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Age Of Revolutions Flashcards

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Johannes Kepler

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•Discoverd Planetary Motion

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Nicolaus Copernicus

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•Heliocentric Theory

Sun at center of universe

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Galileo Galilei

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•Used Telescope to help support the heliocentric theory

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Issac Newton

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•Discoverd Laws Of Gravity

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William Harvey

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•Discovered Circulation of Blood

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Divine Right Theory

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•Ruler gets Power Directly From God

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Louis XIV

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  • French Ruler
  • Palace of Versailles Built
  • Symbol of royal power
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Peter The Great

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  • Russian Ruler

* Wanted to Westernize Russia

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Oliver Cromwell

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  • Leads Rebellion and has Charles I executed

* Lead English Civil War

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Glorious Revolution

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•William and Mary Come To Throne Peacefully

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English Bill Of Rights

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•Outlines rights of English Citizens

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The Enlightenment

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  • Applied reason to the human world
  • Promoted Religious Tolerance
  • Ideas fueled revolutions around the world
  • Thomas Jefferson uses Enlightenment ideas( US Constitution, Declaration of Independence…ect )
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Thomas Hobbes

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  • Leviathan

* Believed humans exist in a primitive

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John Locke

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  • Two Treaties on Government

* natural rights life, liberty and property

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Montesquieu

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  • Spirit of Laws

* Separation Of Powers

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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  • The Social Contract

* Gov. Is Contract between Gov. And the people

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Voltaire

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•Separation of Church and State

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Influence of Enlightenment on US

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•Influenced by Enlightenment ideas and success of American Revolution

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Causes of French Revolution

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  • storming of the Bastille
  • Reign of terror
  • ended reign. Of Louis XVI
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Storming of Bastille

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•Marks the Beginning of French Revolution

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Napoleon

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• outcome of French Revolution
-rises to power
•unable to conquer al of Europe
•napoleonic code - laws that apply to all

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Johann Bach

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•baroque composer

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Mozart

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•Classical composer

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Eugene Delacroix

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•Romantic school painter

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Cervantes

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•Novelist wrote son Quixote (1st novel)

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Characteristics of colonial system

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  • colonial governments mirror as home government
  • Catholicism influenced on colonies
  • precious metals mined for export to home country
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Viceroys

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•Colonial officers

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Toussaint L’ Ouverture

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  • led Haitian rebellion against French

* defeated armies of three forgein powers (Spain France Britain)

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Simon Bolivar

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•liberated northern areas of Latin America

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Monroe doctrine

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  • recognized Latin America nations independent

* tells Europe to stay out of Americas

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Congress of Viennas

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  • creates balance of power in Europe
  • Liberalism- belief in more power to the people
  • conservatism-belief in power to monarchies
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Count Cavor

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•unified northern Italy

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Garibaldi

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•unified southern Italy

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Realpolitik

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•the ends justify the means

Do whatever it takes to accomplish goals

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Otto Von Bismark

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•led Prussia in unifying Germany through wars and nationalism

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Origin of industrial revolution

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•began in England

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James Hargreaves

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•invents the spinning jenny

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James watt

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•invents steam engine

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Eli Whitney

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•invents cotton gin

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Henry Bessemer

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•steal making process

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Edward Jenner

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•vaccine for smallpox

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Louis Pastuer

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•discoverd bacteria and pasteurization

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Impact of industrial revolutions

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  • populations increases
  • standard of living improves
  • transportation improves
  • cities grow
  • pollution increases
  • education increase
  • poor working conditions
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Adam Smith

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  • father of capitalism

* wrote wealth of nations

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Factory system

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  • men compete with women and children for jobs in factories
  • child labor cost low and profits high
  • owners had a lot of control
  • cotton him increases need for slaves
  • us and Britain outlaw slave trade and eventually slavery
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Karl Marx

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  • father of communism

* wrote communist manifesto with Frederick Engels and wrote das capital

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Capitalism

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  • creates market competition

* growth of middle class

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Purpose of labor unions

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•created to increase wages and improve working conditions

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Colonies

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•completed controlled by mother country

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Protectorates

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•country that is independent but heavily influenced by mother country

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Spheres of Influence

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•mother country is in control of a piece (slice) of a colony

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Boxer rebellion

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•in china to resist colonization

World History 2 1500 To Present (4 decks)

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