Empire and Revolution 1
Concept to achieve a favorable balance of trade against your competitors. To establish "self-sufficiency" between the metropole and colonies
Mercantilism
Political theory stating that a monarch should have total political control, usually because they were "divinely chosen"
Absolutism
The economic concept of Capitalism is more concerned with Equality of _____________
Opportunity
Who outlined the ideas of Communism in 1848 when he wrote the Communist Manifesto
Karl Marx
With the expansion of European Imperialism, which power ultimately came to control both Egypt and South Africa
Great Britain
The idea that we should use reason and logic to re-examine the world is at the heart of what movement?
The Enlightenment
Political Philosopher that inspired the American Revolution, stating that the purpose of government is to protect individual rights
John Locke
What was the impact of the Factory System on labor during the Industrial Revolution
Death of Artisan Labor
Less Valued/ Easily Replaceable
Meiji Restoration
The US declared war on Spain in 1898 in the effort to help this former colony retain its independence
Cuba
Toussaint Louverture
Daily Double!!!
Period of time in Post-Revolutionary France when the newly instituted government began to violently silence opposition and kill their opponents (usually with the guillotine)
What are 2 reasons why the Industrial Revolution started in Great Britain?
Abundance of coal
Rivers = water power & means of transporting resources and final goods
Access to the sea (transportation of goods)
Skilled & educated workforce
All transactions in a capitalist economic system must be.....
Mutually Beneficial/ Voluntary
What were the 3 common desires of most labor unions?
higher wages
shorter workdays
workplace safety laws
What were the "3 Estates" in Pre-Revolutionary France?
1. Clergy
2. Nobility
3. Commoners
This law passed by the British Parliament was seen solely as a way to raise revenue from the colonies. It was the first piece of legislation to unite all 13 colonies against the British Metropole
Under Communism, how is Equality of Outcome Achieved?
State Control of Means of Production (private property and private business)
Idea to explain successes and failures of different social classes.
Social Darwinism
Private Owner of the Congo Free State
King Leopold of Belgium
Political Philosopher that viewed human nature as fundamentally evil
Thomas Hobbes
Prior to the Haitian Revolution, this was the french term used to describe wealthy landowners in Saint Domingue
Grand Blancs
Meeting of European powers (African nations not invited) to establish an orderly process of African colonization
Berlin Conference
Which labor union tactic was used almost exclusively by higher skilled, and therefore less replaceable, employees
Collective Bargaining
With the US involvement in the Spanish American War, the US was ultimately backing up this previous sentiment stating that America would protect any country in the Western Hemisphere from European Imperialism
The Monroe Doctrine