The Enlightenment
This term relates to an intense feeling of loyalty and patriotism for those who share a language and culture.
What is nationalism?
American colonists resented Great Britain's attempts to implement these without letting them have a say.
What are taxes?
The people of France were divided into three social classes known as this.
What are Estates?
This country was the location of the start of the Industrial Revolution due to its extensive resources and inland waterways.
What is Great Britain?
This factor, along with the fact that it didn't have many urban centers, delayed France's Industrial Revolution.
What was the French Revolution?
This is the belief that knowledge comes from sensed experiences, observations and experimentation.
What is empiricism?
This European nation controlled the rich sugar and coffee colony of Haiti.
What is France?
France was facing bankruptcy at the outbreak of the revolution, mostly due to helping this new nation fight for its independence.
What is the United States of America?
This agricultural innovation, which rotated different crops in and out of a field each year allowed much more food to be harvested, which caused population to increase.
What is crop rotation?
Germany became a leading producer of steel and coal once it was able to do this in 1871.
What is unify into one country?
This idea was born from Hobbes and Locke's notion that people agree to be governed as long as those governing do it justly, and if they don't, the people have the right to revolt.
What is the social contract?
This man was the author of the American Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
This leader of France was weak and indecisive, which was a cause for the revolution to occur.
Who was Louis XVI?
This method of textile manufacturing, which had merchants providing raw cotton to women who spun it into cloth at home was replaced by the factory system.
What is cottage industry?
The United States began its Industrial Revolution in the 1800's in part due to a large number of this population.
What are immigrants?
In the 18th century, this group of people explored social, political and economic theories in new ways.
What are philosophes?
This man was the leader of the slave rebellion on the island of Haiti.
Who was Toussaint L'Ouverture?
This group of people were upset that they comprised 98% of the population but could always be outvoted.
What was the Third Estate?
These are human made waterways, which allowed goods to be transported throughout England much more easily.
What are canals?
Shipbuilding, iron works and textile production in India were affected by this colonial power that controlled it.
What is Great Britain?
Adam Smith advocated for this economic principle, which says that government should reduce their intervention in economic decisions.
What is laissez-faire?
This European nation gave the American colonies the help they needed to defeat Great Britain and declare independence.
What is France?
The storming of this ancient prison marked the actual beginning of the French Revolution.
What was the Bastille?
This is the term for the movement of people from rural areas to the cities to find employment in factories.
What is urbanization?
This country began to modernize in the 19th century by adapting technology and and institutions from Europe and the Unites States.
What is Japan?