AP Euro Unit 5 Anchors

Start of British Industrialization

~1750

Start of Industrialization on the Continent

~1815

Height of British Industrialization

~1850

Golden Age of the Middle Class

~1830s–1840s

Factory Act

1833 (Factory Act of 1833 in Britain)

Congress of Vienna

1815

French Revolution of 1830

1830

Reform Bill of 1832

1832

Revolutions of 1848

1848

James Hargreaves

Inventor of the spinning jenny, a key innovation in textile production.

Richard Arkwright

Industrialist and inventor of the water frame, revolutionizing textile manufacturing.

James Watt

Improved the steam engine, making it more efficient and crucial for industrialization.

George Stephenson

Pioneered steam locomotive development and built the first public railway.

Thomas Malthus

Economist who theorized that population growth would outpace food supply, leading to crises.

David Ricardo

Economist known for the theory of comparative advantage and the 'iron law of wages.'

Metternich

Austrian diplomat who led the Congress of Vienna and promoted conservative, anti-revolutionary policies.

Louis Blanc

Socialist thinker advocating for workers' rights and social workshops.

Friedrich Engels

Co-author of The Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx; analyzed class struggle.

Karl Marx

Philosopher and economist who developed communist theory, advocating for proletarian revolution.

Robert Peel

British Prime Minister who established the modern police force (the 'Bobbies') and repealed the Corn Laws.

Louis Philippe

'Citizen King' of France (1830–1848), overthrown in the February Revolution of 1848.

Louis Napoleon

Nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte; became Emperor Napoleon III of France in 1852.