Prominent Individuals
This man believed that all men are born with morality and inherent rights to life, liberty and property and should be governed only with consent, inspiring democratic philosophies for much of the Western world.
Who is John Locke?
Occurred from 1775-1783, this conflict established a sovereign country by destroying colonial ties.
What is the American Revolution?
This was the most pivotal invention introduced during the Industrial Revolution. It was created by James Watt and encouraged a time of faster production and economic prosperity.
What is the steam engine?
This is the shift from agricultural work to working in a factory. (or the shift from production by hand to production by machine)
What is industrialization?
This movement was marked by the application of science, reason, and rationality to political and social life and was led primarily by French and English philosophers.
What is the Enlightenment?
This man transformed and liberated Egypt from the Ottoman Empire, by stabilizing the economy through the encouragement of public farming for cotton, to produce more exports.
Who is Muhammad Ali
This was the first successful series of slave revolts that lasted 13 years and resulted in an independent state.
What is the Haitian Revolution?
The Second Industrialization moved away from the steam engine and began to focus on...
What is oil, electricity and steel?
(also chemicals)
A change in which the fight for gender equality became a greater issue.
What is the feminist movement?
This change occurred in multiple countries as a consequence of increased awareness of human rights and social change led to a desire to end this form of force labor.
What is the abolition of slavery?
This women was the enlightenment thinker to question the status of women. She proposed the idea that women would be able to compete with men if they were only given the opportunity for education. She wrote the "Vindication of the Rights of Woman"
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?
These independence movements were initially led by creoles in an attempt to gain more power and wealth from the Spanish crown. After Napoleon's French brother was removed from the Spanish throne, the creoles joined the mestizos side in fighting for independence
What is the Latin American Independence Movements?
Industrialization in Russia focused on something that was aimed at making their trade with Europe and Eastern Asian countries easier.
What is railroads (and steel) production?
The end of isolationism came for this Eastern Asian country, at the hands of the Americans and (and the Europeans).
What is Japan?
FYI: something similar happens to China but they don't respond as well (which we'll talk about in a future unit)
Peter the Great started Westernizing Russia as a way to push it into the modern world. Alexander I continued this effort by ending what major source of Russian forced manual labor?
*hint: it was the only form of forced labor in Europe
(we didn't talk about this in class but I think Heimler does)
What is serfdom?
(in eastern Europe often called "harsh serfdom")
This man wrote a book expressing his distaste for capitalism, and his belief that all society should be classless.
Who is Karl Marx?
This revolution began in 1789 and ultimately was centered around creating socioeconomic equality among the social classes. Sparked by significant taxation on the lowest class. It is known for sparking radicalism, terror and creating an empire after the revolution.
What is the French Revolution?
Britain was the origin of the Industrial Revolution because...
(List the two reasons).
What is proximity to water, access to foreign markets, access to coal and iron, and government protection?
The end of mercantilism coincided with the Enlightenment ideas of private property and laissez-faire economics, as inspired by Adam Smith. This led to the development of what economic system.
What is capitalism?
The development of strong allegiance to or pride in one's country. Typically established through common culture or a shared history.
What is Nationalism?
This man believed in a limited government and created the idea of the separation of branches so that one portion of government could never become too powerful.
Who is Baron Montesquieu?
List prominent individuals and relate them to their corresponding revolution. (need 4 total)
American, French, Latin America, and Haitian.
Who is George Washington? What is the American Revolution?
Who is Louis XVI, Maximilien Robespierre, and Napoleon Bonaparte? What is the French Revolution?
Who is Simon Bolivar, Father Hidalgo, Father Morelos, Lola Rodriguez de Tio? What is the Latin American Independence Movements?
Who is Toussaint L'Ouverture and Jean-Jacques Dessalines? What is the Haitian Revolution?
The Egypt attempted to invoke a "defensive modernization" technique in an effort to prevent more nations from taking over their land. This attempt failed because... (need at least two reasons)
poor leadership (extravagant lifestyle)
Debt
lack of coal
Foreign tariffs and interference in domestic tariffs
Political participation grew as the middle class became wealthier. This led to the development that allowed city dwellers, non-landowners, and the working class to vote. (Men only)
What is the expansion of male suffrage (or the expansion of the voting franchise)?
After the Industrial Revolution began, people were unhappy with the conditions in which they were working. They aimed for improvement in wages, working hours, safety and sanitation.
What is the Labor Movement?