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Intellectual Develpments in 1750-1900
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East India Company
It was a company owned wealthy aristocrats who were Bristish and ruled India by having a strong hold on imports and exports. -
The Russian Age of Enlightment
During the Russian Age of Enlightment, they promoted the idea of modernization and were concerned with abolishing the institution of serfdom. -
Revolution in Latin America
Locals were frustatrated with the European rule so they revolted to get their land and rights back. To make up for the lack of a government, they would make a constitution. -
Romanticism
It was the beginning of an art, literature, and intellectual movement that happened in Europe during the industrial revolution. -
Colonial Imperialism
This imperialism resulted in the colonization of Africa. Colonial imperialsim took over places, dominating their economy, politics, and society. -
Utopian Socialism
Term that was used to define the first currents of socialism that was spreading around this time. -
Quamtum Menchanic
It was an understanding of how physical phenomena at nanoscopic scales. Tis year was when one of the first experiments, the double slit experiment, that help propel this idea. -
Zulu kingdom created
The Zulu kingdom was made based off the war tatics lead by their leader, Shaka Zulu, who ran his kingdom with close combat tactics and strict military drills. -
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine was a policy of the United States introduced on December 2, 1823. It stated that Europeans could not colonize land without it being seen as an act of aggression. It also stated that the U.S. could not intervene in the affairs of European countries. -
Modernization of Egypt
Muhammad Ali, ruler of Egypt, reformed the social, politcal, and economical structure of Egypt so that they could become a more modern state. -
Developement of Morse Code
It put together a new language that could be translated internationally. With the development a new communication developed by Samuel Morse, it made it easier to communicate. -
Communist Manifesto
Created by Karl Marx, it expressed the combined ideas of German philosohphy, French Revolutionry ideas and knowledge of British indutrial conditions. -
Abolition of Slavery
In the nineteenth century, slavery was finally abolished in some Caribbean islands such as Cuba. Indentured servitude then took over after slavery was abolished. -
Indian Rights
Queen Victoria promised all Indians freedom of religion and equal protection under the law, similar to the rights that the Brtisih already had. -
Independence of Canada
On July 1, 1867, the Dominion of Canada was officially established as an independent, self-governing entity within the British Empire. -
Meiji Period
Was a trasition from the isolated feudal society to its modern form. -
Social Darwinsim
Social Darwinism wast he name given to various theories of society that emerged in England and the United States in the 1870s, which sought to apply biological concepts of natural selection and survival of the fittest to sociology and politics. -
Development of Psychology
Psychology is an academic and applied discipline that involves the scientific study of mental functions and behaviors. The first study of psychology was done in 1879 by Wilhelm Wundt. -
Scramble for Africa
During the 1880's, Africa develeoped into being invaded and divided among the European powers in a movement called the "scramble for Africa". -
Indian National Congress
It was a Congress founded to form a platform for civic and political dialogue of educated Indians with the British Raj.
