Industrial
The main causes of the industrial rev.
-Many port cities, iron and coal supply, farmland, new technologies, population growth
Who is marie antoinette
marraid at 14
queen at 18
into money, dresses, parties
did not like french tradition
why was germany not unified
each state had its own set of laws, own ruler, diffrent dialects, cultured varried, dif religions, poor communication, powerful governments were dislikesd
Who was sergi witte
forward thinking
very intrested in railways
increased taxes and developed the russian currency
Who led/when/ expelled who the haitian revolution
toussaint louverture
1791-1804
expelled the french gov from the island
The most important form of transportation for coal (1oo bonus: who made a cannal to Manchester
canals (bonus duke of bridgewater)
define Ancien Regime
the old order, social inequalities, bad harvests, france in debt
define liberalism of this time
the belif that goverment should be reformed to allow as much personal economic freedom as possible (laissez faire)
trans siberian railway
june 21 1904
longest railroad in the world
linked moscow to vladivostok
led to mass indutrilization
Why did the russo-japanese war happen
Railroads contributed what
transportation for goods and people
transformed society
what were the 3 estates
1- the clegy
2- the nobility
3-the peasents
what was the metternich system
design to maintian the rule of the absolute monarchy for austria
feared change and nationalistic ideas that would elad to the collapse of the empire
troops not stationed in homelands to reduce nationalistic uprising
favored repression
censored papers and spiecs
who were the kadets
established after the 1905
called for reformed monarchy
1, stock market crash of 1929
2. banking panic and monetary contractions
3.the gold standards
4. decreased international lending and tarriffs
Define the factory act 1833
no child under 9 could be employeed
restricted hours 18 or younger could work
9-13 recived 2 hours of education
what were the august decrees
series of new laws
ended feudalism
more power to peasents and workers
abolished taxes to landlords
church can no longer collect payments
what were the carlsbad decrees 1819
-"extrodinary commisioners" assigned to supervise the teaching programs
-the members of teh confederation and diet cencor press
central investigating ended organizations promoting liberal and nationalistic ideas
the october manifesto
tsar nicholas 2 promised free speech, voting rights extended, elected the duma
why/what event led to ww1
1914 after the assaitnation of archduke franz ferdinand of austria which catapuled war in europe
what was the municipal corporations act 1835
due to mass pop increase
new system of local government established
- local property owners could elect local officials
local taxes raised to improve towns and police forces
what was the civil constitution of 1790
-pope was denied authority over church of france
clegy paid by church not state
bishop control reduced
church officals abolished
citizens splits between governement and church loyalty
what was the zolverein
18 german states eventually 25
-tarrifs divided
-linked rail ways
adpoted a currency and systems of wieghts and mesures
-promoted economic expansion
the fundamental laws of 1906
-declared his full autcratic powers
introed laws and veto the duma's
duma balanced by state counsil appointed by the tsar
duma could not inform decisions
Who were the main powers of each country of ww2
uk- winston church hill
soviet union- joseph stalin
france- charles de gaulle
us- frankiln d. roosevelt, harry s truman
gernamy- adolf hitler
italy- mussolini
japan- hideki tojo