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World History & Geography Key Terms Unit 2: Age of Revolutions 1750-1850
You may have a written and/or an oral quiz on the following terms. Be able to concisely define
each term and give its significance to the time and place being studied. In other words (Give the What and the Why.)
1. Define each term and give the significance below.
2. Create web-charts linking the terms as appropriate and explaining their significance.
Absolutism
Absolutism
Magna Carta
Divine Right of Kings
Puritans
Oliver Cromwell
Commonwealth
Glorious Revolution
English Bill of Rights
Louis XIV
Enlightenment
Scientific Revolution
Philosophes
Salons
Natural rights
Social contract
Separation of Powers
enlightened despots
Rousseau
Locke
Montesquieu
Voltaire
Revolutions
Stamp Act
Seven Years’ War
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
federal system
creoles
Simon Bolivar
French Revolution
Estates General
Bastille
Palace of Versailles
Marie Antoinette
Maximilien Robbespierre
The Reign of Terror
Napoleon Bonaparte
Toussaint L’Ouverture Thirty Years’ War
Nationalism
Absolutism
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Absolutism
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Magna Carta
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Divine Right of Kings
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Puritans
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Oliver Cromwell
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Commonwealth
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Glorious Revolution
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English Bill of Rights
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Louis XIV
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Enlightenment
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Scientific Revolution
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Philosophes
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Salons
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Natural rights
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Social contract
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Separation of Powers
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enlightened despots
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Rousseau
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Locke
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3
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Montesquieu
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Voltaire
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Revolutions
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Stamp Act
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Seven Years’ War
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Thomas Jefferson
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James Madison
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federal system
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creoles
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4
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Simon Bolivar
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Toussaint L’Ouverture
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French Revolution
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Estates General
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Bastille
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Palace of Versailles
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Marie Antoinette
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Maximilien Robbespierre
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The Reign of Terror
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5
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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Thirty Years’ War
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Nationalism
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6