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Chapter 17 vocab
Chapter 17 Vocabulary Part 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Denis Diderot | Edited the Encyclopedia |
| Baron De Montesquieu | Known for "The Spirit of the Laws." |
| Voltaire | Exemplified the spirit of the Enlightenment. Known for disapproving of what you say but I will fight for your right to say it. |
| Jean-Jacques Rousseau | Known for the book "The Social Contract." |
| Lord North | The prime Minister in Britain, is willing to carry out King George's plan to persuade the American colonist to agree with Great Britain policies. |
| Louis XV | King of France on of the longest reigns in French history lasted 59 years. |
| Louis XVI | King at 19 faced very bad financial problems and disaster. |
| Emmanuel Joseph Sieyes | A French clergyman who became a leading revolutionary. |
| Olympe De Gouges | French play-right who lead a group of women during the French revolution. |
| Georges-Jacques Danton | Requested that the reign of terror has accomplished it purpose and should relaxed and was put to death for it. |
| Maximilien Robespierre | One of the most powerful French Jacobins and put Danton to death. |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | Rank among the greatest generals of all time. |
| Horatio Nelson | Led a British fleet that defeated a combined French and Spanish fleet. |
| Duke Of Wellington | Defeated Napoleon at Waterloo |
| Czar Alexander I | From Russia and is one of the 4 representatives. |
| Louis XVIII | King of France at the time it restore the bourbon monarchy. |
| Castlereagh | Foreign secretary of Great Britain |
| Talleyrand | French diplomat who served under multiple regime representatives at the Congress of Vienna. One of the most influential diplomats. |
| Metternich | Foreign minister from Austria that influence Europe so strongly that the time period Is known as the age of Metternich. |