6473972811 | American revolution | 1775- 1787. Americans were fed up that Britain had been taxing them without representing them. (Stamp Act) They wanted to form their own government, so they rebelled against Britain | 0 | |
6473972810 | Revolution | A forcible overthrow of a government of social order in favor for a new system | 1 | |
6473974356 | French Revolution | brought an end to the absolute monarchy and a start to a representative government | 2 | |
6473975908 | Maximilian robespierre | conducted the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution | 3 | |
6473976694 | Haitian revolution | the only successful slave revolt in history; it is led by Toussaint L'Ouverture. | 4 | |
6473977945 | Toussaint l ouverture | Led Haitian rebellion against French , former slave , defeated armies of 3 foreign powers ; Spain France and Britain | 5 | |
6473979592 | Latin American revolution | Series 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. | 6 | |
6473986976 | Simon bolivar | 1783-1830, Venezuelan statesman: leader of revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule. | 7 | |
6473986977 | Caudillos | By the 1830s, Latin America was mostly ruled by these military dictators from the creole class (American-born European-descendant). | 8 | |
6473990455 | Women's suffrage movement | the fight to extend to women all rights of citizenships, including but not limited to the right to vote. | 9 | |
6473991138 | Abolition of slavery | William Wilberforce led the fight for abolition. He continued to fight for free slaves after he retired. Britain abolished slavery in its empire in 1833 | 10 | |
6473993195 | Industrialized | Changed its economy to rely less on farming and more on manufacturing | 11 | |
6473996783 | Assembly line | Factory system where each person one job of many | 12 | |
6473997735 | Export economies | Countries whose economy relies on the export of raw materials for industrial | 13 | |
6473997736 | Socialism | A system in of society in which there is no private property | 14 | |
6473999424 | Marxism | Extreme socialism | 15 | |
6474001314 | Meiji reformation | Restoration period in Japan where they tried to revive the old glories of the empire. | 16 | |
6474001315 | Imperialism | The expansion of empires through conquest and economic exploitation | 17 | |
6474002235 | Scramble for africa | It was the invasion of Europeans in Africa to rule and rob Africa of their resources | 18 | |
6474003595 | Berlin conference 1885 | European powers divided up Africa without worrying about borders or cultures | 19 | |
6474003596 | Spheres of influence | An area of one country under the control of another country. | 20 | |
6474005185 | Nationalism | A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country | 21 | |
6474011137 | Global migrations | the movement of people looking for work in industrialized countries | 22 | |
6474011138 | Social darwinism | 19th century of belief that evolutionary ideas theorized by Charles Darwin could be applied to society. | 23 |
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