IB History Unit 2 Vocab

Where I *Actually* Learn the Vocab!!

Salutary Neglect

mother country leaves the inferior country alone

to fend for itself

Dom Pedro

Emperor of Brazil; called for the freedom of press,

religion, and elected legislature

Grievances

complaints / issues

Madison

Father of the Constitution

Louis Napoleon Bonaparte

proclaimed himself emperor in 1852, ending the

second republic (France)

Jose de San Martin

general that helped Argentina win freedom

Loyalists

Tories

Radicals

people who favor extreme change

Proclamation Line of 1763

line that colonists could cross

(mountains)

Toussaint L'Ouverture

self-educated former Slave (Haiti)

Creole

African Americans of European descent

Autonomy

Self-rule

Father Miguel Hidalgo

creole priest in Mexico that wanted Mexico

to be free

French and Indian War

also called the "Seven Years War" between

France and England

Intolerable Acts

also called the " coercive acts" to punish the

colonists by taxes

John Locke

English philosopher that believed in natural rights

Ideologies

system of thoughts and beliefs

Louis Philippe

cousin of Charles X; supported the revolution of 1789

Parliament

English law making body

Alexander Hamilton

wrote the Federalists Papers and wanted a

string central gov

Peninsulares

members of the highest social class

Olive Branch Petition

Last attempt made by 2nd Continental Congress made by the colonists with England to avoid a full scale war

Universal Suffrage

giving all adult men the right to vote

Recession

reduced economic activity

Mestizos

Native Americans of European descent

Mulattoes

a person mixed with white and black ancestry