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Unit 5 Flashcards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does absolutism mean? | monarch with complete control |
| What continued in France during 1750-1914? | Absolutism in France |
| During 1750-1914, sense of cultural superiority of the __________ continued? | Chinese |
| During 1750-1914 people learned become what two things, which wasn't heard of before that time period? | Learned to be both Christian and scientist |
| During 1750-1914 what was outlawed? | slavery |
| During 1750-1914 what people were not embraced in society? | former slaves |
| How was racism viewed during 1750-1914? | both social and institutional racism continued |
| What conflict/war ended in 1750-1914? | French Revolution |
| What changed in Japan after 1750? | ended Japanese isolation and rapid modernization in Japan |
| How did politics during 1750-1914 start trending? | started trending away from monarchy toward greater political power |
| What political from came into view, after 1750? | form of democracy or at least an appearance of democracy |
| As far as economics, what two things were major driving forces? | mechanization and industrialization |
| As far as economics, mercantilism/feudalism shifted to? | Capitalism |
| What other things,other than agriculture, are becoming increasingly popular during 1750-1914? | industry and commerce |
| What classes of people expand? | the middle class and industrial working class |
| Old aristocracies derived power , how? | from noble birth |
| What happened to old aristocracies? | they gradually faded away |
| Where do the new elites get their status from? | from wealth |
| What do modern societies become between 1750-1914? | Become urbanized |
| In society during 1750-1914, what happens to pop growth? | It accelerates |
| Culturally, what world view becomes dominant? | Scientific, secular world view |
| In 1750-1914, how does artistic styles change? | change more rapidly and radically than ever before |
| When was Europe at the peak of their power? | The 19th century |
| Who replaced Europe in the 20th century for the peak of power? | US |
| What three things attacked western values? | New philosophies, scientific theories, and cultural movements |
| What trends bring nations towards war? | Diplomatic |
| What speeds up the process of the European declining? | World War I |
| Who was a major casual agent of change? | west |
| The process of the vast changes began when? | 1400s |
| Changes included: | exploration, colonization, world trading networks, new trade routes |
| W. Europe had a hold on what? | foreign colonies and global trade |
| W. Europe was Unprecedented, which means? | Never before/since has one civilization truly dominated the world |
| Imperialism linked to what four things? | warfare, racial prejudice, economic exploration, and slavery |
| What effects were still felt in Africa, Latin America, and Asia? | harmful effects |
| What came about that changed the way the world did business and made goods? | Industrialization |
| What is Industrialization? | Move towards factories and commercial culture- we buy what we need, not make it |
| What changes led to the first war in Europe? | Political changes |
| Political changes that led to the war included? | enlightenment, radical reform, unification of Germany and Italy, shifting power of balance, end of absolute monarchies, Revolutions established set of ideals that could be pushed for in the future |
| What was the relationship between imperialism and industrialization? | They both interconnected |
| Developments in one region have impact on ? | Other regions |
| Improvements in what, allow regional developments to expand? | communication/transportation |
| W. Hemisphere freed self from Europe control by when? | by the 19th century |
| Movement away from the Western Hemisphere lead imperialists to turn their eyes towards whom? | Africa and Asia |
| Why do imperialists turn their eyes towards Africa and Asia? | exploitation easy and markets were huge |
| What is nationalism? | love of your country, not a specific leader |
| Nationalism sparked what? | rebellions, independence movements, and unification movements |
| What is Eugenics? | breeding humans |
| Eugenics/Ethnocentrism were the explanations for what? | Racial superiority |
| Social Darwinists applied the theory of natural selection to? | Sociology |
| How did social Darwinists think dominant races rose to the top? | "survival of the fittest" |
| Who did the social Darwinists think must be the superior race? | Britain b/c it was obviously the most fit |
| What did the White Man's Burden say? | Europeans have moral obligation to teach others how to be civilized |
| White Man's Burden was a poem wrote by whom? | Rudyard Kipling |
| According to the White Man's burden, who knew what was best for everyone? | Europeans |
