Atlantic Revolutions
Industrial Revolution
Industrial Imperialism
Global Migration
Eurasian Land Empires
100

This philosophical movement inspired many of the political revolutions of the 18th & 19th century

Enlightenment 

100

This small island country was the starting place of the industrial revolution.

England/Britain

100

This war, between England and China was around the import of illegal drugs, and led to China's defeat and loss of sovereignty. 

Opium war

100

The largest group of migrants in this period were forced to move to the Americas for forced labor.  

Enslaved Africans. 

100

This South American commodity opened trade between Europe and China in the 16th century. 

Silver

200

This revolution started in 1776 over taxes, tea, and lack of representation by the British.

The American Revolution

200

The industrial revolution had THIS effect on global populations.

Increase

200

THIS cultural and economic revolution in Japan restored imperial power, modernized the country, and opened it to outside trade. 

Meiji restoration 

200

This group fled religious and racial persecution in Russia, settling largely in North America.

Jews

200

This European nation's newly found maritime route to Asia led to increased knowledge of the region, its geography, and maritime technology.

Portugal

300

This 1789 document, written by key members of the 3rd estate, promoted enlightenment ideas like equality and was key to the French revolution. 

Declaration of the rights of man

300

Industrial nations gained a military advantage by creating new industrial ________

Weapons

300

This agreement divided European imperial territory and facilitated the "scramble for Africa"

Berlin Conference

300

This group signed contracts to work on plantations throughout the Pacific and Caribbean, replacing Enslaved labor post abolition. 

Indians

300

This Early modern gunpowder empire conquered Constantinople with the goal of converting the Christian nation to Islam. 

Ottoman empire

400

This revolution, starting in 1791, took place on the colonial planation of Saint-Domingue. Its participants fought for the abolition of slavery. 

The Haitian revolution 

400

THIS industrial invention allowed for faster and farther transportation. 

Steam engine (train, steam ship)


400

This revolt of Indians, said to be over the use cow fat, was likely due to mistreatment by the British empire.

Sepoy

400

This act was a first in Government response to migration, banning all immigrants from this country. 

China

400

This Early modern gunpowder empire conquered India and promoted religious and cultural tolerance. 

Mughal

500

This Latin American revolutionary was inspired by ideas of enlightenment and sought to build a united Latin America. 

Simon Bolivar

500

These 2 advantages allowed the energy to fuel the industrial revolution.

Coal and rivers

500

This form of Traditional Japanese art, made famous in "The Great Wave" by Hokusai, continued to be used throughout the Meiji restoration. 

Wood block painting. 

500

This new contract based system of labor took hold after the abolition of chattel slavery.

Indenture servitude 

500

This religious group made their wealth though trade, and knew much about the Indian ocean region. 

Islam

600

This English Philosopher helped create the theory of natural rights.

John Locke

600

This group grew drastically post industrial revolution, and soon became the largest class in Europe

Industrial working class

600

This idea took the biological idea of "survival of the fittest" and applied it to human societies, justifying imperialism through racial hierarchies.

Social Darwinism

600

These large migrant communities abroad were centered around similarities in language and culture. Examples: little Italy and China town

Ethnic enclaves 

600

This Eurasian land empire in East Asia ran their government through Confucian bureaucracy.

Qing

700

This group represented the majority of French citizens, the lower classes, which was the foundation of the French Revolution. 

3rd estate

700
This economic theory told governments to stay "hands off" and allow business to control the market.

Laissez faire capitalism

700

This anti western movement became violent and sought to kill westerners in China.

Boxer rebellion

700

These European immigrants fled famine in their home country, as potatoes died en masse. 

Irish

700

This reform modernized the Ottoman empire as European influence expanded.

Tanzimat

800

This idea, centered around shared ethnic, linguistic, and cultural identities, took hold in Europe in the 19th century and led to political change in countries like France, Germany, and Italy.

Nationalism

800

This duo wrote the Communist manifesto, in response to conditions of industrial life.

Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels 

800

These "two Ms" drove European imperialism post industrial revolution.

Materials and markets

800

These southern European immigrants fled their homes because of political and economic instability. They settled largely in North America. 

Italians

800

This tribute system took Christian boys from their homes and forced them to work within the Ottoman empire

Devshirme

900

This former slave helped lead the Haitian revolution, was later captured and executed in 1803.

Toussaint L'Ouverture 

900

These organizations united workers under a common cause and fought for better pay and working conditions.

Labor unions

900

This bouncy raw material was a key resource often extracted from Belgian colonies in Africa.

Rubber

900

These east Asian immigrants migrated the the West coast of America to work in gold mines and to build railroads. 

Chinese


900

This mosque, built under the Mughal empire, blended Muslim and south Asian architecture, an example of religious syncretism.

Taj Mahal

1000

This was the original name of Haiti, when it was still a sugar plantation under French control

Saint Domingue

1000

This was a result of factory work, and expressed a change in where people lived in the modern era. 

Urbanization

1000

This industrial weapon made European imperialism much easier as it increased the rounds per minute by 100x.

Maxim Gun

1000

This country started as a prison colony for English prisons. 

Australia 

1000

This system allowed for social mobility and helped to facilitate the massive need for bureaucrats in China. 

Civil service exam.