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- What was the French Revolution?
- the french war was for democracy that began in 1789and ended with the overthrow of the monarchy
- What was the Chartist movement?
- a 19th century British movement in which members of the working class demanded reforms in Parliament and in elections including suffrage for all men
- Which was the first industry to be effected by the industrial revolution?
- the textile industry in britain
- Who/When/Why declared unions legal?
- after 1825, the British government unhappily tolerated unions since nobody listened to the laws repealing them
- What was the sepoy mutiny? Why did it happen? (India)
- -an 1875 rebellion of Hindu and Muslim soldiers against the British in India (failed) -Caused by a rumor that the British had sealed the soldiers rifles with beef and prok fat, which were sacred animals to them
- why were the Vietnamese mad at the French?
- the peasants' consumption of rice decreased because rice was shipped out of the region
- What was the Berlin conference of '84-'85
- a meeting at which representatives of european nations agreed upon reles for the european colonization of Africa
- Who kept the colonizers out of Ethiopia? How?
- its emperor, Menelike II (1889), successfully kept out the colonizers -He did this by playing the Italians, French, and British against each other
- Luther posted his 95 thesis when?
- 1517
- Why was India called the British "Jewel Crown"
- it was very important to the British empire as a supplies of raw materials, and as a market for British trade goods (had railroad)
- Where was the Medici family from?
- -Florence -Had control over city by 1434 because they controlled all of the banking and trading
- What did Donatello and Brutalesqui feel that they were?
- they felt that they were inheriting classical traditions from the Greeks and Romans (from the ruins)
- Which Italians city was considered? why?
- -venice -located near bodies of water which was good for trade
- What was the classical age?
- the style of music of the late 1700s neoclassical era
- Who were the doge, and the council of ten? (Italy)
- -1423 Francesco Fosan was the Doge -doge ruled for life under a system of consitutional monarchy -power limited by the council of ten -Venice
- Neoclassical refers to what?
- -the style of the late 1700s "new classical" -a simple and elagan style that borrowed ideas and themes from classical Greece and Rome
- Who was plato?
- -believed hat the wisest should govern -wrote "politics" -people naturally evil
- Who was Locke? (enlightenment)
- -men and women all have ability to reason -people were neither good nor bad -divine right was wrong -supported monarchy -govt should protect LIFE, FREEDOM, and PROPERTY "natural rights"
- Who was Hobbes?
- -people cant make own decisions -evil, greedy and selfish
- Who was Aristotle?
- -uneducated people could not rule themselves -middle class should rule (educated and not arragont)
- Who was Mary Wolstonecraft?
- -womens rights = equality -human nature determined by enviornment -democracy and equal rights
- Who was Louis XIV?
- -people were incapable of ruling -divine right -absolute power
- Who was Queen Elizabeth?
- -saw the people as her children -people are good; but cant make decisions -divine rights -final say over parliment
- Why was Rousseau different from other Renaissance thinkers?
- -he argured that civilization corrupted peoples natural goodness -democracy
- Who were Luthers supporters
- -prince frederick sheltered luther in one of his castles in saxony -started a new sector of catholicism based on his ideas called "lutheran/protestant"
- What was the reformaition?
- -a 16th century movement for religious reform, leading to the founding of christian churches that rejected the popes authority -started by luther on oct.31, 111 when he posted his thesis on the church door
- who made the Sistine Chapel?
- -michelangelo -painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel from 1508-1512
- Who was Machivelli?
- -wrote "the prince" in 1513 -thought the world wicked and people were selfish, fickles, and corrupt -not conerned with what was morally right, but with what was politically effective
- what was the main idea held by renaissance thinkers?
- -most philosophers believed that reason, science, and art would improve life for all people -belief in progress, a more secular outlook on life, and the importance of the indicidual
- what caused the italian renaissance to happen?
- thriving cities, a wealthy merchant class and the lore for the classical heritage of Greece and Rome
- Who was nicolas II?
- he was the weak ruler that ruled over Russia around the time of the revolution
- Who was Lenin?
- he was the leader of the bolsheviks
- who was kerensky?
- he took over Russia after the czar stepped down for a while
- who was trotsky?
- he was the leader of the bolshevik red army
- Who was Rasputin?
- -close family friend to the czar since he stopped the bleeding of his hemophillac son -he influenced the czarina alexandra in govt while czar nicolas II was out at war in WWI -nobles killed him because they were scared he would take over the govt
- who introduced capitalism and what was their goal? (in russia)
- -the bolsheviks and lenin -the goal was to revive the economy and restructure the govt
- what resulted from the bolshevik revolution? (oct/nov revolution)
- -the civil war between the reds and the whites (old regime) from 1918-1920
- what happened during the feb/march rev of 1917
- -locals protested (200,000 people) and found the czar (Nicolas II) to abdicate -women protested over loss of bread and fuel
- what happened when there were food shortages?
- -the feb/march revolution happened?
- What was model parliament?
- -the first parliament ever made -the gathering of lords,knights and burgesses first called by king edward I in 1295 that voted on taxes and reforms
- What was enlightened monarchy?
- -monarchy in which the ruler respected the peoples rights
- what was the magna carta?
- -also known as the "great charter" -a document guarenteering basic political rights in england for individual rights and liberties -drawn up by nobles and approved by king john in a.d.1215
- what was the english bill of rights?
- -the first ten amendments to the U.S. constitution, which protect citizens basic rights and freedoms -protected freedom of speech, press, assembly, and religion -based on ideas of voltaire (free speech + religious toleration) Rousseau (direct domocracy) Locke (people rule)from the enlightenment; (also montesque [separation of powers] and Becoria [accused have rights and cnt be tortured])
- Declaration of Independence?
- -it was issued in july 1776 by the second continental congress -it was firmly based on the ideas of Locke (natural rights) and the enlightenment -it broke the ties between the colonies and Britain
- Who wrote the declaration of independence?
- -Thomasas Jefferson
- What were the first and second constitutions of the united states?
- -1st = the articles of confederation -2nd = the constitution of 1875
- Thomas moore wrote what?
- Utopia
- What was the constitution of 1857
- -a mexican constitution with many of the same ideals as americas
- copernicus believed what?
- -Heliocentric
- Who were the middle class libers? (france)
- the bourgeoisie -consisted of wealthy merchangs and artisans
- Who was the sun king?
- King Louis XIB (14th)
- Who stormed the Bastille? why?
- -July 14, 1789 -caused by a rumor that foreign troops were coming to massacure the french citizens -all citizens stormed the bastille to get weapons to fight against the foreign troops