| According to White Man's burden, you should convert to __________and be civilized in the ________ fashion. | Christianity, European |
| Chinese was considered the_______ kingdom? | Middle- "center of the world" |
| Besides Britain, who else believed they were racially superior? | Japan |
| Europeans had what that other did not have, to act on their beliefs? | military technology |
| Why did changes occur so quickly during 1750-1914? | communicated more quickly than ever before |
| What types of transportation was used during 1750-1914? | ships and trains |
| What form of communication came about during 1750-1914? | Telegraph |
| By 1914, what other from of communication came about? | telephone |
| By 1914, what other form of transportation came about? | Planes |
| Te speed of colonizing Africa was compared to? | colonizing Latin America |
| Through urbanization, what spreads more quickly? | Ideas |
| Because of urbanization individuals had contact with who? | greater variety of people - greater variety of ideas |
| India learned whose customs quickly, due to urbanization? | English |
| The countryside maintain their ________ views. | conservative |
| Name the communication and technological advances that came about during 1750-1914. | Telegraph, telephone, radio, National postal system, steamship, railroad |
| Instead of small, independent farm plots by natives, what takes its place? | large plantations |
| How were the crops chosen that were needed to be grown? | based on needs of the industrialized west |
| What happened to Latin American trade? | increased significantly |
| What did Latin American products consist of? | profitable sugar, cotton, cacao plantations |
| The increase in Lain American trade led to an increased importance for? | slavery |
| What was the Monroe Doctrine? | Britain takes larger role in recipient of goods |
| The Monroe Doctrine cut out colonization by whom? | by other European countries |
| The Monroe Doctrine lets more manufactured goods go to_________ for raw materials. | Latin America |
| What leads to an increase in the exporting of beef? | refrigerated railroad car |
| Cuba's products were? | tobacco and sugar |
| Brazil's products were? | sugar, coffee,- later rubber |
| Mexico's products were? | copper and silver |
| Peru's products were? | guano |
| Chile's products were? | grain and copper |
| Argentine's products were? | beef, grain, hides and wool |
| In terms of world trade, trade with the Islamic World done what? | decreased significantly |
| What Islam empire weakened? | Ottoman |
| Why did the Ottoman Empire weaken? | revolts and disinterest in industrialization |
| What do the Christians/Jews in the Ottoman Empire do about trade? | Traded independently |
| What were the Tanzimet reforms? | facilitated trade, but it came too late |
| Threat of competition led to? | reforms |
| The Islamic Empire was dependent on who? | Europeans imports and influence |
| What makes Egypt a significant commercial/political power? | Suez Canal |
| Trade imbalance shifts between whom? | Qing China and Opium trade |
| Qing China controlled trade out of few ports, primarily? | Canton |
| Chinese traded what? | Chinese tea, silk, porcelain for silver- basis for economy |
| The trade imbalance was extremely profitable for? | China |
| Who was annoyed by the trade imbalance? | Britain |
| What happens to Indian opium? | switches balance |
| Because of the switch in the trade imbalance, silver flows from where? | out of China |
| After the Opium Wars what does China eventually do? | open to Europe |
| When China opens up to Europe, Nations map out what? | spheres of influence |
| Russia occupied what position in trade and technology? | backward |
| When does serfdom end? | 1861 |
| The second Perry expedition opened Japanese ports in what year? | 1854 |
| How does Japan become industrialized? | brings note to Pres., wants to trade |
| Who does Japan trade with? | Netherlands, Great Britain, and Russia |
| Japan depended more on imports of? | Raw materials |
| The Trans-Atlantic Slave trade ends due to? | Enlightenment thought, religious conviction, slave revolt in Haiti |
| Why was the slave revolt in Haiti so remarkable? | only successful slave revolt in history |
| Who ended the slave trade first? | Britain in 1807, then encouraged others to end it as well |
| Civilizations are no longer? | principally agricultural/rural |
| How are goods mass produced? | by means of machine power |
| The Industrial Revolution brings about? | urbanization |
| What is the supreme rule? | Capitalism |
| The industrial revolution changed life in_____, more thoroughly than political revolutions. | Europe |
| The industrial revolution effected what three major things? | how people worked, where they lived, how they views political problems |
| The Industrial Revolution causes the West to have to spread practices where and why? | To the colonies and exploit colonies economically |
