The Revolutions
Slaves revolting against the re-institution of slavery, establishing the first Black republic
Haitian Revolution
This invention was created by James Watt.
Steam engine
The leader of the Haitian Revolution.
Toussaint L'Ouverture
Tabula rasa was John Locke's theory that...
People are born a blank slate and their education is a result of their environment
Marx believed this class was responsible for all of the profit in the factories and should take control of them to distribute profits amongst themselves
proletariat
Overthrowing the corrupt, autocratic monarch due to his lavish spending and heavy taxation
French Revolution
Invented by Alexander Graham Bell, improved by Thomas Edison
Telephone
Adam Smith was a major proponent of this theory.
The socioeconomic group at the top of colonial Spanish/Portuguese society
peninsulares
The belief that knowledge comes from lived experience and observed phenomena
empiricism
This revolution was characterized by an increase in the use of machinery in factories.
industrial revolution
This invention was used to separate cotton from its sticky seeds
Thomas Hobbes believed in this social theory.
The social contract; that people give up certain rights in exchange for protection from the outside world
This country was the last country in the Americas to abolish slavery in 1888
Brazil
Low income families were forced to live here in cities like New York.
tenement housing
This revolution was caused because of an opposition to the taxation without representation from colonies.
American Revolution
Invented by Thomas Edison
Lightbulb
A German Scholar and writer who argued for communism.
Karl Marx
These two countries were major cotton producers since ancient times until cheap British imports destroyed the local industries
India and Egypt
This class was theorized by Marx to be responsible for the oppression of the working class due to owning the means of production
bourgeoisie
The socioeconomic class of people that led most Latin American countries to independence
Creoles
This invention enhanced transportation.
What are railroads?
This person created interchangeable parts which led to the division of labor.
Eli Whitney
Describe the Spanish social pyramid from top to bottom.
Peninsulares, creoles, mestizos, mulattoes, indigenous peoples, slaves
The belief that socialism should be implemented slowly through legislative means
utopian socialism