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| 292634811 | population revolution | huge growth in population in western Europe beginning about 1730; prelude to Industrial Revolution; population of France increased 50%, England and Prussia 100% | 0 | |
| 292634812 | proto-industrialization | preliminary shift away from agricultural economy in Europe; workers become full-or part-time producers of textile and metal products, working at home but in a capitalist system in which materials, work orders, and ultimate sales depended on urban merchants; prelude to Industrial Revolution | 1 | |
| 292634813 | American Revolution | rebellion of English American colonies along Atlantic seaboard b/w 1775 and 1783; resulted in independence for former British colonies and eventual formation on USA | 2 | |
| 292634814 | French Revolution | revolution in France b/w 1789 and 1800; resulted in overthrow of Bourbon monarchy and old regimes; ended with establishment of French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte; source of many liberal movements and constitutions in Europe | 3 | |
| 292634815 | Louis XVI | Bourbon monarch of France who was executed during the radical phase of the French Revolution | 4 | |
| 292634816 | Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen | adopted during the liberal phase of the French Rev. stated the fundamental equality of all French citizens; later became a political source of other liberal movements | 5 | |
| 292634817 | Guillotine | introduced as a method of humane execution; utilized to execute thousands during the most radical phase of the French Rev. known as the Reign of Terror | 6 | |
| 292634818 | Maximilien Robespierre | a classic example of revolutionary ideology; the leader of the radical phase | 7 | |
| 292634819 | Napoleon Bonaparte | rose w/in the French army during the wars of the French Revolution; eventually became general; lead coup that ended the French Revolution; established fresh empire under his rule; defeated and deposed in 1815 | 8 | |
| 292634820 | Congress of Vienna | meeting in the aftermath of Napoleonic wars (1815) to restore political stability in Europe and settle diplomatic disputes | 9 | |
| 292634821 | Conservatives | political viewpoint with origins in Western Europe during the 19th century;opposed revolutionary goals; advocated restoration of monarchy and defense of church | 10 | |
| 292634822 | liberalism | political viewpoint with origins in western Europe during the 19th century; stressed limited state stressed limited state interference in individual life, representation of propertied people in government, urged importance of constitutional rule and parliaments | 11 | |
| 292634823 | radicals | political viewpoints w/origins in Western Europe during the 19th century; advocated broader voting rights than liberals in some cases advocated outright democracy; urged reforms in favor of lower classes | 12 | |
| 292634824 | socialism | political movement with origins in western during the 19th century; urged attack on private property in the name of equality; wanted state control of means of production end to capitalist exploitation, of the working man | 13 | |
| 292634825 | nationalism | political viewpoint with origins in western Europe; often allied with "isms"; urged importance of national unity; valued a collective identity based on culture, race or ethnic orginin | 14 | |
| 292634826 | Greek Revolution | rebellion in Greece against the ottoman empire in 1820; key step in gradually dismantling the ottoman empire in the Balkans | 15 | |
| 292634827 | Reform Bill of 1832 | legislation passed in Great Britain that extended the vote to most members of the middle class; failed to produce democracy in Britain | 16 | |
| 292634828 | Chartist Movement | attempt by artisans and workers in Britain to gain the vote during the 1840s; demands for reform beyond the reform Bill of 1832 were incorporated into a series of petitions; movement failed | 17 | |
| 292634829 | Louis Pasteur | french scientist who discovered relationship b/w germs and disease in 19th century, leading to better sanitation | 18 | |
| 292697503 | French Revolution of 1830 | installed a different king and a somewhat more liberal monarchy | 19 | |
| 292697504 | Belgian Revolution of 1830 | produced a liberal regime and a newly independent nation | 20 | |
| 292697505 | James Watt | scottish inventor and mechanical engineer whose improvements to the Newcomen steam engine were fundamental to the changes brought by the industrial revolution | 21 | |
| 292697506 | Factory system | method of manufacturing adopted in England at the beginning of the industrial revolution and each worker performed separate operation on the work, increasing the efficiency of production | 22 | |
| 292697507 | French Revolution of 1848 | brought protest to head and the French monarchy was expelled and a democratic republic was established briefly | 23 | |
| 292697508 | Revolutions of 1848 | failure of these revolutions of 1848 drew the revolutionary era in western europe; it taught many liberals and working class leaders that revolutions was too risky; more gradual methods should be used instead | 24 |