| Where and when did the Industrial Revolution begin? | Britain in the mid 1700s |
| When did the 2nd agricultural revolution occur? | 18th century |
| The 2nd ag revolution improved what techniques? | Farming |
| During the 2nd Ag revolution up to half of the population moved where from where? | to cities from farms |
| High yield crops consisted of? | potatoes, corn from the New World |
| The 2nd Ag revolution brought about new? | technologies such as- new machines for plowing, seeding, and reaping and chemical fertilizers |
| The Industrial revolution led to an increase in? | population |
| more ________ is available because of the industrial revolution and pop increase. | food |
| From 1700-1800 population went up by? | 50% growth to 190 million |
| The industrial revolution led to improved _______ care? | medical |
| What was the new source of energy used? | steam power |
| New sources of energy fed what improvements? | industrial and transportation |
| What new materials become available during the industrial revolution? | steel |
| New Methods come about during the industrial revolution, such as? | factory system, put factory near water-power source |
| Who invented the assembly line? | Henry Ford |
| New inventions for textile industry came about, one example being the? | cotton gin |
| Who created the cotton gin? | Eli Whitney- 1793- quick processing of cotton |
| The industrial revolution led to what type of work ethic? | Protestant |
| What was a sign of personal salvation? | earthly success |
| Who dropped off wool/cotton at homes? | middlemen |
| what would women do after they made the cloth? | sell it back to the middlemen |
| Who wrote the book "Wealth of Nations"? | Adam Smith |
| Adam Smith believed you should let open market determine? | demand for goods and services |
| Adam Smith believed in laissez faire capitalism which was? | where the gov removes itself from process |
| What was used in every economic field? | steam engine |
| In phase three, what does electricity take over? | overtakes steam and coal as an energy source |
| What replaces the domestic system? | factory system |
| Who came up with the idea of interchangeable parts? | Eli Whitney |
| Who provided labor for plantations/mines? | Asians/Africans |
| The transportation revolution included: | steam locomotive (1820s), steamship (1807), internal combustion engine (1885), Airplane (1903) |
| Who invented the internal combustion engine? | Daimler |
| What were the two classes of people? | proletariat and Bourgeois |
| Due to the birth of the working class, ppl work long hours, like? | 14 hrs a day, 6 days a week |
| How were the conditions of the factories? | disgusting, crowded living conditions |
| What kind of labor was common back then that is not heard of today in the US? | child labor |
| The middle class rise, consisting of? | merchants, bankers, factory owners, industrialists |
| Social status starts to become more about? | wealth than family position |
| Reform movements come about where aristocrats begin to see? | inhumanity |
| Reform movements helped bring about a view that the gov needs to act on behalf of whom? | workers |
| Some nations so both capitalist and? | socialist |
| Reform was more possible where? | Britain/US |
| Why was it more possible in Britain and US? | They had democracy, middle class, impact of enlightenment |
| Why was reforms not very possible in Russia? | Russia had a dictator |
| What was attractive in Russia? | Marxism (socialism) |
| countries that had industrial technology had what? | advanced military weapons |
| What were countries with more advanced military weapons able to do? | able to conquer people who did not have the tech |
| Because the industrial revolution began in Britain, what was Britain? | dominant global nation of the 19th century |
| What brings about shifts in work? | light bulb invented 1879 |
| Role of individual changes and you are no longer a man working with machines, but? | you become part of the machine |
| Abuse of labor was common and consisted of whom and what hours? | children as young as age 6, 16 hr workdays |
| Living conditions become? | No longer fresh- air pollution and hazardous machinery and it leads to despair and hopelessness |
| Literature was created by what famous author to reflect hard times? | Charles Dickens |
| What did Dickens write about? | social ills of industrialization |
| Who was Karl Marx? | communist Manifesto |
| Who saw a flaw in the capitalist economy? | Karl Marx |
| What was the flaw that was seen in the capitalist economy? | it was based on competition, (winners and losers) |
| Who were the Luddites? | group of people who destroyed factory equipment, protested working conditions/wages because they didn't like machines |
| What is monoculture? | damages environment and retards economy |
