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What battle marked the final end to Napoleon and the French Revolution in 1815?

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Battle of Waterloo

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What was the main goal of the congress of Vienna in 1815?

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To prevent another revolution in Europe by creating a “balance of power”

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What did the Karlsbad Decrees do in the early 1800s?

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Limit freedom of speech

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Communist Manifesto; socialism and communism

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Karl Marx

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The Wealth of Nations,”Laissez-faire” economics; capitalism

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Adam Smith

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The Origin of Species the theory of evolution

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Charles Darwin

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Candide; “I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it”: free speech

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Voltaire

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2nd Treatise on Government; “life, liberty, and property”

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John Locke

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The widespread exchange of animals, plants, culture, human populations, and ideas between the Old World (Europe/Asia/Africa) and New World (the Americans)

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Columbian Exchange

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Reduce the power of the nobility and church gave it to the common man

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Liberalism movement

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The belief that people’s loyalty should be to a nation of people who share a common culture and history

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Nationalism

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Who believed in “Liberal” political philosophy in the 1800s?

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The Middle-class, including business leaders and merchants that wanted elected parliaments, but thounght only the educated and landowners should vote.

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Who believed in “conservative” political philosophy in the 1800s?

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The nobility and the wealthy that wanted to continue traditional monarchies

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Who believed in “radical” political philosophy in the 1800s?

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People that waned democracy and the ideals of the French Revolution of all men

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Argued that whites and the rich were genetically superior to other races

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Herbert Spencer

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Seed drill; enclosures; selective breeding of livestock

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Agriculture

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A culture that welcomed change and innovation

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Social/Political

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Natural harbors; abundant coal and iron ore

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Natural resources

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Efficient baking system; entrepreneurs

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Economic

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The resources needed ti produce goods and services

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factors of production

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21
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Improved the steam engine to make it efficient

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James Watt

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Built the earliest steam engine for coal mines

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Thomas Newcomen

23
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Flying shuttle to speed up textile production

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John Kay

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Created seed drill; improved agriculture output

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Jethro Tull

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Railroads/locomotives; steamboat/canal boats; modern factories

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Invented right after the steam engine

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Grew the most during the industrial revolution

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Middle class

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Average Working day in the factories

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12 hours a day and 6 days a week

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Was created to improve wages and working conditions

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Labor Union

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The growth of cities, where less people live in rural areas

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Urbanization

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A stronger country controlling a weaker country or territory

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Imperialism

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Led to the development of railroads and steamboats

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Steam engine

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Used to treat malaria

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Quinine

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Allowed for communication over long distances

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telagraph

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Quicker method for manufacturing steel, more durable than iron

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Bessemer Process

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Gave European armies the ability to control weaker countries

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Maxim Gun

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Belief in European Superiority

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First factor to lead to imperialism

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Europeans’ need for natural resources

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Second factor to lead to imperialism

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Europeans having better technology and weapons

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Third factor to lead to imperialism

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Development of quinine

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Fourth factor to lead to imperialism

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First new form of transportation revolutionize life in Britain

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Huge increase in skilled jobs and a new middle class

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Third new form of transportation revolutionize life in Britain

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Increased the agriculture and fishing industries

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Second new form of transportation revolutionize life in Britain

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Cheaper transportation of goods and raw materials

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Fourth new form of transportation revolutionize life in Britain

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Travel much easier

44
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What mainland Europe lag behind Britain in its attempt

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The french revolution and Napoleonic of Europe

45
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How did industrialization lead to global inequality?

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Countries in Europe and the US became much wealthier

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Raw materials that Europe took and used that came from Africa

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Minerals (gold and diamonds)

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Belief in the theory of evolution and natural selection

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Social Darwinism 1

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Belief that evolution and natural selection apply to human society

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Social Darwinism 2

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Belied that racism is part of human society and cannot be avoided

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Social Darwinism 3

50
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Company that controlled most of India during the 1700s

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British East India Company

51
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Indian troops who served in the British army

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Sepoys

52
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Indian and Muslim soldiers refused to use the new Enfield Rifle Cartridge

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Sepoy Mutiny

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2 countries that disappeared during the renaissance and protestant reformation but returned in 1815 and 1817

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Germany and Italy

54
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Why did china resist trading with European Countries ?

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China thought that Europe didn’t need manufactured products and saw them as inferior to their culture

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