History of Civ 2 Midterm

what was the last greatest religious war in Europe?

30 years war

Famous Palace built by Louis IV

Palace of Versailles

Who was known as the Sun King?

Louis XIV of France

Spokesmen of the Enlightenment

Philosophes

religion of the enlightenment

Deism

French Protestants

Huguenots

1689

invited William and Mary to rule after the Glorious Revolution

English Bill of Rights

1814

Five Major Powers:

• Castlereaugh: England

• Metternich: Austria (host/conductor, takes charge)

• Alexander: Russia

• Frederick William III: Prussia

• Talleyrand: France

Congress of Vienna (Concert of Europe)

1776

American Revolution

1914

World War I

1611

KJV Bible

Louis XIII’s powerful chief minister

Machiavellian politics

French absolute monarchy

mercy leads to bloodshed

Richelieu

Leading absolute nation during the 17th century

France

Where was absolutism defeated?

Britain

art style of the 17th century

palace of versailles

Baroque

19th century art style

Monet

Renoir

Impressionism

Two Treatises of Civil Government

consent of the governed

John Locke

Spirit of the laws:

Montesquieu

Principia

Sir Isaac Newtwon

The Social Contract

Rousseau

Wealth of Nations

Adam Smith

On the Structure of the Human Body

Vesalius

Messiah

Handel

Passion According to St. Matthew

Bach

Two houses of the British Parliament:

Commons, Lords

Russian Legislature

Duma

French Legislature prior to revolution

Estates General

Symbol of the industrial revolution

Steam engine

Who championed the third estate in the French Revolutino?

Immanuel Seyes

What revitalized slavery in the south?

The Cotton Gin

Dreaded Russian whip used by Catherine

Knout

What was the main method of execution in the 18th century France?

Guillotine

What event marked the beginning of the French Revolution?

Storming of Bastille, July 1789

What event marked the end of the French Revolution?

Thermodore

Radical Leaders of the French Revolution

Robespierre, Danton, Marat

Jacobins

What was found by Napoleon that is the key to deciphering hieroglyphics?

Rosetta Stone

1789

US Constitution and French Revolution

4 breakthroughs in technology which resulted in mass production

automation

interchangeable parts

division of labor

assembly line

3 Key british industries in first industrial revolution

cotton, coal, and iron

Who said, “After me, the deluge.”

Louis XV

Who said “Let sleeping dogs lie?”

Walpole

Cotton Gin

Eli Whitney

Steam engine

Watt

Met his Waterloo

Napoleon

What was the “bubble” of 1719?

stock market crash

German Emperor

Kaiser

Sewing Machine

Isaac Singer

Said, “Do you want a revolution without a revolution?

Robespierre

period of time right before the french revolution

Old Regime

unofficial british policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws

Salutary Neglect

Why was the entry of France into the war puzzling?

Staunchly catholic France became protestant to defeat the hapsburgs

Who had a burning ambition for glory

Frederick II (the great)

divided between Austria, Russia, and Prussia

Poland

Enlightened absolutists

Catherine the Great of Russia

Frederick the Great of Prussia

Joseph II of Austria

Proverbs 11:5

Robespierre

representatives swore not to disperse until they had a written constitution

Tennis Court Oath

Marx said…

the history of all existing society is the history of class struggle.”

Who led the way in colonization?

Britain

elite soldiers trained in algeria

Foreign Legion

Dutch farmers in south africa

Boers

“Seward’s Folly”

Alaska

hands off government

removal of artificial restraints on market

Laissez Faire

Opened ports to European trade

Gave Hong Kong to Britain and northern territories to Russia

Gave foreigners immunity from Chinese law

Opium War

Key British Prime Ministers of the 19th century

William Gladstone (GOM)

Life of Jesus

David Strauss

Harsh decrees by Metternich

Carlsbad Decrees

Periodic table

Mendeleev

Father of Genetics

Mendel

1st and 2nd law of thermodynamics

Carnot

French romantic novelist and social critic

George Sand

Books by Darwin

The Origin of Species

The Descent of Man

Books by Marx

Communist Manifesto

Das Capital

Against French Revolution, in favor of American revolution

Edmund Burke

Two social classes according to marx:

Bourgeoisie: Middle working class; factory owners

Proletariat: industrial poor working class

Classical economists:

Adam Smith

Thomas Malthus

David Ricardo

Down in the mouth: fear of population growth

Essay on the Principle of Population

Thomas Malthus

most influential author of the 19th century

History: process of upward evolution or self-realization of a world spirit (DIALECTIC) (reversal in society)

“The state is the divine idea as it exists on earth.”

Hegel

Reason is limited to things which can be seen or experienced

“Categorical imperative”: can lead to moral relativism: act according to the maxim

Kant

19th century liberalism

focus on individual liberty, property, and profit

equality of opportunity

Laissez-faire (government not in control)

Big ideas of the 19th century

romanticism

conservatism

liberalism

nationalism

marxism

socialism

revolt by indian soliders against british east india company

seapoy mutiny

Gave Hong Kong to Britain and northern territories to Russia

Gave foreigners immunity from Chinese law

Opium Wars