Interstate System

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origin of the present-day concept of sovereignty;

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Treaty of Westphalia

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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.

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The Thirty Years’ War

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Year when a set of agreements signed to end the Thirty Years War

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1648

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is also called the “French Civil Code of 1804” defined the concept of equality before the law and also secured the right to property.

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The Napoleonic Code

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Treaty of Westphalia provided stability in Europe until challenged by

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Napoleon

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Napoleon wanted to spread the ideals of the French Revolution—

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liberty, equality, fraternity

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This code abolished the feudal system and freed peasants from serfdom and manorial dues as well as improvement in the transport and communication systems.

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The Napoleonic Code

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The Napoleonic Code

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forbade birth privileges encouraged freedom of religion promoted meritocracy in government.

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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.

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Meritocracy

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The Napoleonic Wars lasted between

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1803 - 1815

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defeated Napoleon in Waterloo;

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Anglo and Prussian armies

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was established to restore monarchical, hereditary and religious privileges; restore state sovereignty;

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Concert of Europe

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Concert of Europe includes

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United Kingdom, Austria, Prussia, and Russia

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The concert’s lasted from

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1815-1914

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The concert’s power isunder

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Metternich system

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is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state for life or until abdication.

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monarchy

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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.

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The Metternich System

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a summit meeting in Vienna in 1814

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the “Vienna Congress”

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Architect of summit meeting in Vienna in 1814 (the “Vienna Congress”)

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Klemens von Metternich

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is a political principle that advocates greater political or economic cooperation among states and nations.

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Internationalism

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was the first major thinker of international liberalism.

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Immanuel Kant

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advocated the creation of International Law that would govern interstate relations.

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Jeremy Bentham

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Jeremy Bentham coined the term international in

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1780

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The United Nations has its basis on

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the Westphalian and Concert models

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a system that would heighten interaction, cooperation and unity among nations

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Internationalism

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Jeremy Bentham believed that legislators should make laws that would create

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“the greatest happiness of all nations taken together”

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Ideology based on the premise that the individual’s loyalty and devotion to the nation-state surpass other individual or group interests.

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Nationalism

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was the first thinker to reconcile nationalism with international liberalism

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Giuseppe Mazzini

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Giuseppe Mazzini advocated for

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the unification of Italian-speaking states and a critic of the Metternich system.

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Form the Latin _____ loosely meaning ‘public affair’

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“res publica”

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a government composed of elected representatives of the people rather than government by a king or queen.

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Republican system

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Mazzini influenced ______, the century’s most prominent internationalist.

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US President Woodrow Wilson

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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.

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Nobel Peace Prize