Modern Era Terms Flashcards
Post rennisance period, Exploration of new ideas in science politics and arts.
Enlightenment
Conflict Between American colonists and British Government
American Revolution
Conflict Between the Third Estates and First and Second Estates
French Revolution
Escaped slave in the Americans
Maroon
Slave Revolt that lasted from 1791-1804
Haitian Revolution
Movements against spanish colonial rule
Latin American independence movements
The tendency of people to see themselves as part of a broader community
Nationalism
Scottish Economist
Adam Smith
System of labor that used rigorous mechanizations
Factory System
The system in which industrialized societies used raw materials of less industrialized societies
Global division of labor
Rapid Development and industrial production in Europe 1760-1820
First Industrial Revolution
Continuing Industrialization that occurred between 1870-1920
Second Industrial Revolution
Steam powered locomotives used these
Railroads
Political and economic ideology based on Enlightenment
Liberalism
Utopian ideal developed in response of poor working conditions
Soclialism
Extreme form of Socialism
Communism
Period of reform in the otttoman empire lasting from 1839-1879
Tanzimat Movement
Conflict Waged between China and Great Britain
First opium war
Conflict between China, Great Britain and France
Second opium War
Attempt by china to modernize their army in 1860s and 1870s
Self Strengthening Movement
Christian based uprising led by chinese scholar Hong Xiuquan
Taiping Rebellion
Movement undertaken by a secret society of chinese
Boxer Rebellion
Successful Rebellion in which young reformed minded Japanese overthrew isolationists
Meiji Restoration
Policy of a country extending its rule over other countries
Imperialism
Popular 19th century theory used to justify capitalism and imperialism
Social Darwinism
Conflict between India and Britain (sepoy)
Indian Rebellion
Colony in Central Africa established in 1885
Congo Free State
System of coercive labor in which workers are contradicted to work.
Indentured Servants
US Law that severely limited immigration from china
Chinese Exclusion Act
Process by which slavery was abolished
Emancipation of slaves
Abolisment of Serfdom
Emancipations of Serfs
Movement undertaken by women for equal rights.
Feminism