Early Governments
Form of government where the leader has complete authoritarian rule with unlimited power.
What is absolutism?
This Cause of the French Revolution was shared with the American Revolution.
What is high/unfair taxes?
This is the invention that allowed for cloth to be woven more quickly.
What is the spinning jenny?
European colonization of Africa became known as this.
What is the Scramble for Africa?
This farming technique involved changing the types of crops grown on a piece every season of land in improve soil nutrient.
What is crop rotation?
This Enlightenment era philosopher supported separation of powers in government.
Who is Montesquieu?
Taken when the Third Estate vowed to continue to meet and write a new French Constitution.
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
This was the first industry to industrialize in Britain.
What was the textile industry?
This country was the major imperializing nation in India.
What is Britain?
A highlight of the Reign of Terror was the execution of this hated royal woman.
Who is Marie Antoinette?
He lead the commoners against the Royalists in the British Civil War.
Who is Oliver Cromwell?
Once the blood from the Reign of Terror had stopped flowing, this 5 man group took control of France.
This person invented the steam engine.
Who is James Watt?
This restricted British trade in China to one port in Guangzhou.
What is the Canton System?
Napoleon was exiled to and would die on this island.
What is St. Helena?
Absolute monarch that ruled France for 70 years.
Who is King Louis XIV?
This group had the goal of restoring stability to Europe after the reign of Napoleon.
What is the Congress of Vienna?
These geographical features helped Britain become the first nation to Industrialize.
What is rivers and harbors?
Conference where European leaders divided up Africa, Africa was not invited.
What is the Berlin Conference?
This group saw the biggest change in their life due to the Industrial Revolution.
Who are the middle class?
This philosopher thought people needed a strong monarch to keep them from constantly being at war.
Who is Hobbes?
Wanting a return to this was a key element to 1800s European conservatism.
What is tradition?
This was the main cause of urbanization in Britain.
What is the increase of industries?
This was a religious rebellion in China.
What is the Taiping Rebellion?
He said this, "I do not agree with a word you say but will defend to the death your right to say it."
Who is Voltaire?