Chapters 20-21 Flashcards
Characteristics of Nationalism
Most important political force, geographic boundaries, cultural identity, language, leadership, history, religion, ethnicity
Congress of VIenna conflict with Nationalism
Legitimacy (hereditary monarchy), multinational-ism, popular soverignity
Difficulties of Nationalism
Determine which ethnic groups are nations (have viable economies, military, etc.)
Definition of Liberals
Anything contrasting/opposing conservatives
Political goals of 19th century liberals
Constitutionalism, expand electorate, unification
19th century liberals and origin of ideas
Educated, wealthy, merchants (status earned through merit), enlightenment, Britain, Principles of 1789
Regions of 19th century nationalistic pressures
Poland-Russia, Italy, Germany-Austria, Balkan-SE Europe, Ireland-Britain, Slovaks/Hungarians-E Europe
Economic goals of 19th century liberals
Laissez-Faire, monopolies
Pillars of 19th century conservatism
Throne, land, alter
Klemens von Metternich
Austrian political statesman-Most influential conservative
Burschenschaftens
Student clubs advocating liberal national change (Unification of Germany)
The Spa Field Riots
Dec. 1816-reaction to Lord Liverpool’s Acts (Suspension of habeus corpus
Peterloo Massacre
Aug 1819- Manchester-11 killed-Tried to tie it with Waterloo, led to Six Acts
Six Acts
Forbade unauthorized meetings, raised fines for seditious libel, speedy trials, increased newspaper taxes, prohibit city/local militia, allow non-warranted search/seizeure
Parliamentary actionas resulting from Decembrist revolts
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Louis XVII as monarch
Tentative-The Charter-White- Terror convinces he needs to me more conservative
Major powers of Congress of VIenna
Britain, Austria, Russia, Prussia
Concert of Europe
Resolve common international issues, prevent future war, peacekeeping organization
Ferdinand VII’s rule after Napoloen
Promised constitutional monarchy-Dissolves cortes-1820-American revolts-agrees to rule consitutionally
Demands of Treaty of London
Recognize Greek independence
George Canning
Pull Britain out of continental affairs (Monroe Doctrine)
Revolts in Mediterranean Europe
Greek Revolution/Serbian Independence-1830
`Independence in Latin America
Inspired by French Revolution
Toussaint L’Overture impact on Latin American Independence
Secret conspiracy on Haiti-Slave rebellion
France abolished slavery in Haiti
Haitian slave rebellion
Lead by Toussaint L’Overture
Tsar Alexander I and political reforms
Was moderate—>conservative
Northern and Southern Societies
North-Liberal, abolish serfdom-constitutional monarchy-protect aristocratic privileges
South-More liberal than north-Representative gov.
Nicholas I and serfdom
Saw it was bad but would hurt nobles so no thanks
Slogan of Tsar CNicholas
Orthodoxy, Autocracy, Nationalism
Uniqqueness/Significance of Decembrist Revolt
1825-Refuse Nicholas, 1st real revolt in Russia with specific political goal in mind
Russian Tsar and infringements on other countries
Poland (governed as puppet state)
Four Ordinacnes
Restricts freedom of press, dissolve Chamber of Deputies, limit voting pools , new ecetions
Louis Philippe
Former Duke of Orleans, “July Monarchy” “King of the French”
Charles X domestic policies
Believed in the Old Regime
Great Reform Bill
Expand electorate by 200,000 (not vast majority of middle class or women), made widespread revolution unnecessary
Daniel O’Connel
“The Liberator” Catholic independence in Ireland
Great Britain and support for Latin American Independence
Expand influence, wanted resources
Events in 1830
Serbian Independence, Greek Independence, November Uprising (Poland), July Revolution (France), Elections of 1830 (Britain)
British industrial revolution investments
U.S., Latin America
Population growth
1830-1850-Britain-16-19 mil
France: 32-36 mil
Germany 26-23
Impact on cities due to urbanization
Pollution, starvation, housing, emancipation and emigration, crime, disease, resources limited
Emacipation of Serfs in France, Prussia, Austria, Russia
France-1789
Prussia-1815
Austria-1848
Russia-1861
Causes/Effects of Potato Famine
Plantations belong to England, Penal Laws, Blight, Poor Laws (evict Irsh tennants), dependency on potatos, led to mass emigration
Pop-1841-8 mil 1901-4.5 mil
Railway improvements impact on consumer economy
George Stephenson-Migration, industrial revolution more, Captial not sonsumer investments
Limits of workers
No say in new marketplace
Proletarianization
Workers treated as commodities, confection
Chartist reform movement/measures
London Workingmen's Assn. -"The Peoples Charger" (expand electorate) Luddites-Target machines First organized class unitwith specific goals
Purpose behind Crystal Palace
Great Exhibition 1851-Show how products compatible with industrial age
Relation between husband and wives
Men-employers, women employees
English Factory Act
1833-Limit employment age 9, 9 hour/day, 2 hour education
Work hours after 1847
10 max
Requirements of new jobs for women
Less skill, lower wages, textile work at home
Women in France employment
Land
First organized police force
1828-Paris
Trends of criminal activity
Escalated and plateau in 1860 because of police forces
British criminals sent o Australia
Transportation, Capital punishment, purge Britain of maladies
Auburn and Philadelphia System
Separate at night, always separate
Classical economists and economic growth
Adam Smith-1st guy-laissez-faire (Wealth of Nations)
Free enterprise/competitive market
Classical economists and roles of government
Still have roles to enforce contracts, foreign markets, etc.
Thomas Malthus
Essay on the Principle of Population
Resources linear, population exponential (point of crisis) family planning, lower wages
David Rcardo
Principles of Political Economy
“Iron Law of Wages” Keep low wages
Jeremy Bentham
Utilitarianism-“Greatest good for the greatest number of people”-anticorn laws, poor laws
Utopian socialist movements
Saint-simoniaism, Fourienism, Owenism (New Lanard)
Count Claude Henri de Saint SImon
Technocracy-social harmony, unpopular
Anarchists
Didn’t like organized government, industrialism, capitalism
August Blanqui, Pierre-Joseph Poudhon, Mutualism
Karl Marx
1848-Communist Manifesto-Revolution through class conflicts
Inspiration for Communist Manifesto
Hegel, Utopian Socialists, classical economists
Regions of Revolution
France, Austria, Italy, Germany
Revolutionaries backgrounds
Working class, women, political liberals, nationalists
Results of 1848-9 revolutions
Failure, conservative gov. too strong
Louis Philippe
Liberal opponents used banquets to criticize government,
1848-Government banned it->march through streets demanding reform and bye Guizot