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19874202Poplation RevolutionHuge growth in population in Western Europe beginning about 1730; prelude to Industrial Revolution; population of France increased 50 percent, England and Prussia 100 percent.0
19874203ProtoindustrializationPreliminary 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
19874204American RevolutionRebellion of English American colonies along Atlantic seaboard between 1775 and 1783; resulted in independence for former British colonies and eventual formation of United States of America.2
19874205French RevolutionRevolution in France between 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
19874206Louis XVIBourbon monarch of France who was executed during the radical phase of the French Revolution (1792).4
19874207Declaration of the Rights of Man and the CitizenAdopted during the liberal phase of the French Revolution (1789); stated the fundamental equality of all French citizens; later became a political source for other liberal movements.5
19874208GuillotineIntroduced as a method of humane execution; utilized to execute thousands during the most radical phase of the French Revolution known as the Reign of Terror.6
19874209Maximilien RobespierreLead Reign of Terror, Responsible for persecution of Louis XVI7
19874210Napoleon BonaparteRose within the French army during the wars of the French Revolution; eventually became general; led a coup that ended the French Revolution and established the French Empire under his rule; defeated and deposed in 1815.8
19874211Congress of ViennaMeeting in the aftermath of Napoleonic Wars (1815) to restore political stability in Europe and settle diplomatic disputes.9
19874212LiberalismPolitical viewpoint with origins in Western Europe during the 19th century; stressed limited state interference in individual life, representation of propertied people in government; urged importance of constitutional rule and parliaments.10
19874213RadicalsPolitical viewpoint with 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 the lower classes. (11
19874214SocialismPolitical movement with origins in Western Europe during the 19th century; urged an attack on private property in the name of equality; wanted state control of means of production, end to capitalist exploitation of the working man.12
19874215NationalismPolitical viewpoint with origins in Western Europe in the 19th century; often allied with one of other "isms"; urged importance of national unity; valued a collective identity based on culture, race, or ethnic origin.13
19874216Greek RevolutionRebellion in Greece against the Ottoman Empire in 1820; key step in gradually dismantling the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans.14
19874217French Revolution of 1830Second rebellion against Bourbon monarchy; essentially a liberal movement resulting in the creation of a bourgeois government under a moderate monarchy15
19874218Belgian Revolution of 1830Produced Belgian independence from the Dutch; established a liberal constitutional monarchy.16
19874219Reform Bill of 1832Legislation passed in Great Britain that extended the vote to most members of the middle class; failed to produce democracy in Britain.17
19874220James WattDevised a steam engine in 1770s during the Industrial Revolution that could be used for production; steam engine was utilized in textile industries, mining, and railroads.18
19874221Factory SystemNot to be confused with the fortified ports of the commercial revolution; intensification of processes of production at single sites during the Industrial Revolution; involved greater organization of labor and firmer discipline.19
19874222LudditesWorkers in Britain (1810-1820) who responded to replacement of human labor by machines during the Industrial Revolution by attempting to destroy the machines; named after a mythical leader, Ned Ludd.20
19874223Chartist MovementAttempt by artisans and workers in Britain to gain the vote during the 1840s; demands for reform beyond the Reform Act of 1832 were incorporated into a series of petitions; movement failed.21
19874224French Revolution of 1848Overthrew the monarchy established in 1830; briefly established a democratic republic; failure of the republic led to the reestablishment of the French Empire under Napoleon III in 1850.22
19874225Revolutions of 1848Generally refers to those nationalist and liberal movements within France, Germany, and the Habsburg Empire, specifically in Italy, Austria, and Hungary; after temporary success, the revolutions failed.23
19874226Louis PasteurDiscoverer of germs; discovery led to more conscientious sanitary regulation by the 1880s. [Pasteurization, Cured rabies]24
19874227Benjamin DisraeliLeading conservative political figure in Britain in the second half of the 19th century; took initiative of granting vote to working-class males in 1867; typical of conservative politician making use of popular politics.25
19874228Camillo du CavourArchitect of Italian unification in 1858; formed an alliance with France to attack Austrian control of northern Italy; resulted in creation of constitutional monarchy under Piedmontese king.26
19874229Otto Von BismarckConservative prime minister of Prussia; architect of German unification under Prussian king in 1870; utilized liberal reforms to attract support for conservative causes.27
19874230American Civil War (1861-1865)First application of Industrial Revolution to warfare; resulted in abolition of slavery in the United States and reunification of North and South.28
19874231TransformismoPolitical system in late 19th century Italy that promoted alliance of conservatives and liberals; parliamentary deputies of all parties supported the status quo.29
19874232"Social Question"Issues relating to repressed classes in Western Europe during the Industrial Revolution, particularly workers and women; became more critical than constitutional issues after 1870.30
19874233Karl MarxGerman socialist of the mid-19th century; blasted earlier socialist movements as utopian; saw history as defined by class struggle between groups out of power and those controlling the means of production; preached necessity of social revolution to create proletarian dictatorship.31
19874234RevisionismSocialist movements that at least tacitly disavowed Marxist revolutionary doctrine; believed social success could be achieved gradually through political institutions.32
19874235Feminist MovementSought various legal and economic gains for women, including equal access to professions and higher education; came to concentrate on right to vote; won support particularly from middle-class women; active in Western Europe at the end of the 19th century; revived in light of other issues in the 1960s.33
19874236Mass Leisure CultureAn aspect of the later Industrial Revolution; based on newspapers, music halls, popular theater, vacation trips, and team sports.34
19874237Charles DarwinBiologist who developed theory of evolution of species (1859); argued that all living species evolved into their present form through the ability to adapt in a struggle for survival.35
19874238Albert EinsteinDeveloped mathematical theories to explain the behavior of planetary motion and the movement of electrical particles; after 1900 issued theory of relativity.36
19874239Sigmund Freudiennese physician (19th-20th centuries); developed theories of the workings of the human unconscious; argued that behavior is determined by impulses.37
19874240RomanticismArtistic and literary movement of the 19th century in Europe; held that emotion and impression, not reason, were the keys to the mysteries of human experience and nature; sought to portray passions, not calm reflection.38
19874241American ExceptionalismHistorical argument that the development of the United States was largely distinctive; contact with Western Europe was incidental to the larger development of the United States on its own terms.39
19874242Triple AllianceAlliance among Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy at the end of the 19th century; part of European alliance system and balance of power prior to World War I.40
19874243Triple EntenteAlliance among Britain, Russia, and France at the outset of the 20th century; part of European alliance system and balance of power prior to World War I.41
19874244Balkan NationalismMovements to create independent nations within the Balkan possessions of the Ottoman Empire; provoked a series of crises within the European alliance system; eventually led to World War I.42

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