origin of American Revolution?
taxes
document that created first American government
articles of confederation
representative democracy
people voting government to represent them
causes of the French Revolution
1. Marie Antoinette s spending
2. enlightenment ideas
3. high taxes
4. success of American Revolution
why King Louis XVI weak
1. he didn't really make decisions
2. not a lot of experience
3. spending habits
absolute monarchy
king/ queen = complete control
3rd estates population percentage
97%
why Louis XVI called the Estates General
failing economy & tax system
Tennis Court Oath
people don't leave until given a new constitution
what happened on Bastille Day
a mob broke into a prison to get gunpowder
Declaration of Rights of Man
document in France giving men equality, freedom, and trial rights
Country that tried to help Louis XVI escape?
Austria
What happened to Louis XVI and Mary Antoinette toward the end of the Revolution?
he got beheaded.
Jacobin's
more radical group that took control of the national assembly
Position of Robespierre to gain power?
head of the committee on public safety.
What happened to Robespierre at end of reign of terror?
he got beheaded.
Government in France after revolution
directory
Came to power after the failure of the government after the revolution
Napoleon
Two ideas that fueled age of revolution
Liberty and Freedom
Who controlled most of Latin America prior to rebellions?
Spain
1st Latin American nation to gain independence
Haiti
Creoles
American born spainers that led to military.
T/F most Latin American nations stabilized after their revolutions.
False
Junta
a military or political group that rules a country after taking power by force.
Why did the United States Revolution succeed and the French Revolution fail?
The American Revolution was a colonial revolt that only succeeded because the British neither wanted to keep the colony, nor did it want to dedicate the huge navy and army it possessed to a rebellious colony.