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Revolutions: A Historic Evolution of Change

Explore the vocabulary of revolutions, including civil disobedience and junta takeovers. Learn about key events like the Boston Tea Party and Napoleon's reign. Enhance your understanding of significant historical movements. Unleash the power of words and actions in shaping nations and societies.

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Revolutions: A Historic Evolution of Change

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  1. Bell Ringer for Today: • Fill out the teacher evaluation given to you on the way in. • Take your time and take it seriously….this is your chance to tell me how you feel and remain anonymous!

  2. REVOLUTIONS VOCABULARY #1

  3. 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.

  4. 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

  5. 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,

  6. 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,

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

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

  9. RADICAL Persons who want broad/extreme changes made in government CHE

  10. REPUBLIC A form of government in which citizens choose their leaders by voting

  11. 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

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