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13396913377abolitionist movementAn international movement that between approximately 1780 and 1890 succeeded in condemning slavery as morally repugnant and abolishing it in much of the world; the movement was especially prominent in Britain and the United States.0
13396913378CreolesNative-born elites in the Spanish colonies.1
13396913379Declaration of the Rights of Man and CitizenDocument drawn up by the French National Assembly in 1789 that proclaimed the equal rights of all men; the declaration ideologically launched the French Revolution.2
13396913380Declaration of the Rights of WomanShort work written by the French feminist Olympe de Gouges in 1791 that was modeled on the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen and that made the argument that the equality proclaimed by the French revolutionaries must also include women.3
13396913381Estates-GeneralFrench representative assembly called into session by Louis XVI to address pressing problems and out of which the French Revolution emerged; the three estates were the clergy, the nobility, and the commoners.4
13396913382FreetownWest African settlement in what is now Sierra Leone at which British naval commanders freed Africans they rescued from illegal slave ships.5
13396913383French RevolutionMassive dislocation of French society (1789-1815) that overthrew the monarchy, destroyed most of the French aristocracy, and launched radical reforms of society that were lost again, though only in part, under Napoleon's imperial rule and after the restoration of the monarchy.6
13396913384gens de couleur libresLiterally, "free people of color"; term used to describe freed slaves and people of mixed racial background in Saint Domingue on the eve of the Haitian Revolution.7
13396913385HaitiName that revolutionaries gave to the former French colony of Saint Domingue; the term means "mountainous" or "rugged" in the Taino language.8
13396913386Haitian RevolutionThe only fully successful slave rebellion in world history; the uprising in the French Caribbean colony of Saint Domingue (later renamed Haiti) was sparked by the French Revolution and led to the establishment of an independent state after a long and bloody war (1791-1804).9
13396913387Hidalgo-Morelos RevolutionSocially radical peasant insurrection that began in Mexico in 1810 and that was led by the priests10
13396913388Latin American RevolutionsSeries of risings in the Spanish colonies of Latin America (1810-1826) that established the independence of new states from Spanish rule but that for the most part retained the privileges of the elites despite efforts at more radical social rebellion by the lower classes.11
13396913390Napoleon BonaparteFrench head of state from 1799 until his abdication in 1814 (and again briefly in 1815); preserved much of the French Revolution under an autocratic system and was responsible for the spread of revolutionary ideals through his conquest of much of Europe.12
13396913391NationA group of people who have a sense of common identity and destiny, thanks to ties of blood, culture, language, or common experience.13
13396913392NationalismThe focusing of citizens' loyalty on the notion that they are part of a "nation" with a unique culture, territory, and destiny; first became a prominent element of political culture in the nineteenth century.14
13396913393American RevolutionSuccessful rebellion conducted by the colonists of parts of North America (not Canada) against British rule (1775-1787); a conservative revolution whose success assured property rights but established republican government in place of monarchy.15
13396913397the Reign of TerrorTerm used to describe the revolutionary violence in France in 1793-1794, when radicals under the leadership of Maximilien Robespierre executed tens of thousands of people deemed enemies of the revolution.16
13396913398Third EstateIn prerevolutionary France, the term used for the 98 percent of the population that was neither clerical nor noble, and for their representatives at the Estates General; in 1789, it declared itself a National Assembly and launched the French Revolution.17
13396913400BourgeoisieTerm that Karl Marx used to describe the owners of industrial capital; originally meant "townspeople."18
13396913401British Royal SocietyAssociation of scientists established in England in 1660 that was dedicated to the promotion of "useful knowledge."19
13396913402Crimean WarMajor international conflict (1854-1856) in which British and French forces defeated Russia; the defeat prompted reforms within Russia.20
13396913404Labour PartyBritish working-class political party established in the 1890s and dedicated to reforms and a peaceful transition to socialism, in time providing a viable alternative to the revolutionary emphasis of Marxism.21
13396913405Karl MarxGerman expatriate in England who advocated working-class revolution as the key to creating an ideal communist future.22
13396913406Middle class valuesBelief system that developed in Britain in the nineteenth century; it emphasized thrift, hard work, rigid moral behavior, cleanliness, and "respectability."23
13396913408Peter the GreatTsar of Russia (r. 1689-1725) who attempted a massive reform of Russian society in an effort to catch up with the states of Western Europe.24
13396913410ProletariatTerm that Karl Marx used to describe the industrial working class; originally used in ancient Rome to describe the poorest part of the urban population.25
