Ch. 29-30 Identify Flashcards

319275161	John Locke	English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704)	0
319275162	Rousseau	French philosopher from 1712-1778 who believed that people are naturally good, but are corrupted by society	1
319275163	Seven Years' War	Worldwide struggle between France and Great Britain for power and control of land; known in America as the French and Indian War	2
319275164	Continental Congress	The legislative assembly composed of delegates from the rebel colonies who met during and after the American Revolution; they issued the Declaration of Independence	3
319275165	George Washington	Commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War; 1st president of the United States	4
319275166	Cornwallis	commander of the British forces in the American Revolutionary War; surrendered to the colonists at Yorktown	5
319275167	The Estates General	A rarely called meeting of the three social classes in France	6
319275168	King Louis XVI	King of France from 1774-1792; his unpopular policies helped trigger the French Revolution.	7
319275169	The National Assembly	A group of Third Estate delegates that broke ties with the Estates General. Marked the first stage of the revolution.	8
319275170	The Convention	Legislative body created by revolutionary leaders that abolished the monarchy & proclaimed France as a republic	9
319275171	The Bastille	A fortress and prison in France that was destroyed in 1789 at the beginning of the French Revolution	10
319275172	Mass Levy	French wartime draft	11
319275173	The Directory	A group of five directors that were in power in France until they were overthrown by Napoleon in 1799	12
319275174	L' Ouverture	Leader of slave revolt in Haiti which helped it to achieve its independence	13
319275175	Bolivar	leader of revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule.	14
319275176	Jose de San Martin	revolutionary leader who freed chile and joined bolivar to free peru	15
319275177	Gran Colombia	The temporary union of the northern portion of South America after independence movements led by Simón Bolivar	16
319275178	Pedro I	Aided in the declaration of Brazilian independence in 1822 and became constitutional emperor	17
319275179	Hidalgo	A member of the lower nobility in Spain	18
319275180	John Stuart Mills	Founder of utilitarism; fought for womens rights	19
319275181	Herzl	Invented zionism	20
319275182	Metternich	Austrian foreign minister who basically controlled the Congress of Vienna.	21
319275183	Elizabeth Cady Stanton	A prominent advocate of women's rights (1815-1902)	22
319275184	Otto von Bismarck	German statesman under whose leadership Germany was united (1815-1898)	23
319975480	Industrialization	The development of industries for the machine production of goods	24
319975481	Putting-out system	The merchant loans raw materials to several cottage workers, who processed the raw materials in their own homes and returned the finished product to the merchant.	25
319975482	James Watt	Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements in the steam engine led to its wide use in industry (1736-1819)	26
319975483	Henry Bessemer	British man who revolutionized the way to manufacture steel by making the process quicker and more efficient	27
319975484	Wealth of Nations	18th century book written by Scottish economist Adam Smith in which he spells out the first modern account of free market economies.	28
319975485	Henry Ford	United States manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered mass production; founder of the Ford Motor Company (1863-1947)	29
319975486	John D. Rockefeller	American industrialist and philanthropist. Revolutionized the petroleum industry and defined the structure of modern philanthropy.	30
319975487	Utopian socialists	People who believed that everyone was equal and that competition in industry there should be cooperation; early socialists.	31
319975488	Proletariat	A social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages	32
319975489	Engels	Developed communist theory with Karl Marx. Co-wrote the Communist Manifesto	33
319975490	Trans-Siberian Railroad	Constructed in 1870s to connect European Russia with the Pacific; completed by the end of the 1880s; brought Russia into a more active Asian role.	34
319975491	Count Sergei Witte	Played a central role in Russia's industrialization; put Russia on the gold standard	35
319975492	Edward Jenner	English physician who pioneered vaccination; discovered the vaccination to smallpox	36