1. Aim: Review for test on The French Revolution & Latin American Independence.
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Essay Topics: Cause and results of revolutions.

2. 1. Scientific Revolution
Revolution is a change.
Science was not only based on observation.
Scientists started to experiment.
Scientific method.
Opposed by the church.

3. 2. The Enlightenment Intellectual Revolution.
John Locke- natural rights (life, liberty and property).
Social Contract.
Right to Revolution.
Montesquieu- separation of powers and a system of checks and balances.

4. 3. Impact of Enlightenment
Encouraged revolutions- America, France and Latin America.
Ideas included in the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution.

5. 4A. French Revolution
causes: high taxes on the 3rd estate, France was in debt (bankrupt), 3rd estate owned no land, impact of the Enlightenment.
Results: Napoleon ends the French Revolution. Established a military dictatorship. Napoleonic Law Code- said everyone was equal. Bank of France, University of France. Conquer all of Europe.

6. 4B. Latin America
Causes: mercantilism, encomienda system, strict class system, influence of American and French Revolutions.
Results: Bolivar gains independence. Becomes first president of Bolivia. Unstable nations.

7. 5A. Spanish Rule- Political
Political- government. People of Latin America had no say in the government. Viceroy.

8. 5B. Economic
Economic- mercantilism- colony provides raw materials to mother country. Mother country makes a finished product and sells it back.
Encomienda system- large plantations.

9. 5C. Social
Social- class structure: Peninsulares, Creoles, mestizos, slaves.

10. 6A. Important People- France
Robespierre- Reign of Terror- killed anyone who opposed him.
Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI.
Napoleon ends the revolution with a coup d’ etat.

11. 6B. Important People- L.A.
Haiti- Toussant L’Overture- born a slave. Liberated Haiti. France wanted Haiti for profitable sugar cane. Died a year before independence in a French prison. French soldiers got malaria and yellow fever. 1st nation to gain independence.
-Simon Bolivar- “The Liberator” and “The George Washington of South America.” Liberated- Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Argentina. Goal- United Gran Colombia.