French Revolution
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Describe the Three Estates and identify which paid almost all taxes.
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Name two long-term and two short-term causes of the French Revolution.
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Identify the date and significance of the Storming of the Bastille.
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Summarize the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen.
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Define the Reign of Terror and identify its principal architect.
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Explain how the Reign of Terror ended.
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Identify two lasting effects of the French Revolution.
Napoleon
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Name three of Napoleon's reforms and explain their lasting significance.
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Explain the Napoleonic Code and why it mattered beyond France.
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Name three causes of Napoleon's defeat.
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Identify Napoleon's final defeat by name, date, and victor.
Congress of Vienna
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Name the principal architect of the Congress of Vienna and his goals.
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Define balance of power.
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Identify one success and one failure of the Congress of Vienna.
Haitian Revolution
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Identify when and where the Haitian Revolution occurred.
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Identify Toussaint L'Ouverture and his significance.
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Explain why the Haitian Revolution exposed contradictions in the French Revolution.
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Explain Haiti's significance as a precedent for other liberation movements.
Latin American Revolutions
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Name three causes of Latin American independence movements.
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Identify Simón Bolívar and the countries he liberated.
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Identify José de San Martín and the countries he liberated.
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Explain one major limitation of Latin American independence.
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Explain how Brazilian independence differed from Spanish American independence.
Nationalism and Unification
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Define nationalism.
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Explain how Napoleon's conquests inadvertently fostered nationalism.
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Name the Three Pillars of Italian unification and identify each one's role.
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Name Bismarck's central principles and identify the three wars of German unification.
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Identify two consequences of German unification for European politics.
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Identify what Italian and German unification had in common.