + Native