The Age of Revolutions

Colonists rose up against England to gain their independence

• French Revolution

• World War I

• American Revolution

• Storming of the Bastille

Document written by Thomas Jefferson that used Enlightenment ideas from John Locke

• Declaration of Independence

• Social Contract

• Napoleonic Code

• Declaration of the Rights of Man

A period of the French Revolution (1793-1794), during which many people were ruthlessly executed by Robespierre

• American Revolution

• Reign of Terror

• Haitian Revolution

• Coup D'etat

Prison that the third estate took over during the early part of the revolution. Was a symbol to many of the oppression of the king.

• Waterloo

• Plebiscite

• Bastille

• Tennis Court Oath

Absolute power by a monarch. Louis XIV is the best example.Was a cause of the French Revolution.

• Nationalism

• Revolution

• Estate

• Absolutism

Less than one percent of the population, was made up of the Catholic Clergy. They had a lot of power.

• Third Estate

• First Estate

• Second Estate

• Reformation

Uprising in France against the monarchy from 1789 to 1799 which resulted in the establishment of France as a republic.

• Haitian Revolution

• American Revolution

• Storming of the Bastille

• French Revolution

Revolution led by Toussaint L’Ouverture.

• Haitian Revolution

• Latin American Revolution

• American Revolution

• French Revolution

A successful and popular general during the French Revolution. He crowned himself emperor and helped create the biggest empire in Europe since Rome

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Locke

• Toussaint L’Ouverture

• Napoleon Bonaparte

Which of the following was responsible for Napoleon's failure

• American Revolution

• Storming of the Bastille

• Russia's Scorched Earth Tactics

• Tennis Court Oath