Famous Years
Britain's Glorious Revolution
1688
Author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
A form of radical authoritarian ultranationalism, characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition and strong regimentation of society and of the economy.
Fascism
Versailles
"Hands-off" economic principles are referred to as this
Laissez-faire
Start of WWI
1914
Author of Leviathan; believed in a social contract but for absolutist monarchs
Thomas Hobbes
An economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit. Characteristics central to capitalism include private property, capital accumulation, wage labor, voluntary exchange, a price system, and competitive markets
Capitalism
During the Battle of Britain, this English city was nearly leveled.
London
This "sphere" was the product of a global print culture in the late 17th century.
Public sphere
Hitler's invasion of Poland
1939
Fascist leader of Italy during WWII
Benito Mussolini
A political, social, and economic ideology and movement characterized by the promotion of the interests of a particular nation, especially with the aim of gaining and maintaining the nation's sovereignty over its homeland.
Nationalism
This country was originally part of the Allied forces in WWI, but when a domestic revolution removed its monarchs from power, it withdrew from the war effort in 1917.
Russia
Philosophes
Westphalian Sovereignty & the Origin of the European State System
1648
Neville Chamberlain
A state government, practice, or advocacy of extending power and dominion through the establishment of colonies, especially by direct territorial acquisition or by gaining political and economic control of other areas not directly part of one's territory.
Imperialism
This country's refusal to join Woodrow Wilson's League of Nations would ultimately undermine the efficacy of this international body and make WWII an even stronger possibility.
The United States
The name for pseudo-scientific theories of racial superiority based on blood and blood quantum
Eugenics
Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations
1776
German Emperor during WWI
Kaiser Wilhelm
a political and moral philosophy based on liberty and equality
Liberalism
This nation-state may have played a central role in World Wars I and II, but it did not officially become "national" until 1871.
Germany
This Portuguese explorer became the first to sail around the Cape of Good Hope
Vasco de Gama