Barrons Euro Study Unit 6 pt 2

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Great Reform Bill
reform from the Corn Laws

* abolished rotten boroughs + empowered middle class
* the government actually listened
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Chartist Movement
demands by radical working-class

* universal male suffrage
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Revolutions of 1848
a series of european revolutions that were primarily caused by young romantic nationalists trying to upheave their government
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Age of Metternich
period between 1815 and 1848 where a conservative austrian ruler had a lot of political influence on the continent
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Crimean War
when russia invaded the ottoman empire and other major powers fought against them to maintain the balance of power
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Greek war of independence
When Greece fought against the Ottoman Empire to gain independence → when Russia actually fought with Britain and France
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Polish rebellion
After remembering their time with Napoleon, Poland rebelled against Russia → got demolished
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Decembrist Revolt in Russia
Revolt in Russia after people didn’t know who would gain power after Alexander I’s death → Nicholas crushed the revolt and became tsar
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July Revolution in France
The overthrow of Charles X for Louis Philippe
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Zollverein
German customs union → no more tariffs between the German states

* made trading a lot easier
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Emancipation of Russian serfs
Tsar Alexander II’s attempt at reformation

* the serfs have to pay fees
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Carlsbad Decrees/Diet
reactionary censorship of the press and student rebellions in Germany
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Prague Conference
A conference that tried to bring the slavs together

→ didnt really work out and showed how difficult it was to bring the slavic nations together
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Compromise of 1867
Formed the dual monarchy between hungary and austria
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Pan-Slavic Movement
movement that sought to unite the slavic people (ethnicity)
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Concert of Europe
The agreement between the great powers to maintain the balance of power

→ conservative

* restore any overthrown monarchies
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Napoleon III/Louis Napoleon
French ruler that implemented numerous domestic policies, including the easing of censorship

* foreign policy sucked and led to downfall
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Giuseppe Mazzini
Activist for unification of Italy → leader of italian revolutionaries