Unit 5 Revolutions Flashcards
Abolition movement 5.1
Def: a movement to end slavery
LO2: life liberty and property supported this movement and then people became fearful of slave revolts because it was successful
Empiricism 5.1
Def: knowledge is obtained from observation
LO1: this happened in the scientific revolution where people relied on what they learned through experiments rather than what the church told them
Enlightenment 5.1
Def: the use of scientific methods instead of knowledge told by the church
LO1: People began to question what they had been told to believe contributing to the Atlantic revolution
Suffrage movement (include Wollstonecraft and Seneca Falls) 5.1
Def: a movement in which women gained equality
LO2: Locke suggested that people are born with natural rights helping facilitate this movement
American Revolution (include leaders, events, and documents) 5.2
Def: The american colonies decision to fight and become independent from Great Britain
LO3: they wanted independence because Britain was in dept and taxing the colonies
Bolivar Revolutions (include leaders, events, and documents) 5.2
Def: a revolution led by Simon Bolivar between portugal and spain ending in the separation of colonies instead of unifying them which was the initial intent.
LO3: This revolution, like many others, was inspired by the success of the american revolution
Classical Liberalism (include John Stuart Mill) 5.2
Def: the philosophy of John Locke advocating individual rights, liberties, and limited government power.
LO3: John Lockes ideas protected individual rights and wanted limited power in the government.
French Revolution (include leaders, events, and documents) 5.2
Def: A rebelion including the Tennis Court Oath which wanted power to be taken from the king because he was an unfit ruler
LO3: This revolution gave power to the bourgeoisie instead of the nobles
Haitian Revolution (include leaders, events, and documents) 5.2
Def: A slave revolt led by toussaint louverture
LO3: Led to people being afraid of slave revolts because their slave revolt was successful. also led to debt because slaves no longer labored and grew coffee and sugar
Nationalism (include German, Italian, and Argentinian) 5.2
Def: a strong feeling of pride in ones country
LO3: it led to the desire to form independent nations because they were prideful and wanted to leave behind feudalism
Causes of Industrialization 5.3
Def: inventions and scientific revolutions caused this
LO4: the closing of public land and factories to work in the cities caused urbanization
Factory system 5.3
Def: a system to mass produce goods in one location by people with little to no skills.
LO4: The invention of interchangeable parts aided the factory systems and only later did labor unions bring up the danger and unfairness in the workplace.
Industrialization 5.4
Def: the use of industries to produce goods
LO5: the enclosure of public lands contributed to this development.
Fossil Fuels Revolution 5.5
Def: the use of coal, oil, and gas in combustion and steam engines instead of wood.
LO6: this revolution increased the production of goods and energy available
Industrial Communication 5.5
Def: the way of communicating through new, fast, inventions
LO6: This was used on railroads, steamships, and telegraph for long distances.