1750 - 1900 Introduction Flashcards
1750-1900
- start of major changes: (The “IIR”)
- Industrialism
- Imperialism
- Revolution
- End of the period: World War I
- Boxer Revellion, Meiji Restoration, Partitioning Africa, Haitian Revolution, Simon Boulevard)
growth of Europe
- population, markets, and industry
- Industrial Revolution: thus a need for raw materials
- 1st:: Coal and Steel
- 2nd: Steel and Electricity
Political Revolutions (Enlightenment thinking)
- In Europe
- In South America
- In Caribbean region
Western Domination of Europe (Imperialism)
- to include United States
- Africa, China, and India being dominated by European powers
- this dominance would lead to revolts (i.e. Boxer Rebellion)
technology
- it improves in industry, medicine, recreational
- technology kept improving with the same idea (i.e) the evolution of the phone)
- telegraph, phone, canals, steamships, railroads
establishing markets
- sugar, cotton, coffee, tobacco, rubber, guano, etc.
migration
- due to: famines, gold rush, slave trade, markets, etc.
- this also puts a change in labor systems (Russia eliminates serfdom)
- lots of people migrating to North and South America
industrialization
- pay attention to cause and effect as well as those involved
- Coal, Steam
- Steel, Electricity
- auto-catalytic
Japan
- Mejia Restoration
- state sponsored industrialization
- a result of European imperialism
- Commodore Perry
trade imbalances
- leads to the Opium wars
- Japan comes out of isolation through the Mejia Restoration
- the Slave Trade ends
- world is truly global
what did not change
- Ottoman Empire remained stagnant
- Qing Dynasty
- Africa depleted of resources
- Mercantilism/Economic Imperialism
- Elites stay in power
- little change for non-elites
- majority of the world remains rural
How was India affected during industrialization?
- it was parcelled & divided - other countries controlled portions
To review, which continent’s rise lead to the Atlantic slave trade?
- Europe
Which hemisphere dominated trade and power during modern times and early industrialization?
- western
how did industrialization affect the US?
- the US quickly rose to power
which economic system led to the birth of communism and socialism?
- capitalism led to both
what major event shifted the focus away from industrialization
- the move to World War I
why did Japan eventually industrialize in modern times
- the state sponsored industrialization
- the West brought trade to the east
how did industrialization affect the role of the worker?
- they were held in low regard
how did China and Japan react to Western power
- they each reacted differently
why is this term, “auto catalytic” important for understanding industrialization era?
- one discovery improved and dramatically changed lives & industry
