Atlantic Revolutions
Name one of the three major Atlantic Revolutions
1. American
2. French
3. Haitian
What was the main thing made in factories?
textiles (fabric/clothes)
What did the British use in China to weaken the populous?
Opium
What are progress and decline?
Progress: things getting better over time
Decline: things getting worse over time
Define Liberalism
a political and social philosophy that promotes individual rights, civil liberties, and democracy,
1. injuries/accidents
2. children working
3. long hours
4. low wages
What was the name of the period in Japan where they stopped isolating and industrialized?
Meiji Restoration
When was the long 19th century?
1770-1914
(half credit for 1800s)
What was revolutionary about the French Revolution?
The French were the first Europeans to get rid of their absolute monarch and proclaimed universal rights.
Define Proletariat
the working class of people who work for wages (usually used when talking about them being exploited)
Give ONE justification that Europe gave for new imperialism.
1. White Man's Burden: Christian missionary: the paternalistic idea of a “civilizing mission" to "save" and "improve" the conquered people
2. Social Darwinism: pseudoscience theory that racial hierarchies by claiming that stronger societies naturally prevailed over weaker ones
Define Modernity
aura of being modern: new technologies and scientific advances, different forms of labor and capital, and shifting ideas about rights and authority
What was revolutionary about the Haitian Revolution?
1. cheaper goods
2. new employment opportunities
3. rising standards of living over time.
Who colonized India?
Great Britain
(If you got this wrong, Ms. T is questioning her life choices.)
Define nationalism
extreme love for one's country and national identity
Define popular sovereignty
the people rule themselves with voting
Name TWO problems with urbanization.
1. lacked adequate housing
2. lacked sanitation,
3. lacked public health infrastructure
What happened at the Congress of Berlin?
What ends the long 19th century?
The start of World War 1.