Chapter 21 Flashcards
what is laissez-faire
no government interference in the economy
Who are the bourgeoisie
The middle class
Define the economic value of the middle class
Extremely wealthy
Who made theory of marxism
Karl Marx
Means of Production
Non-humans things that are used to create goods
Who was Germaine de Staël
A feminist Romantisist author
what were the Corn Laws
allowed the government to control the import and export of grain
Romanticism
Artistic movement that rejected enlightenment movement
proletariat
Lower class/Working class
What is the Holy Alliance
alliance formed by the conservative rulers of Austria, Prussia, and Russia
What was the Water Frame
large spinning frame invented by Richard Arkwright
What was the Congress of Vienna
peace agreement and to balance the victories of the Napoleonic wars
Metternich was
Austrian foreign minister who Wanted to promote peace, restoration of monarchies and traditional religions, conservatism
An important event in southeast Europe in 1830
Greek independence
Event that caused Milions of irish to migrate
The great Potato Famine