| A | B |
|---|
| Colony | country or area under the full or partial control of another country usually a distant one |
| Popular sovereignty | idea that government gets power from the people |
| Declaration of independence | 1776 written by Thomas Jefferson |
| Success of the American Revolution | only rebelled against British rule and the British government was very far away; created a long-lasted constitution after the revolution with balanced power in government |
| American Revolution influenced... | French Revolution 1789, Haitian Revolution 1791, Latin American independence wars, and the Greek War for Independence 1821 |
| Simon Bolivar | led independence movements in Latin America and liberated Venezuela, inspired by Enlightenment philosophers and the American Revolution |
| Enlightenment Philosophers | 17th and 18th century thinkers who concentrated on individual rights, includes Locke, Voltaire, and Rousseau |
| French Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen | 1789, France's list of natural and individual rights, inspired by American Declaration of Independence and Locke, Rousseau, and Voltaire |
