Nationalism and Revolutions Lecture Notes

Vocabulary flashcards covering the key people, documents, and concepts of Nationalism and Revolutions from the 5.2 notes.

John Locke

An Enlightenment thinker whose concept of natural rights inspired the American Revolution.

Taxation without representation

An Enlightenment-inspired idea that served as a motivator for the American Revolution.

Declaration of Independence

The document that initiated the American Revolution and served as an inspiration for other global revolutions.

Three Estates

The social divisions in France where the first two estates held most of the power but paid very little in taxes.

King Louis the Sixteenth

The French monarch who was beheaded during the violent French Revolution.

Declaration of the Rights of Man

A French document that inspired revolutions worldwide across different cultures and nations.

Haitian Revolution

The only bottom-up revolution in history and one of the only successful slave rebellions.

Toussaint L'Ouverture

The leader of the Haitian Revolution who was captured by the French and died in prison for his cause.

Letter from Jamaica

A document that provided inspiration for the Latin American Revolutions.

Simon Bolivar

The leader of the Latin American Revolution who envisioned a large South American country called Grand Colombia.

Grand Colombia

The large, unified South American country envisioned by leader Simon Bolivar.

Nationalism

A sense of unity among people based on a common language, culture, and history, often used by governments to gain power.

Otto von Bismarck

A German nationalist who successfully unified Germany from the Prussian region.

Balkans

A region within the Ottoman Empire where nationalism created significant pressure for the empire to break apart.

Ottomanism

A movement by the Ottomans aiming to create a more modern and unified state to counter internal nationalist pressures.