SS9 Final Exam Review Flashcards
French Revolution:
Republic
a country without a monarch
French Revolution:
Constitutional Monarchy
a monarchy in which the monarch rules according to the laws and constitution of the nation.
French Revolution:
Absolute monarchy
A monarchy where the monarch has total power
French Revolution:
Democracy
A country in which the people vote for the government
French Revolution:
Bill of Rights
- People could not avoid laws without the consent of the parliament
- Petitioning against the kind was illegal
- There were free elections
- People of parliament had freedom of speech
- Bails had to be reasonable
- Parliament had to be held frequently
French Revolution:
Who were the Three Estates
the First Estate (clergy);
the Second Estate (nobility);
the Third Estate (commoners).
The king was considered part of no estate.
French Revolution:
18th c France
Peasants, lots of poor. Louis etc super wealthy, not running the country properly, spending like crazy, bankrupting the country.
French Revolution:
Inflation
When the price of something skyrockets
French Revolution:
Marie Antoinette
- offended many aristocrats
- loved glittering life of court
- she idealized the peasant life
- extravagant and loved fancy things
- spending a large sums of jewels
French Revolution:
Enlightenment
- science and human intelligence were important
- if a belief could not stand up to a reason
- if it could not be demonstrated by experiment then it had to be discarded
French Revolution:
Voltaire
Voltair is the most famous philosopher
- he was against the church
- many of his ideas were accepted by rulers of other nations
- Believed in absolute monarchy, hated injustice
French Revolution:
Rousseau
He believes that society needed a social contract
- an agreement in which everyone agrees to abide by certain rules
- for example each citizen would have to agree to what the majority wanted
- He believed in what he described as natural law
- that everyone is good but modern society corrupted them
French Revolution:
Montesquieu
Believed that the ruler had to work with the elected parliament
-his ideas were not so well received by European monarchs who had little interest in sharing powers with the people
French Revolution:
National Assembly
After six weeks of no progress The third estate broke off from the other states and created a government known as the National Assembly
Took the tennis court oath which meant they has to stay until a government was formed
The other 2 estates joined
French Revolution:
Napoleon and the 1795 Convention
Napoleon was called upon to save the convention from rebellious French citizens,
He ordered cannons to fire grapeshot point-blank into the crowd
French Revolution:
Declaration of the Rights of Man
The declaration guaranteed freedom of
- thought
- speech
- religion
- security and
- property and
- put its limits on the power of the government
French Revolution:
Executions - France
Guiloteen
French Revolution:
What was the response of other Europeans nations to the French Revolution
The other nations did not like that they overthrew the monarchy in France
Other European monarchs tried to support Louis to get him back in power
Napoleonic Era:
Napoleon’s support from the Italians
Napoleon promised the Italians freedom
He lied and sent his soldiers in to collect treasures and brought them back to Europe making himself wealthy
Napoleonic Era:
Civil Code _Napoleon
Napoleonic Code: a new book of law for the nation reflecting the kind of society Napoleon wanted
There was one law for all of Europe
Napoleonic Era:
Continental System
The Continental system banned trading with Britain and its colonies such as Canada
Napoleonic Era:
Why didn’t the continental system work?
It did not work because Europe did not have control of the sea
The Continental system didn’t work because it hurt you’re just as much as it hurt england
There was illegal trade goods became scarce and expensive smuggling became profitable pirating became encouraged
Napoleonic Era:
Who did Napoleon put in charge of conquered territories
His family
Napoleonic Era:
How did Napoleon change Europe
Much of Europe was divided into countries and provinces only Britain remained independent
He abolished serfdom and put the old feudal system to rest he also encourage religious tolerance
Napoleonic Era:
What is Imperialism
The policy of extending control of a region or region buy one nation imperialism usually involves both economic and political control
Napoleonic Era:
What is Patriotism
pride in ones country
Napoleonic Era:
What is Nationalism
the belief that ones country is the best country ever.
Napoleonic Era:
What is Colonialism
Control of one part of the world by a powerful country often for commercial advantage
Napoleonic Era:
Russian Campaign - scorched earth
The Russians were defeated, but refused to surrender.
They did a scorched earth retreat, where they destroyed everything in their wake as they retreated leaving nothing for the advancing army to live off.
Napoleonic Era:
Napoleon and Spain
Napoleon’s troops were particularly cruel in Spain, and were brutal conquerors not friendly saviours
Napoleonic Era:
Waterloo
Napoleon’s career was ended with the defeat
Napoleonic Era:
Congress of Vienna
The map of Europe was re-drawn at the Congress of Vienna which met for the first time in 1814 which was Napoleon’s enemies including Britain Russia Austria and Prussia
Industrial Revolution:
Textiles - Britain
Mostly wool from sheep
Industrial Revolution:
Test Act
It was passed when anti-catholic fever reached a high point. It forced all people to take a sacrament before taking office.
