| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Mestizos | Mixture of Europeans and American Indians |
| Mulattoes | Mixture of Europeans and Africans |
| Stamp Act of 1776 | English tax used to raise taxes to help pay for the costs of the Seven Years War |
| First Continental Congress | American politicians who wanted armed resistance to English interference |
| Articles of Confederation | First document to organize American Nation |
| Tennis Court Oath | Vow by Third Estate to keep meeting until they created a constitution |
| Taille | French tax paid primarily by the Third Estate |
| Bourgeoisie | Upper class of the Third Estate. Bankers, merchants |
| Estates-General | French parliament that was made up of the three estates |
| Bastille | Prison in Paris that was attaked by a mob |
| National Assembly | Name of the Third Estate that wrote the first French Constitution |
| Moscow | The city in Russia that was able to push Napolean back |
| Elba | The island that Napolean was exiled the first time |
| Waterloo | The final battle of Napolean against a unified European force |
| Guillotine | A device used for execution |
| Napolean Bonaparte | Military hero who took control of France and tried to spread Enlightned ideas through out Europe |
| Cottage Industry | Family members who worked from home to create goods for sale |
| Enlightened Ruler | A benevolant ruler who follows the ideas of the Enlightenment |
| Enlightened Absolutism | The type of monarchy that appeared in Europe in the 1700's |
| Global Economy | Trade that connects the world into one economy |
| Nationalism | Loyalty and devotion to your nation |
| Balence of power | Equaltiy of power that no one can dominate |
| Diplomatic Revolution | Separation through non-violence |
| Frederick the Great | King of Prussia |
| Peter III | Tsar of Russia |
| Treaty of Paris | Ended the Seven Years War |
| Relics of Feudalism | traditions from the days of serfdom |
| Olympe de Gouges | wrote the declaration of the rights of woman and the female citizen |
| Group of people who made up the majority of French population | commoners and peasants |
| 2 causes of discontent in the French socitey before the revolution | inequality of rights and the collapse of french economy |
| First meeting of the estates-general | government was on the verge of complete financial collapse |
| Great Fear | panic spread through france, included peasant rebellions and fear of invasion by foreign troops |
| Reign of Terror | program intended to protect the revolutionary republic from its internal enemies |
| Consulate | a new form of the republic |
| Committee of Public Safety | Given powers and took control of France and raised the largest army ever seen in european history |
| Robespierre | leader of Jacobians, continued the terror in an effort to end corruption in France |
| The Directory | acted as the executive authority in france and dissolved when Napolean came to power |
| The Grand Empire | the french empire, dependant states and allied states |
| the Continental System | napoleans strategy to stop british goods from reaching Europe |
| first action taken by National Convention | abolish the monarchy and establish a republic |
| 3 countries in the european coalition in 1793 | austria prussia and spain |
| The purpose of the european coalition | to invade france and reestablish the old regime |
| Napoleans most long lasting domestic achievement | codification of the laws |
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