13396913411Steam engineMechanical device in which the steam from heated water builds up pressure to drive a piston, rather than relying on human or animal muscle power; the introduction of this item allowed a hitherto unimagined increase in productivity and made the Industrial Revolution possible.26
13396913412Boxer RebellionRising of Chinese militia organizations in 1900 in which large numbers of Europeans and Chinese Christians were killed27
13396913413DaimyoFeudal lords of Japan who retained substantial autonomy under the Tokugawa shogunate and only lost their social preeminence in the Meiji restoration.28
13396913414Meiji RestorationThe overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan in 1868, restoring power at long last to the emperor29
13396913415Matthew PerryU.S. navy commodore who in 1853 presented the ultimatum that led Japan to open itself to more normal relations with the outside world.30
13396913416Opium WarsTwo wars fought between Western powers and China (1839-1842 and 1856-1858) after China tried to restrict the importation of foreign goods; China lost both wars and was forced to make major concessions.31
13396913417Russo-Japanese WarEnding in a Japanese victory, this war established Japan as a formidable military competitor in East Asia and precipitated the Russian Revolution of 1905.32
13396913418SamuraiArmed retainers of the Japanese feudal lords, famed for their martial skills and loyalty; in the Tokugawa shogunate, they gradually became an administrative elite, but they did not lose their special privileges until the Meiji restoration.33
13396913419Self-strengthening MovementChina's program of internal reform in the 1860s and 1870s, based on vigorous application of Confucian principles and limited borrowing from the West.34
13396913420The Sick Man of EuropeWestern Europe's unkind nickname for the Ottoman Empire in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a name based on the sultans' inability to prevent Western takeover of many regions and to deal with internal problems; it fails to recognize serious reform efforts in the Ottoman state during this period.35
13396913421Social DarwinismAn application of the concept of "survival of the fittest" to human history in the nineteenth century.36
13396913422Taiping UprisingMassive Chinese rebellion that devastated much of the country between 1850 and 1864; it was based on the millenarian teachings of Hong Xiuquan.37
13396913423Tanzimat ReformsImportant reform measures undertaken in the Ottoman Empire beginning in 1839; the term means "reorganization."38
13396913424Tokugawa ShogunateRulers of Japan from 1600 to 1868.39
13396913425Unequal treatiesSeries of nineteenth-century treaties in which China made major concessions to Western powers.40
13396913429Cash crop agricultureAgricultural production, often on a large scale, of crops for sale in the market, rather than for consumption by the farmers themselves.41
13396913430Leopold IIhis rule as private owner of the Congo Free State during much of that time is typically held up as the worst abuse of Europe's second wave of colonization, resulting as it did in millions of deaths.42
13396913431Cultivation SystemSystem of forced labor used in the Netherlands East Indies in the nineteenth century; peasants were required to cultivate at least 20 percent of their land in cash crops such as sugar or coffee for sale at low and fixed prices to government contractors, who then earned enormous profits from further sale of the crops.43
13396913432Indian Rebellion of 1857-1858Massive uprising of much of India against British rule; also called the Indian Mutiny or the Sepoy Mutiny from the fact that the rebellion first broke out among Indian troops in British employ.44
13396913433Scramble for AfricaName used for the process of the European countries' partition of the continent of Africa between themselves in the period 1875-1900.45
13396913434Guillotinedefined the reign of terror, its fast-falling blade extinguished life immediately, introduced as a more humane way of beheading (vs. an ax)46
13396913435Mass ProductionThe manufacture of many identical products by the division of labor into many small simple tasks.47
13396913436Steam Shipstechnological innovation allowed Europeans to reach distant Asian and African ports quickly and predictably48
13396913437mercantilismA set of economic principles based on policies which stress government regulation of economic activities to benefit the home country49
13396913438Capitalism(1776) , an economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations.50
13396913439Simon BolivarThe most important military leader in the struggle for independence in South America; born in Venezuela, he led military forces there and in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.51
13396913440GaribaldiLeader of the Italian Nationalist Army. He was a bold and visionary leader. He united Southern Italy, also captured Sicily in the 1860's.52
13396913441MazziniGiuseppe Mazzini was the first person that tried to unify all of Italy. He preached a centralized democratic republic based on universal male suffrage and the will of the people. His brand of democratic republicanism seemed too radical for the people. Austria smashed Mazzini's republicanism in 1848.53
13396913442Count CavourItalian statesman from Sardinia who used diplomacy to help achieve unification of Italy.54
