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MWH Review Part 4
Summerville High School MWH
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| National Assembly | created by the Third Estate of France; this was a representative government, ended the absolute rule of the Bourbon Kings. |
| Third Estate | made up 98% of the population of France, had limited property rights, paid the majority of taxes and were inspired by Enlightenment ideas of equality. |
| Enlightenment thinkers and power: | states government power comes from the consent of the people or governed |
| The Committee of Public Safety | was created to protect the ideas of the French Revolution. To accomplish their goals, they executed people from every social class. |
| Congress of Vienna | restored the balance of power in Europe after the Napoleonic Wars. The Major Powers of Europe agreed to help suppress revolutions in Europe. |
| First Estate | 1% of population, no taxes, clergy |
| Toussaint L’Ouverture | led a slave revolt in Haiti. |
| Creoles | were people of Spanish heritage born in the colonies and inspired by Enlightenment ideas and the American and French Revolutions. |
| Simon Bolivar | a writer, fighter, and political thinker who led Venezuelan independence. |
| mestizos | half Spanish, half native American |
| Kings and power | believed power comes from God, divine right |
| China and Japan, foreign policy through 1700s | had been isolated from the changes in Europe and the Americas |
| spheres of influence | regions in which a nation has control over trade and other economic activities, ex the late 1800’s Europeans created in China. |
| French Revolution, causes | taxes, inequality as a relic of feudalism, famine, Estate system |
| Immediate Cause of World War I | Archduke Franz Ferdinand heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist (Gavrilo Princip) |
| American Revolution, causes | taxation without representation, Stamp Act, Intolerable Acts |
| Trench warfare | dominated the western front during World War I. |
| Treaty of Versailles | ended World war I and hurt Germany economically (war reparations to the allies), politically (forced the king of Germany to abdicate the throne), militarily (reduced the size of the army, no air force and no submarines), and nationalistically |
| stock market crash | signaled the beginning of the Great Depression. |
| New Deal | FDR proposed this plan, which tried to solve the economic problems of the Great Depression by increasing government spending on large public works projects. |