| What were some of the examples of the changes in urban life? | bus service, sidewalks, street lights |
| How did the military change between 1750-1914? | it became more modern |
| What and when was the first industrial war? | United States Civil War- 1861-1865 |
| What is associated with "Banana Republic"? | Latin America |
| After 1850, what beneficial change came about? | Societies received higher wages, shorter working hours allowing leisure activities |
| What jobs came available after 1850, and was filled some women (unmarried)? | secretaries, salespeople, clerical jobs |
| What kind of campaigns came about after 1850 that was caused due to popular consumption? | advertising campaigns |
| What was industrial growth measured by? | iron, coal, steel, and cotton production |
| After Britain, who else encountered the industrial revolution? | The United States, then Western Germany, France, Netherlands, N. Italy |
| Who lagged behind as far as industrialization goes? | South and East Europe- more ag based |
| Who was totally backward as far as industrialization goes and relied fully on agriculture? | Russia |
| What did Japan experience in terms of industrialization? | pop growth steady - increased urbanization |
| When did the Meiji Restoration come about and what did it quickly do? | second half of the 19th century quickly industrialized |
| During the Meiji Restoration, what did outside forces do? | forced change |
| Who was one of the main outsiders that forced change? | Commodore Perry |
| What did the Samurai leaders in southern provinces, in Japan do? | pushed to end foreign influence |
| What did the Sat-Cho alliance do? | fires on foreign ships |
| Who fired back at the Samurai people that fired at them and what did it give them reason to do? | Europe, reason to overthrow Shoguns |
| Who was the first emperor in 1000 yrs, to have power? | Emperor Meiji |
| What was some Latin American countries seen as sources of? | natural resources and markets, raw materials |
| What did some Latin American countries have a lack of? | lack of local capital for investment |
| Industrialization in some Latin American countries would need to be financed by whom? | by foreigners |
| Where did Britain's' sources of capital come from? | private entrepreneurs, capitalists and limited foreign investment |
| Where did Japan's sources of capital come from? | government investment in initial status and Zaibatsu |
| What were the energy sources in Britain? | Large domestic deposits of coal for steam power and of iron for building machinery |
| What country had to import energy sources as well as machinery? | Japan |
| Whose population nearly doubled in the 1700s- 5>9 million | Britain |
| What were the enclosure acts? | public lands are closed and people move to cities |
| How did the Enclosure Acts affect workers? | large pool of laborless workers |
| How was Japan's population? | it grew rapidly |
| What did the Reform movements in Britain lead to? | Women's suffrage and universal education |
| How were the society changes in Japan, compared to Britain? | not as many gains as in England |
| Who was on the "fast forward"? | Japan |
| Who were the Ziabatsu? | 5 rich families that controlled industry |
| What is one example of a Ziabatsu? | Industrialists Mitsubishi |
| What pushed the industrial revolution? | inventions |
| What made European nations richer? | Industrialization |
| What boosted the need for scientific knowledge to explore? | being more technologically adept |
| What type of inventions were needed in the colonies? | inventions to extract resources from Earth |
| Where were factories built? | near towns/cities |
| Where were towns/cities built? | near sources of power, transportation, pool of workers |
| What is urbanization? | Shift of people from countryside to city |
| What was the urbanization a result of? | b/c of poor harvests, too little land, to many people to feed |
| What social class forms? | middle class |
| What were the conditions like in the factories? | Brutal, unsafe, unhealthy living conditions |
| What did the living conditions in the factories cause? | led to reform |
| Who were the Muckrakers? | propaganda writers against government leaders |
| What was the scientific revolution? | discovering, learning, evaluating, understanding the natural world |
| What was the industrial revolution? | applying the scientific revolution understanding to natural ends |
| What happened as a result of the rise of nationalism? | independence movements and revolutions |
| What did the changes in social thought include? | Women's emancipation movements, end of slave trade, rise of unions and laws to protect workers, rise of Marxism, independence movements and revolutions |
| What did the European nations do to trading networks? | seized them from local/regional control, connected them into a truly global network |
