PVH Unit 5 Vocabulary - Atlantic Revolutions

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An American colonist who stayed committed to Great Britain and King George

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Loyalist

Answer explanation

Loyalists refused to support the American Revolution.

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The first and second _______ had almost all power in the Ancien Regime (ancient regime) in France before the French Revolution.

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estate, estates

Answer explanation

The estate is a division of French society before the French Revolution (Ancien Regime)

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This is the French revolutionary assembly formed by representatives of the third estate that demanded the King to make economic reforms

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National Assembly

Answer explanation

The National Assembly approved “The Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen”.

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A goal of the Haitian Revolution was to _______ slavery.

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abolish

Answer explanation

Abolish means to stop something from happening or to end something.

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This was a system of racial categories that had legal and social consequences. It was the organizing principle of Spanish colonial rule.

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Casta System

Answer explanation

The casta system privileged people who were closer in origin to Spain (i.e., the more “Spanish” you were).

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Military dictators who took power after the Latin American revolutions; used violence and charisma to gain and maintain power were called:

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caudillos

Answer explanation

Caudillos gained power because of internal disputes and weak post-revolutionary governments.