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Peninsulares

member of the highest class in Spain's colonies in Americas

Creoles
descendants of Spanish-born BUT born in Latin America; resented inferior social, political, economic status
Mulattos

persons of mixed European and African ancestry

Simon Bolivar

Venezuelan statesman known as ‘the Liberator” who led the revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule frees Venezuela,, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia
Dom Pedro
became the emperor of an independent Brazil
Juan Morelos
Creole priest who continued Hidalgo’s movement, Improve Mexican conditions, abolish slavery, and give universal male suffrage Captured and shot.
Toussaint L'Overture
a self-educated former slave was a brilliant general and inspiring commander during Haiti's rebellion
Father Hidalgo
creole priest in Mexico that raised his voice for freedom
El Grito de Dolores
Father Hidalgo's speech meaning "The Cry of Dolores," it called for Mexicans to fight for "Independence and Liberty"
Jose San Martin
southern South America -1816-wins independence of Argentina -1822-gives up army to Bolivar
Nationalism
the belief that people should be loyal mainly to their nation-to the people with whom they share a culture and history-rather than to a king or empire
Nation-states
an independent geopolitical unit of people having a common culture and identity.
Louis-Napoleon
nephew of Napoleon, wins presidential election, strong ruler four years after election takes the title of Emperor Napoleon III. His strong rule was welcomed-he built railroads and encouraged industrialization.
Alexander II
son of Czar Nicholas I, moves Russian towards modernization and social change. Freed all the serfs in 1861
Russification
the process of forcing Russian culture on all ethnic groups in the Russian Empire.
Camillo Cavour
Lead figure in the unification of Italy. Prime minister of Sardinia (northern Italy) who vowed to drive out the Austrians and worked towards a united Italy.
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Italian nationalist whose "Red Shirts" freed Sicily and southern Italy and then united it with northern Italy.
Otto Von Bismarck
Prime Minister of Prussia, founder & first chancellor of a united Germany. Bismarck was the most influential in helping Germany to unify. Chancellor of Prussia who was responsible for the unification of German states
Blood & Iron Speech
Blood and Iron speech made up Bismarck to encourage the unification of the German states by using war.
Junkers
very conservative members of Prussian wealthy landowning class. Otto von Bismark was a Junker.
Realpolitik
realistic politics based on the needs of the state. Both Bismarck in Germany & Cavour in Italy were masters of this policy.
Franco-Prussian War
War between France & Prussia, started over Bismarck created the impression that the French ambassador had insulted the Prussian king. France declared war, but Prussia won - This was was the final stage in the German Unification process.
Kaiser
German emperor-similar to Roman Caesar
Radical
Group on the political spectrum that want changes and will use violence to get them
Liberal
Group on the political spectrum that want changes, but use legal means to get them
Moderate
Group on the political spectrum that are middle of the road; favor compromise
Conservative
Group on the political spectrum that like the "Status quo" or keeping things the way they already are.
Reactionary
Group on the political spectrum that want to go back to the "good ole days" and will use violence to do so.
goals of Conservatives in the first half of the 1800s after the Congress of Vienna
Wanted to continue to support the kings who had ruled Europe for centuries. These were nobles and other people who owned large amounts of property.
goals of Liberals in the first half of the 1800s after the Congress of Vienna
Wanted to give more power to elected legislatures. They were typically middle-class merchants and business people.
goals of the Radicals in the first half of the 1800s after the Congress of Vienna
Wanted to end rule by kings and full voting rights for all.
Romanticism
an early 19th-century movement in art and thought, which focused on emotion and nature rather than reason and society.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German romantic writer who wrote The Sorrows of Young Werther - celebrated the German spirit.
William Wordsworth
British romantic poet – honored nature as the source of truth and beauty.
Mary Shelley (Frankenstein)
was a Gothic horror story writer- novles filled with fearful, violent, sometimes supernatural events. The novel told the story of a monster created from the body parts of dead human beings.
Ludwig van Beethoven
German composer was the most famous of the Romantic composers.
Realism
Middle 1800, the grim realities of industrial life made the dreams of romantics seem silly; therefore this movement emerged. Artists & writers tried to show life as it really was. They used their art as to protest unfair social conditions.
Charles Dickens
English realist writer who wrote novels that showed how people suffered in the new industrialized economy.
The Camera
new device was developed in this period – Photographers used them to capture realistic images on film.
Impressionism
New art style, used light and light-filled colors to produce an impression of a subject or moment in time. Artists glorified the delights of the life of the rising middle class in their paintings.
Impressionism Composers
created music that set the mood by using different music structures, instruments, or patterns.
Claude Monet
Impressionist artist who often painted water because of its reflective nature.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
one of the leading impressionist artists