WH Unit 9-alternate

Colonists were required to ship certain products exclusively to England. These laws made colonists very angry because they were forbidden from trading with other countries.

The document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain based on the notion that the King of England had violated their natural rights and broken the social contract binding citizens to their government.

A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments

A term used to describe supporters of the Constitution during ratification debates in state legislatures.

Anti-Federalists rose up as the opponents of the Constitution during the period of ratification. They opposed the Constitution's powerful centralized government, arguing that the Constitution gave too much political, economic, and military control. They instead advocated a decentralized governmental structure that granted most power to the states

In the French Revolution, a radical group made up of Parisian wage-earners, and small shopkeepers who wanted a greater voice in government, lower prices, and an end of food shortages

a French congress established by representatives of the Third Estate on June 17, 1789, to enact laws and reforms in the name of the French people

Medieval fortress that was converted to a prison; stormed by peasants for ammunition during the early stages of the French Revolution.

caused by peasant uprisings, manors of nobles were attacked, records destroyed, many nobles fled to other countries where they became counter-revolutionaries

The most radical political faction of the French Revolution who ruled France during the Reign of Terror.

French government established and led by Robespierre, fixed bread prices and nationalized some businesses. Basically secret police and also controlled the war effort. Instigated the Reign of Terror.

Revolutionary leader who tried to wipe out every trace of France's past monarchy and nobility; sought to create a "republic of virtue;" his execution ended the Reign of Terror.

Overthrew the French revolutionary government (The Directory) in 1799 and became emperor of France in 1804. Failed to defeat Great Britain and abdicated in 1814. Returned to power briefly in 1815 but was defeated and died in exile.

an 1805 naval battle in which Napoleon's forces were defeated by a British fleet under the command of Horatio Nelson.

Napoleon's policy of preventing trade between Great Britain and continental Europe, intended to destroy Great Britain's economy.