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REVOLUTIONS

VOCABULARY #1

REVOLUTION A change in the character of a

nation’s government A complete change in the way of

thinking/method of working Time of Revolution varies Can occur in areas such as

Culture Economics Social Activities Examples: Sci. Rev., Industrial Rev.,

Tech. Rev.

CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE Breaking a law on

purpose to get a law changed.

Illegal but peaceful Examples:

Boston Tea Party Burning draft cards

during Vietnam War Rosa Parks

SOURCE: NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM & SUN COLLECTION, 1956. http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/rosaparks/rosaparks.html

JUNTA

A small group that takes over a govt. and rules by force

Most juntas are composed of highly ranked military officers

Historically used in Latin America

SOURCE: NEW YORK TIMES, “AUGUSTO PINOCHET, DICTATOR WHO RULES BY TERROR IN CHILE DIES AT 91,

COUP DE’ ETAT

A sudden take over of a country’s govt. by a group of conspirators

Examples: Napoleon in France

SOURCE: From Kahn Academy: Jacques-Louis David, Napoleon Crossing the Apls or Bonaparte at the St. Barnard Pass, 1800-1, Oil on canvas, Chateau de Malmaison, Rueil-Malmaison,

GUERILLA WARFAREMilitary tactic in which sneak attack and retreat methods are used to gain an advantage.Colonists were the first to use in the American Revolution

MAGNA CHARTA

A charter signed by the English King John in 1215. First document limiting the powers of the Monarch.

RADICALPersons who want broad/extreme

changes made in government

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REPUBLICA form of government in which citizens choose their leaders by

voting

Declaration of the Rights of Man

Storming of the Bastille Radical Boston Tea Party Three Estates L’Overture George III Stamp Act Guerilla War Declaration of

Independence Thomas Jefferson Louis XIV Maximilien Robespierre Royal Creole Mulatto

Junta Coup D'état The Great Fear Reign of Terror Simon Bolivar Treaty of Paris Thomas Paine Continental System Civil Disobedience Peninsular War Moderate Napoleon Battle of Trafalgar Sans-culottes Jacobins Elba