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- religious conflicts in the holy roman empire caused this war
- the french wars of religion were fought between ? and ?
- a ruler who has complete authority over the government and the lives of people
- this king from the stuart's did not want to work with parliament because he believed he war absolute
- this body of lawmakers severely limited the power of monarchs in england
- In what decade did the revolution in Saint-Domingue begin?
- Later, Napoleon invaded lots of places in Europe. After he invaded Germany and Italy, people there "discovered something they had barely recognized before." What was that?
- When Olympe de Gouges proposed a bunch of rights for women, the French government said no. What was their reasoning?
- Who are the two guys mentioned under "Other South American Revolutions"? These two -- especially the first guy -- are known as the liberators of South America.
- Not long after the French Revolution began, the National Assembly abolished what?
- In what year did Mexico proclaim independence from Spain?
- Napoleon overthrew the Spanish king. Later, Napoleon was defeated and the king came back. What did Spain then do that made Mexican creoles angry and made them proclaim independence?
- What "shattered ties between Spain and Portugal and their American colonies"?
- Bolivar wanted to create a huge country in South America called "Gran Colombia." Instead, _____________________ "prevailed, giving way to unstable national republics."
- In general, in the Spanish American revolutions, who "triumphed under a banner of liberty" and who lost out -- who was it "at the expense of?
- What year did the American Revolution begin?
- Before the French Revolution, the people of France were divided into three "estates." The Third Estate was "everyone else." Who was in the first two estates?
- After the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815, "the stage was set" for a struggle in Europe that would last a century. It was between people who wanted to go back to how things were before the French Revolution and people who wanted what?
- In what year was the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen created?
- What did the American Revolution "help pave the way for"?