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WHAPUnit 4 1750-1914
key events from 1750-1914
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Meiji Restoration | 1868 began Japan's modern age. 1871 Meiji abolished feudalism. 1890 created an elected parliament. |
| Industrialization | transformed agrarian/handicraft-centered economies into economies distinguished by industry/machine manufacture. Technological developments made it possible to produce goods by machines rather than by hand. harnessed coal and petroleum as energy souce. |
| American Revolution | 1775-1783. result of growing sense of patriotism, increased resentment of Great Britain, desire for middle class to better itself, and influence of Enlightenment. 1789 United States Constitution was written and accepted by all 13 states. |
| French Revolution | 1789-1799 caused by wide social/economic gap between ordinary citizens/elite, unfair tax system, frustrated middle class, influence of enlightenment and the imminent bankruptcy of government. Resulted in Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen. |
| Haitian Revolution | 1791-1804.Only large scale slave revolt to succeed in the world. The French Revolution caused chaos in French Haiti. In 1798 under leadership of Francois Toussaint L'Ouverture slaves freed in French Haiti. 1802 French gave up trying to retake Haiti |
| Latin American Revolution | 1810-1825 Mexico, Central America, and South America gained independence from Spain and Portugal. Reasons for independence were a growing sense of national identity and local resentment of Spanish and Portuguese economic policies. |
| Major Technological Innovations | Steam ship, railroad, telegraph, military weaponry, medicines |
| Causes of Decline of Qing China | Opium Wars began 1839, divided in to spheres of influence, competing warlords, beginning of "100 Years of Humiliation" |
| Slavery | France abolished slavery in 1848, United States abolished slavery in 1865, Cuba abolished slavery in 1886, and Brazil abolished slavery in 1888. |
| Absolutism | the divine right to rule. Ex: French: "Sun King", Russian: Peter the Great and Catherine the Great |
| Marxism | the fundamental ideology of communism |
| Political Impact of Seven Years War | 1756-1763 British Dominance over North America and loss of French influence in the region |
| Goal of Womens Rights Movement | emancipation for women |
| Political Effects of Enlightenment | Teachings such as those of John Locke, including ideas such as freedom of speech and equality became used in new governments |
| Boxer Rebellion | 1900 Rebellion in China where many rebels were "boxers". rage directed at foreigners, foreign residents and legations attacked. Rebellion put down by foreign forces. |
| Sepoy Rebellion | 1857 due to cartridges waxed with animal fat Hindu and Muslim sepoys refused to use them. sepoys staged mutiny killing British officers. May 1858 rebellion was crushed and British restored authority in India. |
| King Leopold | 1885 establishes the Congo free states. rubber trade |
| Leader that authorized Emancipation of the Serfs | 1861 Tsar Alexander II |
| Political Effects of Russo-Japanese War | 1904 loss of prestige for Russia, Japan gains prestige and respect in Europe and U.S. acknowledged as modern country. |
| World War 1 breaks out | 1914 the conflict in Serbia was caused by the growth of nationalism. |
| Suez Canal | 1859-1869 British built so that they would have a faster route to India. |
| Berlin Conference | 1885 agreement that any European state could establish African colonies after notifying the others of its intentions and occupying previously unclaimed territory |
| Sino-Japanese War | 1894-1895 Japan defeated China. Primary focus of conflict between China and Japan was Korea |
| Nationalism | policy or doctrine of asserting the interests of ones own nation viewed as seperate from the interests of other nations or the common interest of all nations |
| Taiping Rebellion | 1850-1864 costliest and most devastating Civil War in World History. Claimed between 20 to 30 million lives which made it second deadliest war in history to WW1. |
| Muhammad Ali (not the boxer) | 1805 Freed Egypt from Ottoman rule. Seized power and began to modernize Egypt till death in 1839 |
| Social Darwinism | European rationalization for supposed dominance of whites over other races. |
| Treaty of Nanjing | 1842 End of the Opium war. First of what the Chinese referred to as the unequal treaties because Britain had no obligations in return |
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