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143931405Population Revolutionhuge growth in population in Western Europe beginning about 1730; prelude to industrialization0
143931406ProtoindustrializationPreliminary shift away from an agricultural economy; workers became full or part time producers who worked at home in a capatilist system in which materials,work,orders,and sales depended on urban merchants; prelude to Industrial Revolution1
143931407American RevolutionRebellion of the British-American Atlantic seaboard colonies; ended with the formation of the independent United States2
143931408French RevolutionOverthrow of the Bourbon monarchy through a revolution beginning in 1789; created a republic and eventually ended with Napoleon's French empire; the source of many liberal movements and constitutions in Europe3
143931409Louis XVIBourbon ruler of France who was executed during the radical phase of the French Revolution4
143931410Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the CitizenAdopted during the French Revolution; proclaimed equality of French citizens; became a source document for later liberal movements5
143931411GuillotineIntroduced as a method of "humane" execution; used during the French Revolution against thousands of individuals, especially during the Reign of Terror6
143931412Napoleon BonaparteArmy officer who rose in rank during the wars of the French Revolution; ended the democratic phase of the revolution; became emperor; deposed and exiled in 18157
143931413Congress of ViennaMet in 1815 after the defeat of France to restore the European balance of power8
143931414LiberalismPolitical ideology that flourished in 19th-century western Europe; stressed limited government, representation of the people in government; urged importance of constitutional role and parliments.9
143931415RadicalsFollowers of a 19th-century Western European political emphasis; advocated broader voting rights than liberals did; urged reforms favoring lower classes10
143931416SocialismPolitical ideology in 19th-century Europe; attacked private property in the name of equality; wanted state control of the means of production and an end to the capatilistic exploitation of the working class11
143931417NationalismEuropean 19th-century viewpoint; often allied with other "-isms"; urged the importance of national unity; valued a collective identity based on ethnic orgins12
143931418Greek RevolutionRebellion of Greeks againts the Ottoman Empire in 1820; a key step in the disintergration of the Turkish Balkan Empire13
143931419French Revolution of 1830Second revolution against Bourbon dynasty; a liberal movement that created a bourgeois government under a moderate monarchy14
143931420Belgian Revolution of 1830Produced Belgian independence fromt eh Dutch; established constitutional monarchy15
143931421Reform Bill of 1832British legislation that extended the vote to most male members of the middle class16
143931422James WattDevised a steam engine in the 1770s that could be used for production in many industries; a key step in the Industrial Revolution17
143931423Factory SystemIntensification of all the processes of production at a single site during the Industrial Revolution; involved greater organization of labor and increased discipline18
143931424LudditesWorkers in Britain who responded to the replacement of their labor by machines during the Industrial Revolution by attempting to destroy machines; named after the fictional worker Ned Ludd19
143931425Chartist movementUnsuccessful attempt by British artisans and workers to gain the vote during the 1840s20
143931426French Revolution of 1848Overthrew the French monarchy esablished in 1830; briefly established the Second French Republic21
143931427Revolutions of 1848the nationalist and liberal movements in Italy, Germany, and Austria-Hungary; after temporary success they were surpressed22
143931428Louis PasteurDiscoverer of germs and of the purifying process named after him23
143931429Benjamin DisraeliBritish politician ; granted the vote to working class men in 1867; an example of conservative politicians keeping stablitity through reform24
143931430Count Camillo di CavourArchitect of Italian unification in 1858; created a constitutional Italian monarchy under the king of Piedmont25
143931431Otto von BismarckConservative prime minister of Prussia; architect of German unification under the Prussian king in 1871; used liberal reforms to maintain stability26
143931432American Civil War (1861-1865)Fought to prevent secession of the southern states;the first war to incorporate the products and techniques of the Industrial Revolution; resulted in the abolition of slavery and the reunification of the United States27
143931433TransformismoPolitical system in Italy that allied conservatives and liberals in support of the status quo28
143931434Social QuestionIssues relating to workers and women in Western Europe during the Industrial Revolution; became more critical than constitutional issues after 187029
143931435Karl MarxGerman socialist who saw history as a class struggle between groups out of power and those controlling the means of production ; preached the inevibility of social revolution and the creation of proletarian dictatorship30
143931436RevisionismSocialist thought that disagreed with Marx's formulation; believed that social and economic progress could be achieved through existing political institutions31
143931437Feminist MovementSought legal and economic gains for women, among them equal access to professions and higher education; came to concentrate on the right to vote; won initial support from middle class women32
143931438Mass Leisure CultureAn aspect of the later Industrial Revolution; decreased time at work and offered opportunities for new forms of leisure time, such as vacation time and team sports33
143931439Charles DarwinBiologist who developed the theory of evolution of species; argued that all living forms evolved through the successful ability to adapt in a struggle for survival34
143931440Albert EinsteinFormulated mathematical theories to explain the behavior of planeary motion and the movement of electrical particles; in about 1900 issued theory of relativity35
143931441Sigmund FreudViennese physician who developed theories of the workings of the human subconscious; argued that behavior is determined by impulses36
143931442Romanticism19th-century western European artistic and literary movement; held that emotion and impression, not reason, were the keys to the mysteries of human experience and nature; sought to portray passions, not calm reflections37
143931443Triple AllianceAlliance among Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy at the end of the 19th-century; part of the European balance of power system before World War I38
143931444Triple EntenteAgreement among Britain, Russia, and France in 1907; part of the European balance of power system before World War I39
143931445Balkan NationalsimMovements to create independent states and reunite ethnic groups in the Balkans; provoked crisises within the European alliance system that ended with outbreak of World War I40
143931446Industrial RevolutionSeries of changes in economy of Western nations between 174 and 20th century; stimulated by rapid population growth, increase in agricultural productivity, commercial revolution in 17th century, and developement of new means of transportation; in essence involved technological change and the application of machines to the process of production41
143931447Age of RevolutionPeriod of political upheaval beginning roughly with the American Revolution in 1775 and continuing through the French Revolution of 1789 and other movements for change up to 184842
143931448ConservativePolitical viewpoint with orgins in western Europe during the 19th-century; opposed revolutionary goals; advocated restoration of monarchy and defense of the church43
143931449ImperialismThe policy of expanding national territory through colonization and conquest44

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