13396913443Pedro ISon and successor of Joao VI in Brazil, aided in the declaration of Brazilian independence from Portugal in 1822, became constitutional emperor of Brazil55
13396913444William WilberforceHe was a highly religious man and a member of the English Parliament who worked tirelessly for the abolition of slavery56
13396913445Janissarya soldier in the elite guard of the Ottoman Turks57
13396913446Muhammad AliAlbanian soldier in the service of Turkey who was made viceroy of Egypt and took control away from the Ottoman Empire and established Egypt as a modern state (1769-1849).58
13396913447Tanzimat'Restructuring' reforms by the nineteenth-century Ottoman rulers, intended to move civil law away from the control of religious elites and make the military and the bureaucracy more efficient.59
13396913448ExtraterritorialityForeign residents in a country living under the laws of their native country, disregarding the laws of the host country. 19th/Early 20th Centuries: European and US nationals in certain areas of Chinese and Ottoman cities were granted this right.60
13396913451Palm OilA West African tropical product often used to make soap; the British encouraged its cultivation as an alternative to the slave trade.61
13396913452Emmeline Pankhurst(1858-1928) British suffragette and founder of the Woman's Social and Political Union.62
13396913455Universal Male SuffrageThe extension of the right to vote to all males regardless of social standing or race, whose movement had begun in the early-mid 1800's63
13396913457free trade imperialismEconomic dominance of a weaker country by a more powerful one, while maintaining the legal independence of a weaker state. In the late 19th cent, this characterized the relationships between Latin American republics and GB/US64
13396923877What were the Papal States?A section of central Italy that was governed by the pope65
13396937411What was the Boxer Rebellion?a nationalist uprising against foreigners in China66
13401745945Britain wanted to capture Egypt because...they wanted to dominate the textile industry (cotton), Suez Canal67
13405393797Who is Thomas Hobbes?Believes in absolutism, the social contract, thinks people are terrible, wrote Leviathan68
13405401251What abundant resource was wanted by BritainCoal69
13405413455What did the British want with Egypt?Suez Canal and Cotton70
13405406884What was the Sepoy Rebellion?The Sepoy Rebellion was when Indian soldiers in Britain's Indian Army fought for independence (1857-1858).71
13405426104One factor that can unite a nationCommon goal, common enemy72
13405432286Pedro ISon and successor of João VI in Brazil; aided in the declaration of Brazilian independence in 1822 and became constitutional emperor. Wanted to abolish slavery73
13405460218Life, Libery, PropertyJohn Locke74
134054720413 unification leaders in Germany/ItalyBismarck, Cavour, Gabaldi75
13405488462Who was Jean-Jacques Rousseau?1712-1778. A French philosopher. Wrote Social Contract. Influential in French revolution76
13405507582Simultaneous Revolutions in 2 Spanish coloniesMexico Bolivia77
13405512141Who was Adam Smith?wrote the wealth of nations (Capitalism)78
13405525118Anti-Capitalist are almost always anti-..Imperialists79
13405530396The only successful revolt in Africa was inEthiopia80
13405537767Population growth contributes toUrbanization81
13405539694Who was Robespierre?His rule in France was known as the "Reign of Terror" and sent many to the guillotine82
13405553061What was the Reign of Terror?Beheading of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette by Robespierre and the Jacobins.83
13405561896Who was Voltaire?Fought for tolerance, reason, freedom of religious belief, and freedom of speech Separation of Church and State84
13405569887What was the Taiping Rebellion?A revolt in China that was led by a peasant army looking for equal wealth distribution. The rebellion was led by Hong Xiuquan, they took over Nanjing, and later failed to fulfill their promise of wealth for all.85
13405574226Inventor of the steam engineJames Watt86
13405577465What was the Meiji Restoration?A Japanese reform movement that returned power to the emperor and embraced western ideas87
13405582409State sponsored industrializationState-Sponsored industrialization is the government or Country sponsoring industrialization instead of a someone outside the country example: Meiji reforms of Japan - railroads and factories in Tsarist Russia - China's self-strengthening movement88
13405588080Communism controls theMeans of Production89
134055950612 Groups negatively affected by nationalismNatives, Slaves, Migrant workers90
13405602755What did Napoleon do?proclaimed the second empire and proclaimed himself Emperor91
13405611836What were the effects of Napoleon?Colonies vulnerable to rebellions, and weakened French government92
13405623298Who were the BorgeoisieMiddle class according to Marx93
13405646429Who are the proletariat?working class people94
134056549952 distractions of the proletariat?Religion/Common Culture, Nationalism95
13405663995What industries did Britain want to dominate in Period 5Textile (cotton), iron96
13405685059Responsible for separation of power in branches of government?Montisque97
13967205270What was the Meji Restoration?Development of Japan into in industrialized, modern country who competed with European powers.98

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