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Industrial Revolution
major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transportation, and technology had a profound effect on the socioeconomic and cultural conditions of the times.
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French and Indian War
war between Great Britain and France fought in North America. erupted into the world-wide conflict known as the Seven Years' War. France ceded French Louisiana to Spain for Spain's loss to Britain of Florida. and confirming Britain's position as the dominant colonial power -
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Seven Years' War
military conflict
involving most of the great powers
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Spinning Jenny
The device reduced the amount of work needed to produce yarn, with a worker able to work eight or more spools at once. was used ijn textile mills to make production more efficent.
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Water Frame
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Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
ruled as King of France and Navarre
Suspended and arrested during the French Revolution guilty of high treason executed by guillotine He is the only king of France ever to be executed.
Marie Antoinette was an Archduchess of Austria and the Queen of France and of Navarre. was tried, convicted of treason, and executed by guillotine. -
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American Revoultion
war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers. war was the end result of escalating political tensions between the Parliament of Great Britain and colonists opposed to various taxes and other laws they considered oppressive and illegitimate. In 1783, the Treaty of Paris ended the war and recognized the sovereignty of the United States. -
Watt's Engine
developed sporadically from 1763 to 1775
great step in the development of the steam engine.
increase fuel efficency. proposed to be used in mines.
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French Revolution
period of radical social and political upheaval in French and European history
took place in france
The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years.
began in 1789 with the convocation of the Estates-General
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Storming of the Bastille
fall flashpoint of the French Revolution.
angry people stormed the fortress in revolt
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Declaration of the Rights of Man
document of the French Revolution, defining the individual and collective rights of all the estates of the realm as universal.
Influenced by the doctrine of natural right, the rights of man are universal: valid at all times and in every place, pertaining to human nature itself.
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Toussaint L'Ouverture
leader of the Haitian Revolution
lieutenant, Jean-Jacques Dessalines
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Haitian Revolution
conflict in the French colony of Saint-Domingue
cause was elimination of slavery in Saint-Domingue and the founding of the Haitian republic. defining moment in the history of Africans in the New World.
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Whitney's Cotton Gin
removes seeds from cotton. used in south on plantaions. transfrormed southern agriculture and national economy. -
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Napolean
military and political leader during the French Revolution.
staged a coup d'état and made himself First Consul later the French Senate proclaimed him emperor.
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Britain outlaws Slave Trade
Slave Trade Act of 1807
act abolished the slave trade in the British Empire
did not abolish slavery
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Mexican Independence
conflict between the people of Mexico and the Spanish colonial authorities which started on 16 September 1810.
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Congress of Vienna
congress of ambassadors of European states held in Vienna. Objective was to settle many issues arising from the French Revolutionary Wars, Napoleanic Wars, and the fall of the Holy Roman Empire. this happened because they redrew the continental boundries. became the model for the league of nations. -
Battle of Waterloo
Imperial French army under the command of Emperor Napoleon was defeated by combined armies of the 17th Coalition, an Anglo-Allied army -
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Brazilian Revolution
between Brazil and Portugal
call for independence
slaves in militias as well as freeing slaves to enlist them
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Greek Independence (war)
Actual idependence- march 25 1821
the Greek state was finally recognized under the London Protocol in 1830
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Dissolution of the Janissaries
Auspicious Incident
Mahmud II incited them to revolt on purpose he told them he was forming a new army, they revolted as expected and stormed the Sultans palace. Most Janissaries died or fled or were executed. the sultan made his new army and replaced the Janisarries. -
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Afrikaners' Great Trek
migration away from British control in the Cape Colony
The migrants descended from settlers from the Netherlands, northwest Germany and French Huguenots.
primary motivations
-discontent with the British rule
-restrictive laws on slavery
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Invention of the Telegraph
the overland telegraph connected the west coast of the continent to the east coast by 24 October 1861, bringing an end to the Pony Express. -
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Frist Opium War
fought between the United Kingdom and the Qing Dynasty
Chinese officials wanted to stop outflow of silver and to control the spread of opium.
