Ids Flashcards
1
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Continental System
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- renews economic warfare against england, prohibits continental trade
- USA angry, leads to war of 1812
2
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The Concordat
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- catholic church recognized as power of France
- Napoleon leader, changes legal system, makes Napoleonic Code
3
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Battle of Austerlitz
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- December 2, 1805
- Napoleon has to defeat England, Prussia, Austria, and Russia
- defeats Russia and Austria
4
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Eli Whitney
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-invented the cotton gin in 1793
5
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Charles Dickens
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- realist
- wrote about IR through fiction
6
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James Watt
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- created and improved steam-powered engine
- changes IR and moving water
7
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Laissez-faire
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- belief that gv’nt should keep their hands off people’s money
- to improve society and more $
8
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Iron Law of Wages
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- David Ricardo
- demand for product should dictate how workers are paid, no minimum wage
9
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Mary Wollstonecraft
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- women were intellectual and moral equal to men
- wives and mothers should be given educational preference
10
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Guiseppe Mazzini
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- led Italian Revolution
- creates nationalist group: Young Italy
11
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Weltpolitik
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- cause of wwi
- Wilhelm ii wanted germany to rule the world
12
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Revolution of 1848
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- led by Mazzini and Young Italians, unsuccessful
- no more unification hope, Frankfurt Assembly created
13
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Circle Syndrome
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- Germany had no treaties with other countries
- Germany’s encirclement paranoia of war
- makes war more likely, cause
14
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Pan-Slavism
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- balkan tension increased
- war of balkans = Russian power and support for independence
15
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George Boulanger
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- led Revanchism movement (German hate)
- tried to overthrow weak gv’nt, found guilty
- was not executed b/c of fear
