Unit 5 Vocab: Age of Revolution

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What was a Loyalist during the American Revolution?

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A colonist who remained loyal to King George and Great Britain

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What are unalienable rights?

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Freedoms that cannot be taken away by any ruler or government

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What was an estate in pre-revolutionary France?

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A social class in French society

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What was the Estates General?

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A meeting of representatives from France’s three social classes

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Why did the National Assembly form during the French Revolution?

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The Third Estate wanted equal representation and economic reforms

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What was the Haitian Revolution?

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A slave revolt that led to Haiti becoming the first free Black republic.

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What does it mean to abolish something?

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To completely end or eliminate it.

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Who were the Grand Blancs in Saint-Domingue (Haiti)?

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Wealthy white plantation owners who wanted to keep slavery.

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Who were the Petit Blancs in Saint-Domingue?

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Poor white colonists who resented the Grand Blancs’ power

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Who were the Affranchis?

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Free people of color who had wealth and education but faced discrimination