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The principles of checks and balances and separation of powers were put forward by…
• Mary Wallstonecraft
• Diderot
• Montesquieu
• Rousseau
Which group made up the vast majority of the French society
• Clergy
• The First Estate
• The Ancien Regime
• The Third Estate
Which of the following was an agriculture improvement of the 1600s
• Fertilizer from livestock
• Animal domestication
• Chemical pesticides
• Warmer weather for growing crops
Which of the following goals represents conservative ideology in Europe in the early 1800s?
• Restoration of power to royal families
• Establishment of a homeland for each national group
• Support for freedom of the press
• Tolerance for religious differences
Adam Smith was a supporter of?
• Natural laws
• The Enlightenment
• Government Regulation of business
• Laissez faire
What contributed to France’s financial crisis?
• A drop in the gold supply
• An extended period of peace
• Peasant uprisings
• Bad harvest
Liberals wanted governments to be based on…
• Divine right
• Nationalism
• The economy
• Written constitutions
Which was the most important source of power for the early Industrial Rev.?
• Steam engine
• Animals
• Windmill
• Dynamo
The goal of nationalists was to unify
• Italy
• People with a common national heritage
• Europe’s monarchies
• All European nations
What is true about peasants and the Enlightenment?
• It had little effect on their life
• They acquired material wealth
• Most moved to cities
• Their lives changed greatly
What natural resources did Britain have?
• Water and forests
• Wild life and precious gems
• Coals and irons
• Good harbors
What industry happened first in the Industrial Rev.?
• Iron production
• Agriculture
• Textiles
• Transportation
Educated Creoles in the 1700s were influenced by…
• Spanish cruelty toward the mestizos
• Bolivar’s vow to free his country
• Enlightenment ideas
• The peninsulares
What was the role of the 13 colonies for Britain?
• Supplied labor for factories
• Served as a trading link
• Supplied slave labor
• Supplied Britain with food
Which group tried to reform society without being too radical?
• Socialists
• Communists
• Utilitarian’s
• Utopians
What countries led the Congress of Vienna?
• United States, Russia, France
• France, Austria, Britain
• China, Russia, and Austria
• Austria, Russia, Britain
Women’s suffrage made strides in…
• Europe
• Rural areas
• Eastern U.S.
• Western U.S., New Zealand, Australia
Enlightenment thinkers• Locke– People had natural rights (life, liberty, property)
• Rousseau– Social Contract, government comes from the consent of
the people• Montesquieu– Separation of powers
• Voltaire– Candide, religious freedom&
• Hobbes– Leviathan, people are naturally evil
Turning point: The Enlightenment changed EVERYTHING
• Inspired the American Revolution• American Revolution inspired French
Revolution… which led to European nationalism• Improved women’s rights• Increased educational opportunities• Led to the Industrial Revolution• Religious freedom• Abolishment of torture
The French Revolution
• End of absolute monarch Louis XVI• Estates System & Estates General • Liberty, equality, brotherhood• Inspired by the Enlightenment• Robespierre & the Reign of Terror
Napoleon Bonaparte
• Enlightened dictator• Code Napoleon• Conquered Europe• Defeated by Russian Winter (Waterloo)
Congress of Vienna
• Triumph of Diplomacy• Triumph of Conservatism• The alliance of countries that defeated
Napoleon wanted peace and stability in Europe
• Balance of Power• Metternich
Location Cause Person
Haiti Slave Revolt Toussaint L’Overture
Spanish South America
Social classes (Creoles)
Bolivar, San Martin
Mexico Social classes (mestizos)
Hidalgo
Brazil Creoles demanded independence
Dom Pedro
Industrial Revolution
a major change in a country’s method of producing goods and organizing labor
• a movement from:– an agricultural to an industrial society– manual labor to use of machines– Rural society to an urban society
Industrial Revolution
• Began – England (why England?)• Later every major country industrialized• 1750-1900s• Textile Industry
Effects of the Industrial Revolution
• People working long hours for low pay• Terrible pollution• Slums• People being hurt or killed at work• Child Labor• More goods, produced faster• Population growth• Urbanization• New social order