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APWH Key Concepts Buzzword Review - Period #5

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American Revolution
Dec of Independence/Jefferson - based on Locke's ideas Constitution - based on Montesquieu - Separation of Powers, 3 branches, Checks & Balances
French Revolution
Estates system = unfair/ Robespierre & Reign of Terror/Louis XVI & Maria Antoinette - guillotined/ ended absolute monarchy
Napoleon
Coup de etat/ Napoleon Code/ Attempted to conquer all of Europe/ Defeat caused by winter invasion of Russia/Waterloo
Congress of Vienna
Fix Napoleon's mess/Balance of Power Doctrine/Restore pre-war state boundaries/Liberalism v. Conservatism
Haitian Revolution
Slave revolt against French / Touissant L'Ouverture/ 1st Latin American country to gain independence
Maroons
Escaped slaves/ Caribbean islands/ led independence movements
Mestizo
Person in the "New"world of mixed European and Native American descent
Mexican Independence
Padre Miguel Hidalgo - organized mestizo & native force /Replaced Spanish w/ caudillos (military dictators) / La Reforma - Benito Juarez
Simon Bolivar
Led independence movements in Columbia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Chile, & Bolivia/ Gran Columbia = failed/Jamaica Letter/ Creole Revolutions
Romanticism
1800's Europe & America/ Artistic movement focused on nature, the exotic, & emotion / NOT ROMANCE
Nationalism
Pride in one's country/ Drove need to unify people of the same culture in one political state
Unification of Italy
North = Sardinia/Cavour/Wealthy & Industrial South = Sicily/Garibaldi/Poor & Agricultural ** Papal states = last
Unification of Germany
Otto von Bismarck Realpolitik - the ends justify the means
Zionism
Movement to establish a Jewish homeland in the Middle East/ 1948 = Israel
Industrial Revolution
End of cottage(home)industry/ Factory system/England/Enclosure movement =urbanization /Harsh working conditions/low pay/ Unions- reform laws
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