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The Industrial Revolution

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The Revolution in Agriculture Main goal of traditional peasant society was a stability that would ensure local food supply. Tillers resisted changes that might endanger that. But food supply was never certain, and the farther east you went the worse it got. Harvest failure meant death of starvation or malnutrition on top of hardship, and people in the countryside had it worse b/c cities usually stored grain. Poor harvests led to higher prices, and even small increases of prices put strain on the peasant and artesian families. Many families fell back on the welfare of churches and local govt?s.

AP EURO FRENCH REVOLUTION

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Chapter 21 The Revolution in Politics 1775-1815 Liberty and equality In the eighteenth century, liberty meant human rights and freedoms and the sovereignty of the people. Liberals demanded that citizens' rights had no limits except those that assure rights to others. Revolutionary liberals believed that the people were sovereign. Equality meant equal rights and equality of opportunity. But most liberals did not extend such rights to women. "Equality" pertained to equality of opportunity and legal equality, not economic equality. The roots of classical liberalism The Classical Greek and the Judeo-Christian traditions liberalism.

elizabeth I

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Elizabeth I - Ruled from 1558–1603 - Established tolerant religious settlement - More interested in politics than religion. - Protestant, but didn’t condemn Catholics - Elizabeth orders Mary Queen of Scots executed because she was leading plots against Elizabeth. When Elizabeth dies, she names Mary’s son, James VI of Scotland, as her heir - Daughter of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII Marriage: - Never married - Had always ruled alone, with few advisors - Believed that marrying would decrease her influence and power over England - Began to use marriage as a diplomatic ploy rather than personal idea - Was asked to marry in 1563 by Parliament but refused

Ap Euro ch.13 notes

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Kess Ross Ap European History Review of Ch. 13 1340-1492 1453 Ottoman Turks waged war on Constantinople. This marked the end of the Byzantine empire. Sultan Mehmed II renamed the city Istanbul and constructed a new palace. During the next two centuries the Ottomans took over Balkans and Anatolia by both negotiations and arms. They reduced the Byzantine Empire to the city of Constantinople and treated it as a vassal state. The beginning of the Renaissance began in the middle of the 14th century and ended around the late 15th century. French word for ?rebirth? Period of discovering new value in ancient, classical culture. New vocabulary was created as well music and art.

STUDY GUIDE: Constitutionalism, Absolutism, and the Balance of Power

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AP European History Unit III Constitutionalism, Absolutism, and the Balance of Power Chapter 13 Chapter 15 & 17 ? 1603 ? Eliz. I d.; James I bec. King 1608 1607 ? Jamestown founded 1604 ? Hampton Court Conf.; Milienary Petition 1607 ? Jamestown founded 1610 ? Henry IV (FR) assass. 1620 ? Plymouth Colony founded 1611 ? King James Bible published 1625 ? James I dies; Charles I bec. King 1618 ? James I ? Book of Sports 1620 ? Plymouth Colony founded 1640 ? Fred. Will. The Great Elector bec. ruler of Brandenburg 1625 ? James I d.; Charles II bec. King 1628 ? Petition of Right; Earl of Buckingham dies 1648 ? Treaty of Westphalia; Netherlands

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