cumulative final Flashcards
marc d’argent
a silver mark worth about fifty four days’ wages, tried to restrict involvement in national political life and voting power to only people that paid that much, basically the aristocracy. lafayette liberal constitutionalists and radical left Robespierre (19:45)
Dien Bien Phu
was a French garrison that Ho Chi Minh seized and fell back into Vietnamese hands. This caused the French to retreat from Vietnam.
Treaty of Waitangi
britain wanted new zealand originally waitangi. maori leaders gathered and signed the treaty but they didn’t know shit about what they were signing. ceded the land to the British, said they would let the people control their land, they realized the British didnt let them. led to maori wars. british used treaty to gather land, eventually took control of new Zealand. legal dispossesion.
tax farms
see aides
enclosure movement
overtook the open field system that been used prior since the middle ages. more poor people began to move to the cities in search of work because less workers were needed due to advancements. was the precursor to the industrial revolution.
champs de mars
protestors gathered at the Champs de Mars and were peacefully protesting, and the king would raise an army to crush the revolution. GENERAL LAFAYETTE led the attack against the protestors, killing numerous people after firing on the crowd. Lafayette resigned after this
basic law
Federal republic of Germany; after ww2, was a temporary constitution until Germany reunited. Power was decentralized and the states got the power instead. got the country up and running again after a defeat.
mestizaje
mixed children; not mestizos or mulattoes.
Trouppoau Protocol
russians were successful in passing the protocol. governments that arose bcs of revolution were illegitimate and were outside of the European concert. could face sanctions as well as armed intervention to restore “legitimate” monarchy back to power.
Henning von Tresckow
Began to recruit people and plotted a coup de tat and the assassination of Hitler (multiple times, but failed each time).
NATO
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. was created ensure global peace after the tensions between the Soviets and the US as well as the two world wars.
Francois Guizot
Louis Phillipe’s prime minister, people felt alienated by him. refused any reforms regarding who could join the national assembly. rejected a bid to lower property amounts required for membership in the national assembly. monarchy should favor middle classes (land ownership). violence erupts after gathering denied. national guard called in.
Sputnik
The first artificial satellite by the Soviets. Caused general panic that the US had fallen behind in the Space Race. They had to up their game in order to be ahead of communism.
Marat
Was an anarchist. He believed that the King was only corrupted by his ministers. However he switched up later, calling for the trial and execution of the king and grew more and more radical after the executions. He called for the committee of Public Safety, which was borrowed from America. Killed by Charlotte Corday in his bathtub.
Treaty of Rome
(European Economic Community) European EC, on the way to integrating. Higher standards of living and closer relations with neighboring states. enabled free movement of workers and goods. Led to the creation of the EU.
Kitchen Table Debates
dumbass debate between Nixon and Khrushchev; a verbal joust. was the first televised debate of political ideals broadcasted across the United States. Americans became afraid of Soviet technology. Nixon wanted to soothe people’s fears and bring the two countries closer. America is so much greater RAHHHHH
Congress of Verona
the last congress held. france went to interfere in Spanish affairs, but the British were like absolutely not and withdrew from any future congresses.
Festa
urban north and agricultural south divided. the festa unified Italy most. was the cultural celebration for the bicentennial of dante’s divine comedy. created a unifying principle to cause different groups to form a common identity. created a national mythos allowing people to be patriotic not political. everyone agreed on dante. germany and Britain, and us did similar things.
Philipp Scheidemann
proclaimed that there is a republic, was a believer in the Weimar Republic. became president of republic. contributed to the weimar republic