People
Key Terms
Events
Potpourri
Main Ideas
100

Enlightenment thinker who wrote about natural rights and the idea of the social contract

John Locke
100

Movement to the cities is called

urbanization

100

Members of the 3rd estate from the Estates General were locked out and met nearby, promising to meet until they had a Constitution

Tennis Court Oath

100

Meetings/ get togethers in a room to discuss ideas that helped spread the Enlightenment

Salons

100

Why/How did industrialization lead to imperialism? 

Need raw materials and markets to sell products

200

Leader of the National Convention and Committee of Public Safety who spread the Reign of Terror

Maximillen Robespierre

200

This estate in pre-revolution France became upset since they paid all of the taxes

3rd estate

200

Attempt in China to "drive out foreign devils"

Boxer Rebellion

200

A religious motive for imperialism was to convert people around the world to what religion?

Christianity

200

Why did the Scientific Rev. and the Enlightenment lead to revolutions in Europe and the Americas?

both caused people to challenge old ideas

300
Taught the heliocentric view of the universe and was tried for heresy. He recanted (took back) his teachings.

Galileo

300
Rights that you are born with

Natural Rights

300

Transition from cottage industry to mass production of goods in factories

Industrial Revolution

300

Enlightenment thinkers were reacting to and wanting to change what form of government that existed in Europe at the time?

Absolute monarchies

300

Name 1 way the Enlightenment can be seen in the US Constitution or Declaration of Independence

Dec.: Locke- natural rights, Locke/Rousseau- social contract, equality, power from people


Const- power from the people, separation of powers (Montesquieu), Freedom of speech and religion (Voltaire)

400

Staged a coup to overthrow the Directory, conquered neighboring countries and put his relatives in charge. Failed to invade Russia and was ultimately defeated at the Battle of Waterloo

Napoleon Bonaparte

400

Absolute monarchs believed in this to justify their power, that God gave them their power

Divine right

400

European nations met and divided up control of Africa among themselves

Berlin Conference

400
When they failed to go along with the Continental System which boycotted trade with England, Napoleon invaded this country... and failed

Russia

400

Identify at least 1 negative of the industrial revolution

Pollution

Dangerous work conditions

Child Labor

Crowded and dirty cities

500

Prime Minster of Northern Italy who helped unify the country. Known as the "Brains of Italian Unification"

Camillo Cavour

500

Economic system that stresses less government control and letting supply/demand control the market. Some felt this caused poor conditions during the Industrial Revolution

Capitalism

500

European leaders met after the fall of Napoleon. Goals were to create a balance of power and restore the monarchies

Congress of Vienna

500
After the violence of the sans culottes in France, the National Convention created what type of government that allows people to elect representatives?

A republic

500

Identify at least 1 positive impact of imperialism

Better infrastructure in countries (road, railroads, etc)
Increased education/literacy

More work opportunities for some people

Modernized the economies


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