Modern Era Terms

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Post rennisance period, Exploration of new ideas in science politics and arts.

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Enlightenment

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Conflict Between American colonists and British Government

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American Revolution

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Conflict Between the Third Estates and First and Second Estates

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French Revolution

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Escaped slave in the Americans

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Maroon

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Slave Revolt that lasted from 1791-1804

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Haitian Revolution

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Movements against spanish colonial rule

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Latin American independence movements

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The tendency of people to see themselves as part of a broader community

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Nationalism

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Scottish Economist

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Adam Smith

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System of labor that used rigorous mechanizations

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Factory System

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The system in which industrialized societies used raw materials of less industrialized societies

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Global division of labor

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Rapid Development and industrial production in Europe 1760-1820

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First Industrial Revolution

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Continuing Industrialization that occurred between 1870-1920

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Second Industrial Revolution

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Steam powered locomotives used these

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Railroads

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Political and economic ideology based on Enlightenment

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Liberalism

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Utopian ideal developed in response of poor working conditions

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Soclialism

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Extreme form of Socialism

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Communism

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Period of reform in the otttoman empire lasting from 1839-1879

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Tanzimat Movement

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Conflict Waged between China and Great Britain

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First opium war

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Conflict between China, Great Britain and France

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Second opium War

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Attempt by china to modernize their army in 1860s and 1870s

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Self Strengthening Movement

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Christian based uprising led by chinese scholar Hong Xiuquan

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Taiping Rebellion

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Movement undertaken by a secret society of chinese

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Boxer Rebellion

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Successful Rebellion in which young reformed minded Japanese overthrew isolationists

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Meiji Restoration

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Policy of a country extending its rule over other countries

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Imperialism

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Popular 19th century theory used to justify capitalism and imperialism

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Social Darwinism

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Conflict between India and Britain (sepoy)

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Indian Rebellion

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Colony in Central Africa established in 1885

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Congo Free State

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System of coercive labor in which workers are contradicted to work.

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Indentured Servants

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US Law that severely limited immigration from china

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Chinese Exclusion Act

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Process by which slavery was abolished

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Emancipation of slaves

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Abolisment of Serfdom

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Emancipations of Serfs

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Movement undertaken by women for equal rights.

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Feminism