𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 (𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐬)

• Monarch


  The king or queen of a country. Usually passed on to the first  child of the last monarch.
• Parliament


  The law-making part of British government. Elected commoners  and unelected Lords
• Stuarts

  The House of Stuart, monarchs of England descended from James  I.
• Jacobites


  A family claiming to be the rightful monarchs, descended from  James II
• Hanoverians 


  The House of Hanover, monarchs of England from 1714 and  distantly related to James I
• Ministers


  High ranking members of Parliament, in charge of areas of  government.
• Protestant


  Christians following the Church of England’s rules.
• Catholic


  Christians following the Pope’s rules.
• What were the 13 colonies

  these were 18 separate territories in America which declared Independence from Britain in 1776
• What did the National assembly do?

  The National Assembly was formed by the peasants (third estate) and their allies in an attempt to put pressure on King Louis and make France more democratic- they became the new French Government in 1790.
• Why did the Committee of Public Safety begin The Terror?

  The Committee was set up to defend the Revolution by purging its enemies bit it encouraged increasing levels of violence and eventually its leaders were executed.
• What did the Free Haitians of Color support?

  continuing their privileged position as free people before the revolution, instead of equality for all Haitians