| Between 1800-1920, how many Europeans migrated to North/South America? | 50 million |
| What were some push factors that led people to migrate elsewhere? | Famine (Ireland), antisemitism (Russia), no religious tolerance, poverty, joblessness |
| A lot of ________ migrated from the country to the city. | young adults |
| Where did the middle class move to, from the city? | suburbs |
| Who did European settlers come in contact with? | native populations |
| What kind of religious persecution happened in Russia during this time? | Russian pogroms on Jews |
| What are three reasons behind the end of the Atlantic Slave Trade? | Growing revulsion among Western countries because of moral, ethical, and religious reasons |
| What did Great Britain try to do in terms of slavery? | 1807/1808 - wanted to make slavery illegal in all parts |
| In terms or slavery, how much of America had slaves? | Half slave and half free |
| What part of Africa still had slaves after the 1800s? | West Africa |
| What did England do to West African ships? | blockaded slave ships and took the slaves to Siera Leone |
| What effects did the slave trade have on Africa's population? | loss of population growth |
| What foreign goods did Africa rely on? | guns, textiles, and alcohol |
| What increased the likelihood of intertribal war? | introduction to guns |
| Slump left African regions open to what, in the 1800s? | foreign takeover |
| Who came up with the germ theory? | Louis Pasteur |
| What else did Louis Pasteur do? | pasteurized milk |
| Why was there a drop in birth rate in the West? | families no longer needed to produce large families to serve as laborers on farms |
| What is cheaper than trying to deal? | Steal |
| From stealing instead of dealing what did people during 1750-1914 gain? | gained incredible wealth |
| Colonial powers became rich at expense of who? | of colonies |
| What goods did people get from tropical climates? | rubber/cotton |
| What were water supplies contaminated with? | human sewage |
| What did coal and sewage cause an increase in? | pollution |
| What were dark skies from? | coal produced smoke |
| AAs far as urbanization, London , Paris, and New York pass up what number of pop. | more than one million |
| What did overcrowding cause? | caused disease to spread easily |
| What disease was caused from overcrowding? | Cholera/tuberculosis |
| When was the Industrial Revolution essentially over? | 1850 |
| When the Industrial Revolution ends, who starts to benefit? | working class and they see they need to reform |
| What jobs did poor women switch to? | factories/sweatshops |
| Who had more opportunity than middle and upper class? | lower class |
| How were women paid compared to men? | still paid less than men |
| By the end of the century, most working women were? | Single |
| Women lost manufacturing jobs of the ________________? | Domestic (putting out) system |
| What kind of impact did the upper class women have compared to earlier years? | Less influence |
| What new group of women came about in the middle class? | middle class housewives |
| What did the middle class housewives so? | Relegated to afternoon social calls/drinking tea |
| What age idealized women? | Victorian Age |
| What did the Victorian Age think women should do and not see? | thought women should have manners and good etiquette and that nothing distasteful should be viewed by women |
| As men earn money, what do women return to doing? | return to traditional roles |
| What group statrted organizing to demand rights/suffrage for women? | middle class housewives |
| What is the ability to move from one class to the next? | social mobility |
| What class expands? | middle class |
| As husbands were turned into wage earners what were wives? | wives were homemakers |
| New arisrtocrats became rich based on what? | industrial wealth |
| What does "old money" refer to? | Money from parents, not money you earned yourself |
| What does "new money" refer to? | Money you earn yourself, without help |
| What was wealth based on? | Adam Smith - "Wealth of Nations" - private ownership |
| What class was working side by side? | massive amount of lower class |
| The working class were able to daily see what? | class discrepency |
| The working class saw the elite earn money based on? | The working class' expense |
| Where wers safe havens for former slaves? | Sierra Leone and Liberia |
| What was Sierra Leone? | British colony |
| What was Liberia for slaves? | colonization scheme for freed slaves from the United States |
| Russian serfs couldn't leave land because? | Russia didn't have a pool of factory labor |
| The Emancipation of 1861 stated that serfs, now free where no longer, what? | Bound to the land |
| By sharecropping and sers still working at places they did, it was still similar to serfdom even after the emancipation, because? | fromer serfs, peasants now had to pay for land |
