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23 Cards in this Set
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Putting-out System |
18th century (1700s) Britain Capitalist merchants "putting out" raw materials to laboring families. |
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Energy Revolution |
18th century (1700s) Europe Increase of useful heat energy made available to humans by extracting and burning fossil fuels. |
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Biological Old Regime |
Before 19th century (before 1800s)
Worldwide
When economic production depended on capturing energy from solar radiation. |
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Liberalism |
19th century (1800s) Europe / United States Drew on work of natural/political philosophers; advocated individual freedom, free trade, constitutional gov't, and human progress. |
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Evangelism |
19th century (1800s) Worldwide Protestant and Catholic movement of propagating the Christian gospel by preaching, witnessing, and missionary work. Spread of word especially made easier by transportation and print-messaging. |
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Muhammad Ali |
r. 1805-1848 Northeastern Africa/Egypt Governor who launched program to modernize army and gov't and revitalize Nile River valley's agrarian economy/start industrialization. |
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Luddites |
1811-1816 Britain's factory towns Factory workers (following the legend of Ned Ludd) who destroyed machines in protest of losing their jobs to them. |
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Karl Marx |
1818-1883 Germany -- England German philosopher and activist who wrote Communist Manifesto and coined struggle between bourgeoisie and proletariat. |
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Simon Bolivar |
1783-1830 New Granada (Venezuela?) Creole landowner and "liberator" of Spanish America; raised rebel army of creoles, castas, and cowboys to fight for freedom and republican ideas. |
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Caudillos |
1830-1860 Latin America Political strongmen who led their own cavalries; autocratic political bosses. |
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Ram Mohan Roy |
1772-1833 India / South Asia Well-educated Hindu reformer who reaffirmed Hinduism underneath years of traditions; formulated ideas on rights and justice for India's religious and cultural groups. |
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Tanzimat |
1839-1876 Ottoman Empire Sultan Mahmud II's "reorganization" modernizing experiment that brought education, military, and administrative reforms (to centralize the empire); also, religious autonomy created safe-haven. |
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Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab |
1703-1792 Arabian Peninsula Muslim scholar who advocated for Muslims to rededicate their devotion to god and his oneness. Wahhabism influenced centuries of Islamic reform. |
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Usman dan Fodio |
r. 1803-1817
West Africa
Fula and Muslim scholar who carried out jihad against local animism practices; overthrew Hausa gov't and ruled for generations. |
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Hong Xiuquan |
1814-1864 Southern China Schoolteacher turned Taiping rebel; failed Confucian civil service exam and dreamt of being Christ's brother; carried out rebellion against Qing dynasty. |
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Opium War |
1839 |
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Great Mutiny |
1857 |
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Miner's friend pump |
1705 Thomas Newcomen |
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Steam Engine |
1780s |
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Flying Shuttle |
1733 |
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Spinning Jenny |
1760s |
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Saint Domingue Revolution |
1791-1803 |
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Taiping Rebellion |
1850-1864 |
