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Slaves revolting against the re-institution of slavery, establishing the first Black republic

Haitian Revolution

100

This invention was created by James Watt.

Steam engine

100

The leader of the Haitian Revolution.

Toussaint L'Ouverture

100

Tabula rasa was John Locke's theory that...

People are born a blank slate and their education is a result of their environment

100

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

200

Overthrowing the corrupt, autocratic monarch due to his lavish spending and heavy taxation

French Revolution

200

Invented by Alexander Graham Bell, improved by Thomas Edison

Telephone

200

Adam Smith was a major proponent of this theory.

laissez-faire economics
200

The socioeconomic group at the top of colonial Spanish/Portuguese society

peninsulares

200

The belief that knowledge comes from lived experience and observed phenomena

empiricism

300

This revolution was characterized by an increase in the use of machinery in factories.

industrial revolution

300

This invention was used to separate cotton from its sticky seeds

cotton gin
300

Thomas Hobbes believed in this social theory.

The social contract; that people give up certain rights in exchange for protection from the outside world

300

This country was the last country in the Americas to abolish slavery in 1888

Brazil

300

Low income families were forced to live here in cities like New York.

tenement housing

400

This revolution was caused because of an opposition to the taxation without representation from colonies.

American Revolution

400

Invented by Thomas Edison

Lightbulb

400

A German Scholar and writer who argued for communism.

Karl Marx

400

These two countries were major cotton producers since ancient times until cheap British imports destroyed the local industries

India and Egypt

400

This class was theorized by Marx to be responsible for the oppression of the working class due to owning the means of production

bourgeoisie

500

The socioeconomic class of people that led most Latin American countries to independence

Creoles

500

This invention enhanced transportation.

What are railroads?

500

This person created interchangeable parts which led to the division of labor.

Eli Whitney

500

Describe the Spanish social pyramid from top to bottom.

Peninsulares, creoles, mestizos, mulattoes, indigenous peoples, slaves

500

The belief that socialism should be implemented slowly through legislative means

utopian socialism