enlightenment
intellectual movement applying new ways of understanding like rationalism and empiricist approaches to the natural world and human relationships
scientific revolution
pre enlightenment in which scientists disregarded biblical and religious authority to see how the world truly worked
deism
religion popular among enlightenment thinkers that believed God was real just didn’t intervene
atheism
rejection of religion
individualism
political idea believing the most basic element of society was the individual human, not collective groups
natural rights
political idea that claimed humans were born with certain rights that can not be infringed upon by anyone
john locke’s natural rights
life, liberty, property
social contract
political belief that humans must make governments to protect their natural rights
effects of the enlightenment
1) major revolutions (american, french, Haitian, latin american)
2) expansion of suffrage
3) abolition of slavery
4) end of serfdom
5) calls for women’s suffrage
olympe de gouges
female french activist writing declaration of the rights of women
seneca falls convention
american women gathering to call for a constitutional amendment recognizing womens rights
causes of revolutions
1) nationalism
2) ppl hate monarchist and imperial rule
3) new ways of thinking
popular sovereignty
power to govern was in the hands of the people
democracy
people have the right to vote and influence government policies
liberialism
ideology emphasizing protection of civil rights, representative gov, protection of private property, and economic freedom
american revolution
british American colonies rebelled and made their own country (french helped)
french revolution
french inspired by American revolution overthrew their gov
french document created after revolution
the declaration of the rights of man and citizen
haitian revolution
haiti seeking independence from france (toussaint louverture led!!)
latin American revolutions
creole military leaders (Simon Bolivar) fight for independence
propaganda movement
movement in the Philippines resulting from Spanish discrimination, Philippine revolution followed
industrial revolution
process by which states transition from agrarian economies (hand made goods) to industrial economies (machine made goods)
where did industrial revolution start
great britain
why did the industrial revolution start in great britain
1) proximity to waterways
2) geographical distribution of coal and iron
3) access to foreign resources
4) improved agricultural production
5) urbanization
6) legal protection of private property (protected entrepreneurs)
7) accumulation of capital (Atlantic slave trade result)
what helped the agricultural revolution
1) crop rotation (kept part of land unplanted so soil fertility was maintained)
2) seed drill (made sure seeds were planted efficiently and accurately)
water frame
used in textile factories to power machines using moving water
spinning jenny
operated looms creating textiles faster than by hand
steam engine
converted fossil fuel into mechanical energy (helped factories be built anywhere)
steamship helped..
transport mass produced goods faster and further
why didn’t eastern Europe industrialize quicker
1) lacked coal deposits
2) land locked
3) hindered by historically powerful groups
quentin canal
waterway connecting Paris to northern iron and coal fields, laid ground 4 industrialization
russia adopted ….. for industrialization
railroads (trans-siberian railroad) and steam engines
meiji restoration
japan borrows western technology + education to industrialize
first industrial revolution technologies
1) coal (steam engine, locomotive, steamships)
2) oil (internal combustion engine. better steam engine, used for automobile)
second industrial revolution technologies
1) steel (Bessemer process used to strengthen)
2) chemical engineering (synthetic dyes used for textiles, rubber)
3) electricity (light bulbs, subways, streetcars, telegraph)
effects of industrial revolution technologies
1) development of interior cities
2) increase in trade and migration
how did Egypt industrialize
with help of Muhammad Ali and tanzimat reforms
what were the tanzimat reforms in egypt
1) industrial projects (textile and weapons factories built)
2) agriculture (gov bought crops to be sold on world market)
3) tarrifs (taxes on imported goods, protected economy. forced to be removed by great Britain)
what power intervened with egypt’s industrialization?
britain
Tokugawa shogunate ____ themselves from western influence
isolated
why did Japan choose to industrialize
1) western powers dominated them
2) u.s. commodore Matthew Perry coming to Japan with ships having guns
meiji restoration
japan adopting western industrial practices to escape foreign domination
things Japan borrowed from west
1) culture (Japan sent people to learn about western tech, education and put it in their state)
2) government (Japan borrowed elected parliament from Germany)
3) infrastructure (built railroads, national banking system, factories for textiles)
mercantilism was replaced by …..
free market economics (better fit industrialization, market-driven)
adam smith pushed a … economy
laissez-faire (government needs to
free market critique
cure of working class and society was not free market economics but government legislation
zolverrein
customs union reducing trade barriers between German states but put tarrifs on imported goods
transnational corporations
company established and controlled in one country but also establishes large operations in many other countries
practices to fund transnational corporations
1) stock markets
2) limited liability
rapid rise of industrialized societies created the ….
middle class
calls for reform by working class
1) political reform (more of working class could vote)
2) social reform (social societies)
3) educational reform
4) urban reforms (sanitation infrastructure)
labor union
collective of workers who join together in order to protect their own interests
what did labor unions bargain for
higher wages, limited working hours, improved working conditions
german social democratic party was formed out of the ….
general German works association (advocated 4 marxist reform)
karl marx
created the communist manifesto and scientific socialism. hated capitalism!!!!
bourgeoisie
those who owned means of production
proletariat
those exploited by the bourgeoisie
british imported what illegal good into china
opium (led to opium wars yikes)
self-strengthening movement
chinese response to western powers forcing them into unequal treaties. took steps towards industrialization and revitalized culture
sino-japanese war
china cooked by newly industrialized japan
ottoman empire nickname
the sick man of europe
ottoman empire tanzimat reforms
1) built textile factories
2) expensive education system (secular)
3) implemented western style law codes/courts
young ottomans
wanted a European style parliament and a constitutional government that would limit the power of absolutist sultans (sultan accepted!)
new working classes
1) industrial working class (factory workers and miners)
2) middle class (white collar workers. lawyers, doctors, teachers)
3) industrialists (top of hierarchy, owned industrial corporations)
industrial problems
1) pollution
2) housing shortages
3) increased crime