A | B |
nationalism | desire for independence from outside rule |
mestizo | bottom position in the Colonial Latin American class structure |
Simon Bolivar | helped Latin America gain freedom from Spanish rule |
Bastille | French prison that was attacked during the revolution |
Metternich | leader of the Congress of Vienna |
Napoleonic Code | laws that granted all Frenchmen religious freedom and equality |
viceroy | top position in the Colonial Latin American class structure |
Monroe Doctrine | protected independent states in the Western hemisphere from European powers |
Louis XVI | king of France who was beheaded during the revolution |
Toussaint L'Ouverture | former slave who led a revolution to free Haiti from French rule |
Reign of Terror | period of violence that occurred after the French Revolution |
liberalism | political philosophy that promotes social change and freedom |
Creoles | middle position in the Colonial Latin American class structure |
Father Miguel Hidalgo | began the Mexican independence movement |
Congress of Vienna | meeting to restore Europe to its pre-Napoleon political state |
Napoleon | named himself Emperor of France and conquered much of Europe |
conservatism | political philosophy that opposes social change, supports the status quo |