Lin Zexu wrote to queen to stop opium trade (fail)
British won. treaty of Nanking (unequal)
-5 treaty ports
-brit get Hong Kong
-brit most fav. nat/exterrtorial\
led to Taiping Reb.
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Revolutions in Germany
seires of protests and rebellions in the German Confed.
emphasised unhapiness with the traditional, largely autocratic political structure of 39 states that inherited the German territory of the (former)Holy Roman Emp.
desire for increased polit. freedom, liberal state policies, democracy, and nationalism.
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Revolutions in Austria, Hungry, and Italy.
Habsburg Austrian Empire
achieve autonomy, independence
cause- mounting social and political tensions after the Congress of Vienna
failed
-Austria: demanded the resignation of Metternich (conser. leader) Ferdinaind I agrees.
orders collapsed rapidly because of the weakness of the Austrian armies
want to break away from empire
-Hungry: news of the outbreak of revolution in Paris arrived as a new national cabinet took power
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Taiping Rebellion
led by Christian convert Hong Xiuquan, against the ruling Qing Dynasty
20 million people died- one of the deadliest Civil conflicts
Hong had revalations- Christianity
Qing: Manchu - everyone else: Han
People mad at Qing cause they were weak in the Opium wars and the treaties
Hong estabished the Heavenly Kingdom
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Matthew Perry in Japan
in command of the East India Squadron in search of a Japanese trade treaty.
told japan what he wanted then said "think about it ill be back with like a billion ships for your answer" japan agreed -
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Crimean War
Eastern ques.
tween Russian Emp and an alliance of the French,British,and Ottoman Empires.
part of a long-running contest between the uropean powers for influence over territories of the Ottoman Emp!
first "modern" wars: the first use of railways and telegraph
Russia was protector of the Orthodox Christians in the Ottoman Empire instead of the French
Russia thought Austria would side with them they did not sided with Britian and Russia withdrew.
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Second Opium War
the British Emp and the Second French Emp against the Qing Dynasty
Britian and Russia and US won
Convention of Peking
Treaty of Tianjin
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Sepoy Rebellion
Sepoys were in the army and had to open these cartridges that were covered in animal fat and the Sepoys didnt like that so they rebeled. -
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Britain takes over India
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End of Atlantic Slave Trade
Officaily ended arounf 1860's
Virginia frist anywhere to abolish slave trade (1778)
Denmark first country to ban slave trade (1792/1803)
Britain in 1807 royal navy enforced it
US in 1794 (kinda) really in 1808
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Emancipation of the Russian Serfs
the first and most important of liberal reforms effected during the reign of Alexander II of Russia
Emancipation Manifesto proclaimed the emancipation of serfs
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Meiji Restoration
Meiji Restored to power
over the Tokugawa Shogunate
being a feudal society to having a capitalist economy and left the Japanese with a lingering Western influence
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Suez Canal
provides the shortest ocean link between the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean.
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Imperialization of Africa
Scramble for Africa
European imperial powers engaged in a major territorial scramble and occupied most of the continent and created colonial territories
Ethiopia/Liberia independent -
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Boxer Rebellion
in northern China
a proto-nationalist movement by the "Righteous Harmony Society" or Boxers against opposing foreign imperialism and Christianity
uprising took place in response to foreign "spheres of influence" in China
with grievances ranging from opium traders
political invasion
economic manipulation
ended with punishment for the boxers -
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Overthrow of the Qing Dynasty
motivated by anger at corruption in the Qing govt
frustration with interventions of foreign powers
the majority Han Chinese's resentment toward a government dominated by an ethnic minority; the Manchus.
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African National congress
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Panama Canal
joins the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and is a key conduit for international maritime trade
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Aswan Dam
an embankment dam across the Nile River in Aswan, Egypt
Before the dams were built, the Nile River flooded each year during late summer,
Soviet Union provided funding for the dam project.
