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Unit 5 1750-1914

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Politics trended away from monarchy to... Greater political representation
Class transformations New elites status' came from wealth & the middle and industrial working class expanded
French Revolution Strove to keep powers in check; the overthrow of the Bourbon monarchy in France (1789-1799)
What led to the first world war? Political changes in Europe
Radical reform Led to major political and dramatic changes
Nationalism Sparked rebellions & independence and unification movements; the extreme superiority over other countries
Industrialization Changed the ways the world made goods & business; the development of industry on a large scale
European views on other cultures Barbaric & uncivilized
Social Darwinists Applied the theory of natural selection to sociology
Britain Became the most dominant and superior global nation of the 19th century; the "most fit" society
Latin America, Qing China, Russia & Japan Civilizations that are no longer principally agricultural or rural changed to mass productions of goods by means of machine power
Exploitation of Newly independent Latin American nations Produced by world trade manufactured goods of the west and raw materials
Latin American trade Increased significantly: Profitable sugar, cotton, beef exports & Cacao plantations
Cuba Produced sugar & tobacco
Brazil Produced sugar & coffee
Mexico Produced copper & silver
Chile Produced copper & grain
Argentina Produced grain & beef
Islamic world trade Decreased significantly, became dependent on European imports and influence & caused revolts and disinterest in industrialization & the Ottoman empire to weaken
Qing China Where Chinese tea, silk, porcelain for silver, & Opium trade made a lot of money; caused extreme trade profits
Russia Exported grain to western Europe for western machinery & caused the end of serfdom in 1861
Japan Had trade relations with the Netherlands, Great Britain, and Russia.
18th century 2nd Agricultural Revolution Occurred to improve farming techniques
Highly needed crops Potatoes & Corn
James Watt Created steam power
Proletariat The lowest class; people who worked in factories & mines for long hours and unsafe crowded conditions
Capitalism Seen as a positive thing by aristocrat and middle class; an economic and political system for trade and the industry
Tokugawa rule Caused the population to grow steadily; increased urbanization
Meiji Restoration Quickly industrialized; allowed for the first emperor to have power in 1000 years
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