Euro Unit 6 Additional Study

Decembrist Revolution

An 1825 uprising in Imperial Russia where military officers led a protest against the accession of Tsar Nicholas I, demanding a constitutional government and the abolition of serfdom.

coal, iron, (and water/rivers)

Resources Essential for the Industrial Revolution

Robert Owen

A Welsh social reformer and textile manufacturer who was one of the founders of utopian socialism and the cooperative movement.

scientific socialism/communism

The socio-economic theory pioneered by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, based on the scientific laws of historical development and class struggle.

Revolts in Greece

A successful war of independence waged by Greek revolutionaries between 1821 and 1829 to gain autonomy from the Ottoman Empire.

Ottoman Empire

A powerful multi-ethnic empire that controlled much of Southeast Europe, Western Asia, and North Africa between the 14th and early 20th centuries.

Sick Man of Europe

nickname for the Ottoman Empire, indicating its political and economic decline relative to other European powers.

William Wilburforce

A British politician and leader in the movement to abolish the slave trade within the British Empire.

Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Fredrich Engels

An 1848 document that outlines the basic principles of communism, explaining the struggle between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat.

Rousseau

this man was a key philosophical precursor to the Romantic movement, emphasizing emotion, individual subjectivity, and the goodness of nature over the cold rationalism of the Enlightenment.

railroads

what was the most transformative transportation method in the industrial revolution

concert of europe

A system of dispute resolution adopted by the major conservative powers of Europe (Austria, Prussia, Russia, and Great Britain) after the Napoleonic Wars to maintain the balance of power and suppress revolutionary movements.