Unit 5-AP World Flashcards
Describe Enlightenment.
Intellectual Movement in Europe that stressed reasoning and individualism, rather than tradition.
Population in Europe in the 1800’s?
Population Revolution
Population of France increased 50%
Population of England increased 100%
Population of Prussia increased 100%
Prelude to Industrial Revolution.
Proto-industrialization?
The shift away from agricultural economies in Europe.
Workers became producers of textiles and metal products.
Prelude to industrialization
Why did the American Revolution occur?
Settlers resented British attempts to:
- Tax
- create trade controls
- restrict movement into the West.
“No taxation without representation.”
Why did the French Revolution occur?
French Citizens wanted to:
- overthrow the Bourbon Monarchy
- limit powers of the Catholic Church and the aristocracy
- middle class wanted more political control
- allow further freedom of the peasants from landlord demands
Importance of Bastille?
A riot stormed a political Prison know. As the Bastille (July 14)
Became the Revolutions symbol.
The most radical phase of the French Revolution?
- massive opposition in the name of the church and aristocracy
- civil war
- opposition to the Revolution by other nations led to take-Over by radical leaders
- guillotine
- Maximilien Robespierre
Napoleon Bonaparte, significance to French Revolution?
- Converted the revolutionary republic into an authoritarian empire.
- created popular Nationalism
- Great military success
Congress of Vienna?
-Meeting in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars. Needed to restore political stability in Europe.
What was the Reform Bill of 1832?
Legislation passed that extended the vote to most middle class citizens
Failed to produce democracy in Britian
How did peasants improve their lives in the Industrial Age?
End of manorialism and serfdom
Who is Bismark?
A conservative who dominated Prussia and Germany.
What Areas did not include Western Expansion in the 19th century?
The America’s
What did Britain gain as part of the French and Indian War?
Canada
European Imperialism after the Industrial Age.
Expansion globally
How did Europeans squire Asian lands?
European companies (Dutch and English East Indies Companies) gained power as the curt opt leaders of the companies took over land from the natives for profit.