History semester 1 final important people

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