thomas hobbes
people are born cruel and selfish
voltaire
freedom of religion and speech
john locke
people are born a blank state
olympe de gouges
women should be equal in all ways; wrote the declaration of the rights of women and the female citizen
jean jaques rousseau
civilization corrupts people’s natural goodness
cessâtes beccaria
rights of the accused
baron de montesquieu
separation of power
mary wollenstonecraft
equal education for women
abigail adams
women should not be held to any laws by which they do not have a voice
miguel hidalgo
priest who led a march of natives and mestizo to mexico city to protest spanish rule over mexico (griot de dolores)
dom pedro
son of the king and queen of portugal, agreed to give brazil its independance
toussaint l’ouverture
skilled general and diplomat who freed the enslaved africans from the french on the island of saint dominique (now Haiti) but was then captured and executed
Jose maria morelos
priest who led the revolution in mexico against the spanish for 4 years until he was defeated
jose de san martin
creole who helped argentina, chile and peru gain independance
simon bolivar
creole who helped venezuela, colombia, and peru gain independance
augustin de iturbide
creole who was originally against mexico’s revolution but changed his mind and declared independance for mexico in 1821
Jean jaques dessalines
he declared independance for saint dominique and rename it haiti
Camille di cavour
became king of newly unified italy
louis napoleon
transformed france and brought prosperity
otto von bismark
unified germany
giuseppe garibaldi
captured sicily
Alexander II
Czar of russia famous for the abolishment of serfdom
Wilhem I
king of prussia and then later germany
victor emmanuel II
drove the austrians out of northern italy
matthew perry
british explorer who modernized japan during the meji era
Liliuokalani
last ruler of hawaii
emilio aguinado
led the Filipino fight for independance
Sanford B. Dole
wealthy plantation owner and polititian
Mutsuhito
emperor who modernized japan