Industrial Revolution:
how did Britain use India
They used India for cotton
Industrial Revolution:
Enclosure
Where farm owners would kick their tenants off of their farm to make big field instead of strips
Industrial Revolution:
Plant rotation
When there were four crops in rotation 2 were radishes and clover to put nitrogen back into the soil
Industrial Revolution:
Laissez-Faire what is it?
economies function most efficiently when unencumbered by government regulation
Industrial Revolution:
Laissez-faire who benefits
The factory owners benefit
Industrial Revolution:
Coal mining hazzards
Explosions
Lung cancer
Death in accidents
Industrial Revolution:
philanthropists
A philanthropist is a person who gives money or gifts to charities, or helps needy people in other ways.
Famous examples Bill & Melinda Gates.
Industrial Revolution:
capitalist
Geting a capital is investing in a new company if your company was already doing well
Industrial Revolution:
speculator
A speculator is a trader who approaches the financial markets with the intention to make a profit by buying low and selling high (or higher), not necessarily in that order.
The speculator is distinguished from the investor, who approaches the financial markets with the intention of making a return on his capital
Industrial Revolution:
supply and demand
when the demand for something is high the price is also high for in the demand for something is low the price is also low
Industrial Revolution:
factory labour
people worked hard in factories, under terrible conditions. Many children worked there. There was low pay, no healthcare
Industrial Revolution:
factory acts
Factory ask first helped child laborers and then later on Helped all workers
Children under 10 weren’t allowed to work more than 12 hour shifts
Industrial Revolution:
Irish potato famine
staple food for millions of europeans, all potatoes rotted, loads starved to death
Geography:
plate tectonics
to do with the earth’s crust, when the plates push together they make mountains
Geography:
geography
the study of the land
Geography:
topography
the shape of the land
Geography:
geology
the study of the earth
Geography:
anthropology
the study of people and culture
Geography:
climate
the prevailing conditions of temperature and precipitation
Geography:
mixed forest
coniferous and deciduous
Geography:
subsistence
more than one way of finding food
Geography:
agriculture
planting food
Early Arrival in Canada:
shamanism
religion of the native people, focus is on connection to nature spirits
Early Arrival in Canada:
Inuit– important land animals
Caribou
Early Arrival in Canada:
Iroquois- important crop
corn
Early Arrival in Canada:
plains people - important animal
buffalo
Early Arrival in Canada:
plateau people - important dietary staple
fish
Early Arrival in Canada:
potlatch
The potlatch was a way of distributing wealth and food
They were also a sign of nobility
Early Arrival in Canada:
Lief the Lucky
leif the luckys real name was leif erikson. He was a character in viking stories, he was real and theres a viking setlement in newfoundland. L’anse aux meanows
Early Arrival in Canada:
John Cabot
looks for japan and china. His ship was called the matthew. First place he found was newfoundland and he found the grand banks “lots of fish”
Early Arrival in Canada:
Jacques Cartier
1534 he was looking for the northwest passage, he found prince edward island. He kidnaped two native people.
Early Arrival in Canada:
Samuel de Champlain
he was asked to set a permanent colony in canada, the colony became known as acadia.
Early Arrival in Canada:
Kirke brothers
formed the Company of Associates and was given patents by Charles 1 to trade and settle in Canada. Became the governor of Newfoundland.
Had run ins with Champlain to get him to give up New France. Finally the French had to leave, but then Kirke was told in 1632 that he had to give it back to the French.
Early Arrival in Canada:
North American resources
wood, fish, pelts “beaver”,
Early Arrival in Canada:
Challenges for Europeans
harsh winters, native people attacking
Early Arrival in Canada:
Purpose of the colony for France
to establish a permenant trade settlement, establish rights of the French in the new land – ownership
Early Arrival in Canada:
Champlain’s choice of settlement site
champlain picked quebec because he was a soldier and noticed he could only be attacked by one side because of the clifts.
Early Arrival in Canada:
Value of beaver pelts
depended on the fashion, thickness of the fur, size of the fur
Early Arrival in Canada:
Coureurs de bois
runners of the woods – the first fur traders from Quebec
Early Arrival in Canada:
Missionaries & Jesuits
church people who came to the natives to teach them about European God
Early Arrival in Canada:
Mercantilism
getting raw materials for cheap, then sell a finished product, to make profit.
Early Arrival in Canada:
Expulsion of the Acadians
originally french then british came along and kicked them all out, made them leave everything behind.
Early Arrival in Canada:
Battle of the Plains of Abraham
When the British attacked the french to gain Quebec
Early Arrival in Canada:
Hudson’s Bay company
Sold furs