Imperalism
What was the Treaty of Nanking?
The peace agreement that ended the first opium war between the British and China's Qing Dynasty
Causes of the French Revolution were....
A financial crisis in France
Food Shortages
Heavily Tax
3rd Estate had little say in government
First Successful Black Republic
Haiti
Which 3 Countries Declared Greece free from the Ottoman Empire
France, Russia, and Britain
(Wanted to Weaken the Ottoman Empire)
Why was Britain able to get such a head start over other Countries such as France?
England had good political stability, surrounded by water so didn't have to deal with conflict, Large coal reserves in England and Russia
What was the Berlin Conference
When 14 countries got together to divide up Africa (Without inviting any Afrikaans)
Who wrote the Rights of Man
Thomas Paine
Whats a Creole
What was the Young-Italy Movement
A campaign started by Mazzini that targeted the youth to install nationalism in them.
Creator of Communism?
Karl Marx
Define Social Darwinism
The theory that survival of the fittest applies to humans
Robespierre was sentenced to death because...
What was the Ratio of Slaves to Nobles in Haiti (Saint Domingue)
10:1
What was Realpolitik
The belief that a country could use any means necessary to achieve a goal of unification
Used by Bismark to unite Prussia
What's the concept of Communism?
All wealth is evenly distributed and Private property is illegal
What was the Boxer Rebellion?
A Chinese secret society who believed they were invincible and attempted to beat the British guns with just their hands (They lost miserably)
What was Napoleon's continental system?
When he placed an Embargo against the British (Backfired against him)
Toussaint L’ Overture (Died in a French Prison)
Jean-Jaques Dessalines
Nationalism wanted to maintain self-governance and ended up replacing the system of ______
Feudalism
Define Lazie-fare
Theory that government should have minimal interference
Wealthy want to keep their wealth
Who was Cecil Rhodes
A British imperialist who wanted to build a continental railroad for South Africa to Egypt
After the Revolution, what did Metternich want?
A limited monarchy in France
Define Mercantilism
Accumulate wealth and trade with the mother country. France for Haiti
Considered to be the Sword during the Italian Revolution and led the Red Shirts to invade the Spanish owned lands in Southern Italy
Giuseppe Garibaldi
What was the invisible hand written by Adam Smith?
The idea that individuals acting in their own self-interest unintentionally benefit the broader society