Renaissance
Translation of Renaissance
Rebirth
Political system of city-states
Oligarchs
Sun never sets on the _________ empire
British
Asian response to European empire building (1700s)
William Wilberforce
Renaissance inspiration
Roman and Greek Empires
Made peace in Italy
Peace of Lodi (1454)
Dirty country
India
Tight vs Loose pack
sides vs. backs
Slave-driving economy
Sugar
Where it all began
Italy
Five steps from city to nation state
1. diplomates
2. Trade
3. Common culture
4. Cooperation against enemies
5. Out of many - one
Portuguese limits
West coast of India
Percent of slaves that made the middle passage
80%
Year slavery outlawed by British
1833
John Hus
Established a banking system
Medici Family
Introverts
Estimates of white people enslaved by Africans
200,000 - 1,000,000 +
First island claiming independence through a revolution
Haiti
Five city states
Venice, Genoa, Pisa, Milan, Florence
The ends justify the means
Machiavelli- "The Prince"
Society of Jesus
Jesuits
10-12 million
Number of slaves in Canada between 1534-1833
4200
1/3 indigenous