Atlantic Revolutions Study Guide (1750-1850)

These flashcards cover key vocabulary and concepts related to the Atlantic Revolutions, highlighting important events, figures, and principles.

Taxation without representation

The colonial grievance against British laws that taxed the colonies without giving them representation in Parliament.

Boston Tea Party

A 1773 protest against British taxes where colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor.

Boston Massacre

The 1770 incident where British soldiers killed five colonists, escalating tensions leading to the American Revolution.

Declaration of Independence

The 1776 document declaring the colonies' separation from Britain, outlining colonists' rights and grievances.

Palace Parties

Refers to the social elite or nobility who maintained their privilege while the lower classes bore the tax burden during the French Revolution.

Three estates of France

The social hierarchy in France before the Revolution: clergy (First Estate), nobility (Second Estate), and commoners (Third Estate).

Storming of the Bastille

The event on July 14, 1789, marking the beginning of the French Revolution, symbolizing the uprising against oppression.

Reign of Terror

A period during the French Revolution characterized by extreme political violence, marked by the use of the guillotine.

First successful slave revolt

The uprising in Haiti led by enslaved Africans against colonial rule, inspired by Enlightenment and revolutionary ideals.

Natural rights

Enlightenment principle asserting that individuals have inherent rights, including life, liberty, and property.

Popular sovereignty

The doctrine that government derives its authority from the consent of the governed.

Republicanism

The belief in a system of government in which power resides with the people who elect representatives.

Simón Bolívar

Key leader in the Latin American independence movement who played a pivotal role in liberating several countries from Spanish control.

End of absolute monarchy

The shift from monarchies with unchecked power to governments accountable to the citizens, resulting from the revolutions.

New trade patterns

Economic shifts following the revolutions that led to changes in the way goods were traded and valued, promoting capitalism.