Ap World Time Period #5

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steam engine

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an engine that is powered by burning buasn coal to create steam

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socialism

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a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution

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proletariat

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the class of workers, especially industrial wage earners, who do not possess capital or property and must sell their labor to survive

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laissez faire

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the idea that gov't should not interfere with or regulate industries and businesses

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communism

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an economic system in which all means of production are owned by the people

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Karl Marx

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1818--83, German founder of modern communism, in England from 1849

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bourgeoisie

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middle class

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stock market

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a particular market where stocks and bonds are traded

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capitalism

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economic system based on privet ownership and on the investment of money in business

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mass production

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making more good then needed

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constitutional convention

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the convention in Philadelphia (1787) of representatives from each of the former Colonies, except Rhode Island, at which the constitution of the United States was framed

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French Indian War

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conflict between Brain and France for control of territory in North America (1754-1763)

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Treaty of Paris

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Gascony was restored to England from France during the Hundred Years' War

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Declaration of Independence

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the public act by which the Second Continental Congress, on July 4, 1776, declared the Colonies to be free and independent of England.

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Bull of Rights

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first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution

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taxation without representation

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no tax without a representative from the colonies approval

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Stamp Act

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means of raising colonial tax revenues to help pay the cost of the French and Indian War

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Jacobins

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thought France needed complete reconstruction unleashed a campaign of terror to promote their revolution

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Robespierre

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came during the revolution as a ruthless but popular radical known as "the Incorruptible" dominated the Committee of Public Safety

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Napoleon

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French General that ruled after King Louis XIV

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Louis XIV

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French monarch of the late 17th century who personified absolute monarch

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estates

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one of the three social classes in France before the French Revolution

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Storming of the Bastille

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prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the center of Paris. While the prison only contained seven inmates at the time of its storming, its fall was the flashpoint of the French Revolution

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Declaration of the Rights of Man

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proclaimed that all men are equal, declared that sovereignty resided in the people, and asserted individual rights to liberty, property , and security

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guillotine

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machine for beheading people, used as a means of execution during the French Revolution

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Reign of Terror

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mid-1793 to mid-1794, when Maximilien Robespierre ruled France nearly as a dictator and thousands of political figures and ordinary citizens were executed

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Waterloo

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a village in central Belgium, south of Brussels

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Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

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led peasant rebellion in Mexico against colonial rule

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gens de couler

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free people of color, including mulattoes as well as freed slaves

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Toussiant

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leader of slave revolts also known as Louverture

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Simon Bolivar

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led the movement for independence in South America

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Gran Columbia

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independent state created i South America as a result of military successes of Simon Bolivar

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Sino Japanese War

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Korea is tributary state of Qing China
-invasion in Korea-successful
-Japan take control of Korea

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Opium War

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1839-Britain refuses to stop trading opium - China tried to force Britain to stop

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Boer War

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conflict in which the Boers and the British fought for control of territory in south Africa

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Sepoys

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an Indian soldier serving under British command

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Crimean War

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Ottoman halted Russian expansion in the region of Black Sea

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sphere of influence

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divides territory for exclusive trading rights
-political/influence
-indirect control

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protectorate

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territory "protected" by outside gov't
-direct control
-own soil not 'people"

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colony

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territory "owned" by outside gov't
-direct control

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economic imperialism

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influence in an area by corporation
-indirect control

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Raj

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British controlled portions of India in the years

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Suez Canal

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man made waterway which was opened in 1896 connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea

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Boxer Rebellion

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revolt in China, aimed at ending foreign influence in the country

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Berlin Conference

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meeting at which representatives of European nations agreed upon rules for the European colonization of Africa

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Panama Canal

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man made waterway connection the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, built in Panama by US and opened in 1914

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Monroe Doctrine

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US policy of opposition to European interference in Latin America announced by President James Monroe in 1823

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Russo-Japanese War

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Russia and Japan spared by the two countries efforts to dominate Manchuria and Korea

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Taiping Rebellion

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mid 19th century rebellion against the Qing dynasty in China, led by Hong Xiiuquan

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social Darwinism

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application of Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution and "survivalist of the fittest" to human Societies-particularly as justification for imperialist expansion