French Revolution/Haitian Revolution Review Flashcards

(25 cards)

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Government in which a king holds all of the power

Gobierno en el que un rey ostenta todo el poder

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Absolute Monarchy

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Government in which people are elected to make decisions on the people’s behalf

Gobierno en el que las personas son elegidas para tomar decisiones en nombre del pueblo.

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Representative Government

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Government in which everyone voted to express the general will and to make the laws of the land

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Democracy

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The Revolution that led to the overthrow of the King Louis XVI and the end of 1000 years of monarchy

La Revolución que condujo al derrocamiento del rey Luis XVI y al fin de 1000 años de monarquía

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French Revolution

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Leader of the Reign of Terror, a period in which anyone who “dissented” was executed

Líder del Reinado del Terror, periodo en el que todo aquel que «disentía» era ejecutado

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Maximilien Robespierre

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Leader of the Haitian Revolution

Líder de la Revolución Haitiana

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Toussaint L’Ouverture

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Revolution where Saint-Domingue won independence from France

Revolución en la que Santo Domingo se independizó de Francia

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Haitian Revolution

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Year in which Haiti won its independence

Año de la independencia de Haití

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1804

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An educated guess

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Inference

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10
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What you see / Lo que ve

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Observation

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A legislative assembly representing the three estates: clergy, nobility, and commoners.

Asamblea legislativa que representa a los tres estamentos: clero, nobleza y plebeyos.

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Estates-General

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A device used for carrying out executions by beheading, symbolizing the Reign of Terror.

Dispositivo utilizado para llevar a cabo ejecuciones por decapitación, símbolo del Reinado del Terror.

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Guillotine

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13
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A fundamental document of the French Revolution that outlined individual rights and freedoms.

Documento fundamental de la Revolución Francesa que esbozaba los derechos y libertades individuales.

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Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

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A radical political group that was in control during the Reign of Terror.

Grupo político radical que estuvo en el poder durante el Reinado del Terror.

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Jacobins

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The motto of the French Revolution meaning “Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood.”

Lema de la Revolución Francesa que significa «Libertad, Igualdad, Fraternidad».

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Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité

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This event in Paris symbolized the start of the French Revolution.

Este acontecimiento simbolizó en París el inicio de la Revolución Francesa.

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Storming of the Bastille

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The name of the French colony that became Haiti after the revolution.

Nombre de la colonia francesa que se convirtió en Haití tras la revolución.

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Saint-Domingue

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The system under which enslaved people worked in plantations.

Sistema por el que los esclavos trabajaban en las plantaciones.

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What Haiti won from France in 1804.

Lo que Haití ganó a Francia en 1804.

20
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The French leader who French leader who attempted to reassert control over Saint-Domingue.

El líder francés que intentó reafirmar el control sobre Saint-Domingue.

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Napoleon Bonaparte

21
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War within a country

22
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An attempt to overthrow a government—an organized revolution

Intento de derrocar a un gobierno, una revolución organizada

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A radical change in the established order, usually the government and social institutions

Un cambio radical en el orden establecido, normalmente el gobierno y las instituciones sociales.

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The freeing of slaves

La liberación de los esclavos

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An estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are grown by forced labor. Finca en la que se cultiva café, azúcar y tabaco mediante trabajos forzados.
Plantation