Interstate System Flashcards
origin of the present-day concept of sovereignty;
Treaty of Westphalia
was a 17th-century religious conflict fought primarily in central Europe. It remains one of the longest and most brutal wars in human history, with more than 8 million casualties resulting from military battles as well as from the famine and disease caused by the conflict.
The Thirty Years’ War
Year when a set of agreements signed to end the Thirty Years War
1648
is also called the “French Civil Code of 1804” defined the concept of equality before the law and also secured the right to property.
The Napoleonic Code
Treaty of Westphalia provided stability in Europe until challenged by
Napoleon
Napoleon wanted to spread the ideals of the French Revolution—
liberty, equality, fraternity
This code abolished the feudal system and freed peasants from serfdom and manorial dues as well as improvement in the transport and communication systems.
The Napoleonic Code
The Napoleonic Code
forbade birth privileges encouraged freedom of religion promoted meritocracy in government.
is a political system in which political power is vested in individual people on the basis of talent, effort, and achievement, rather than wealth or social class.
Meritocracy
The Napoleonic Wars lasted between
1803 - 1815
defeated Napoleon in Waterloo;
Anglo and Prussian armies
was established to restore monarchical, hereditary and religious privileges; restore state sovereignty;
Concert of Europe
Concert of Europe includes
United Kingdom, Austria, Prussia, and Russia
The concert’s lasted from
1815-1914
The concert’s power isunder
Metternich system
is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state for life or until abdication.
monarchy
was a series of meetings among the more powerful European nations between the Napoleonic War and World War I; its objective was to resolve disputes between European nations.
The Metternich System
a summit meeting in Vienna in 1814
the “Vienna Congress”
Architect of summit meeting in Vienna in 1814 (the “Vienna Congress”)
Klemens von Metternich
is a political principle that advocates greater political or economic cooperation among states and nations.
Internationalism
was the first major thinker of international liberalism.
Immanuel Kant
advocated the creation of International Law that would govern interstate relations.
Jeremy Bentham
Jeremy Bentham coined the term international in
1780
The United Nations has its basis on
the Westphalian and Concert models
a system that would heighten interaction, cooperation and unity among nations
Internationalism
Jeremy Bentham believed that legislators should make laws that would create
“the greatest happiness of all nations taken together”
Ideology based on the premise that the individual’s loyalty and devotion to the nation-state surpass other individual or group interests.
Nationalism
was the first thinker to reconcile nationalism with international liberalism
Giuseppe Mazzini
Giuseppe Mazzini advocated for
the unification of Italian-speaking states and a critic of the Metternich system.
Form the Latin _____ loosely meaning ‘public affair’
“res publica”
a government composed of elected representatives of the people rather than government by a king or queen.
Republican system
Mazzini influenced ______, the century’s most prominent internationalist.
US President Woodrow Wilson
US President Woodrow Wilson was awarded the ________ for advocating the creation of the League of Nations, a venue for conciliation and arbitration to prevent another war.
Nobel Peace Prize