| What did Eli Whitney's cotton gin cause in Southern America? | necessitated more slaves |
| What did the cotton gin require? | a ton of cheap labor to stick cotton into the machine |
| In the West, greater awareness of unfair and unequal treatment began to spread and was stimulated by? | Enlightment theories and by the active role of women in the American and French Revolutions |
| The Industrial Revolution shifted workplace away from? | from the farm |
| What was the cult of domesticity? | stressing the woman's place in the home |
| The cult of domesticity dominated where? | Western culture |
| What occupations were open to women? | child care, teaching, domestic household work, and nursing |
| What is suffrage? | voting rights |
| Women's movements protested that women shoulf have equal opportunity to do what? | to work |
| Women's movements protested that women should recieve the same, what, as men? | same pay |
| Women protested what that related to alcohol? | temperance |
| What is temperance? | stop drinking, banning of alcohol |
| Who gave women the right to vote before World War I? | handful of European nations |
| Move toward women equality was slower, where? | in non-western socities |
| What kind of limitation were placed on Great Britain? | constitutional limitations |
| What country had total autocracy? | France |
| In France, the absolute monarchwith aristocrats done what? | controlled the land, wealth and political influence |
| What kind of monarchies were normal? | centralized monarchies |
| In modern revolutions there was an influence of? | intellectual movements and ideas |
| What two principles came about as a modern revolution of new ideas and movements? | democratice principles of Enlightment and Marxist principles that underlie Communism |
| Who were important actores in revolutions? | paesants and urban workers |
| What did the shift to authoritarian rule in movements start as? | democratic uprisings |
| What movements in Latin America flourished during the first part of the 19th century? | Latin American Independence movements |
| When did the Chinese dynastic rule end? | early 20th century |
| What was the common theme in revolutions in the U.S.? | frustration with economic exploitation |
| Colonies protested, "no taxation, without _______"? | representation |
| Locke believed that people ahould be given rights in exchange for? | government maintaining order |
| Locke belived that people should be able to to overthrow the government if? | They don't like it |
| What did Locke inspire? | the type of government that was created after it succeeded |
| Who wrote the famous pamplet the "Common Sense"? | Thomas Paine |
| What toole became very useful and powerful during the 16th-20th century? | printing press |
| What type of terrorism did the British commit? | Boston Tea Party in Boston Harbor |
| What is important about 1776? | it was when the Declaration of Independence was signed |
| What often preceded revolutions and rebellions? | enlightment thoughts |
| What type of learning was applied to society? | learning from the scientific revolution (reason, rationality) |
| Who outwardly challenged religion and said reason was more important? | Philosophers like Voltaire |
| Who argued for natural rights and the social contract? | Rousseau |
| What does natural rights mean? | rights you are born with |
| What is social contract? | citizens give up some rights for protection given by the government |
| Who came up with a government system with seperate powers and had checks and balances? | Montesquieu (French) |
| Which philosopher thought that most people are good and would do the right thing? | Locke (English) |
| Locke felt that people deserve as many rights as possible as long as? | they don't impede on others' rights |
| Locke felt government should? | serve the people, not vice versa |
| What does libre mean? | free |
| Which philosopher felt that most people are born selfish and stubborn and that most people are stupid? | Hobbes |
| What role did Hobbes believe the government had? | gov must protect ppl from themselves by giving limited rights |
| What did Hobbes advocate? | An absolute monarchy |
| What did important revolution documents show? | showed thinkers resisted political authority |
| What did the American Declaration of Independence do? | Declared Independence from King George and England |
| What did the French Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen list? | Listed all the rigths men have but not women, Locke's "all rights but those that harm" idea |
| What did Bolivar's "Jamaica Letter" ask of him? | Asked to describe how Latin America broke free, he replied that they were treated like sub-humans |
| How did Bolivar think Latin America could prosper? | broke free |
| What did enlightment ideas lead to? | more suffrage, abolition of slavery, end of serfdom |
