1. Aim: Review for test on The French Revolution & Latin American Independence. Do Now: Reminder: bring a #2 pencil and a pen. Extra Credit: Complete Castlelearning and receive an 80 or better. Essay Topics: Cause and results of revolutions.

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

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

5. 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. 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. Political- government. People of Latin America had no say in the government. Viceroy.

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

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

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

11. 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.