AP World History Flashcards - Q2

Absolute Monarchy

gov.t where all power resides in a single ruler

John Locke

founding enlightment thinker from Britiain; developed natural rights theory

Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

written by 3rd estate, Outlined complaints, pointed to natural laws

Napoleon Bonaparte

military leader to emperor of Post-Revolution France

Saint Domingue

richest colony in the world, produced cash crops, majority popl. slaves

French Revolution

1789-1799:Overthrow of absolute monarchy & new govt. in Europe

Toussaint L’Ouverture

former slavery to leader of Haitian Revolution

Steam Engine

1712-1781: steam to power machines

Creoles

Native-born elites of European ancestry; lower social class than pennisulares

Textile Mill

Turned raw cotton into finished goods; young women paid less

Wage Labor

Hourly pay rate; women & children paid less

Cult of Domesticity

Middle-class women meant to assume household roles

Industrial Working Class

Manual workers in mines, ports, factories

Karl Marx

German philosopher that developed Marxism and promoted communism

Canal, railroads, steamships, telegraphs

Caused an increase of communication and transportation

Socialism

economic system which the means of production are distributed

Social Darwinism

“Survival of the fittest”

Divide and rule

Tactic used by euro. imperialists to promote 1 group over another

Berlin Conference

1884: meeting on how european nations would split Africa

Scramble for Africa

1875-1900: rapid conquest & colonization of Africa by Euro.

Panama Canal

U.S. took over surrounding territory & construction

Canton System

only port in China open to European trade

Opium Wars

Chinese defeat to British due to British trading addictive drug Opium to Chinese

Spheres of Influence

British, France, Germany, Russia & Japan took advantage of China after O.P. war

Treaty of Nanjing

1842: China forced to open 5 ports

Meiji Restoration

1868: rapid, state-sponsred industralization of Japan

100 Days Reform

1898: modernization of China

Tanzimat Reforms

1839: Ottoman westernization

Anglo-Zuku War

1886: British defeat Zuku w/ industrialized tech

Battle of Adowa

1896: Ethopians defeat Italians to secure sovereignty

Boxer Rebellion

1900: Chinese saught to kill all europeans & chinese christians

Maji Maji Rebllion