| In the 1700s began based on what? | common language, religion, customs and territory, (Nationalism) govs used it to unite diverse populations |
| People continued to grow discontented with what? | imperial rule which led to reform and revolution |
| Who rose up against Mughal Empire? | Marathas |
| Marathas took much of southern India and allied with who to fight Afghans? | Mughals |
| America colonial subjects led what, which facilitated what? | rebellions, emergence of independence states |
| Who rebelled against their monarchy? | French subjects |
| During the American Revolution, leaders followed whose ideas? | Locke- overthrow gov if it is bad |
| During the French Revolution how many estates were there? | 3 |
| Who made up the 1st Estate? | Clergy- 15% of land |
| Who made up the 2nd Estate? | Nobility- 35% of land Bourgeoisie- middle class |
| Who made up the 3rd Estate? | Commoners- 50% of land 80% of population |
| What was the main cause of the French Revolution? | Economic problems |
| Who was in charge of the French Revolution? | Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette |
| What did the third estate want? | A constitution |
| What was official start of French Revolution? | Storm the Bastille (prison) |
| What was the Great Fear? | a time of unrest, where everyone is afraid |
| Who wrote the Declaration of the rights to man and citizen? | National Assembly |
| Who wanted rights for French women too? | Olympe de Gouges |
| Where does Louis hide? | Versailles |
| What made Louis return back to Paris where he was basically hostage? | women come to him telling him their children are starving |
| Who had all the power under the Consitution of 1791? | legislatures |
| Who tried to escape but was caught by Paris Commune (Rebels)? | the King |
| The Sans-culottes were led by? | Georges Danton |
| Who took power from National Assembly and forced a new convention on future of France? | Sans-Culottes |
| The Sans-Culottes led a big massacre where how many were killed? | 1000s |
| Sans-Culottes National Convention was when? | 1792 |
| At National Convention who was sentenced to death and beheaded at guillotine? | Louis |
| Who pushed to be killed and was later killed in his tub by Charlotte Corday? | Marat |
| Who did Europe countries try to put back in power? | the king |
| The committee meets and decides to give power to ? | Robespierre |
| Robes kills 40,000 "enemies at home" (Antionette, de Gouges) and was held in public where? | in public where dissenters lived |
| The Republic of Virtue tried to put new laws in France by doing what? | by sending reps into country |
| How did the Republic of Virtue change France? | Dechristianized France and changed street names |
| What was Notre Dame? | Temple of reason |
| French Rev Army begans nationalism which is? | loyalty to nation not ruler |
| After French win who was still killing? | Robespierre |
| Convetion votes to do what with Robes? | have him guillotined |
| A new gov with directory with how many directors, takes over | five- like governors |
| What did some people in France want back? | Wanted a king back some still mad at Robes- very corrupt |
| What military leader led a quick overthrow in France? | Napoleon Bonaparte |
| Nap Bon went to military school and his dad was a? | lawyer |
| Nap Bon learned alot from? | French Rev |
| Nap Bon rises through army and then becomes? | head |
| Nap Bon overthrows Directory and calls new gov what? | Consulate- he is a consul and has absolute power |
| Nap Bon made peace with who? | with church even though he wasn't religious |
| What did Nap Bon take away from women that the revolution had brought them? | rights such as divorce and inheriting land |
| Nap Bon made gov offices based on what? | expertise, middle class could join |
| Nap Bon brung laws together such as? | equal rights, religion, choose jobs, Civil or Napoleonic Code |
| Nap Bon controlled newspaper and opened what? | |
| How does Britain survive in the war? | due to a strong navy |
| Who tried to stop goods from getting to Britain? | Napolean, Middle East and Latin America made up for it |
| Who did other countries hate? | French as oppressors |
| French showed other countries how nationalism could do what? | overthrow a gov |
| How many troops did Nap bring to Russia? | 60,000 |
| Where does Rus retreat to when France come for them? | retreat east and burn each city |
| How many French people where alive when Nap and them went back to Poland? | 40,000 |
| French was weak after the Russia ordeal and what did ENG do? | came and took Paris and Louis XVIII takes throne |
| Where was NAP sent t? | Elba island, then comes back to France and takes army and goes to Belgium |
| ENG and Purssian armies defeat who? | Nap at Waterloo under Duke of Wellington. |
| Where was Nap sent to after that? | St. Helena off AFR |
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