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capital
money, one of the factors of productions
caste
social class, indian birth.
Labor
one of the factors of production.
assimilation
People living would have French culture.
spinning jenny
a spinning wheel where people can do it 8 at a time.
Bastille
prison where citizens took over
Maximilien Robespierre
tried to raise French Monarchy and rain of terror.
Louis XVI
France King
Otton Von Bismark
Prime Minister of Wilhem
Cash Crops
People used Cash as crops
National convention
the longest lasting of the revolutionary assemblies, lasting from Sept. 1792 to Oct. 1795, when it was replaced by the Directory
English Bill of Rights
one of the basic documents of English constitutional law
Monroe Doctrine
a U.S. policy of opposition to
European interference in Latin America, announced agreement in which nations promise not to attack one another.
Treaty of Kanagawa
an 1854
agreement between the United States and Japan,
which opened two Japanese ports to U.S. ships and
allowed the United States to set up an embassy in
Japan.
extraterritorial rights
an exemption of foreign residents from the laws of a
country.
annexation
the adding of a region
to the territory of an existing political unit.
Opium War
a conflict between Britain and China, lasting
from 1839 to 1842, over Britain’s opium trade in
China.
Urbanization
the growth of
cities and the migration of people into them.
Social Darwinism
the application
of Charles Darwin’s ideas about evolution and
“survival of the fittest” to human societies—particularly
as justification for imperialist expansion.
geopolitics
a foreign policy
based on a consideration of the strategic locations or
products of other lands.
Berlin Conference
a meeting at which
representatives of European nations agreed upon rules
for the European colonization of Africa.
annexiation
the adding of a region
to the territory of an existing political unit.
industrialization
the
development of industries for the machine production
of goods.
paternalism
a policy of
treating subject people as if they were children, providing
for their needs but not giving them rights.
Sepoy
an Indian soldier serving under
British command.
entrepreneur
a person who
organizes, manages, and takes on the risks of a business.
crop rotation
the system of growing a different crop in
a field each year to preserve the fertility of the land.
crimean war
a conflict, lasting from
1853 to 1856, in which the Ottoman Empire, with the
aid of Britain and France, halted Russian expansion in
the region of the Black Sea.
Boer War
a conflict, lasting from 1899 to 1902, in
which the Boers and the British fought for control of
territory in South Africa.
imperialism
a policy in
which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries
politically, economically, or socially.
middle class
a social class made up of skilled workers,
professionals, businesspeople, and wealthy farmers.
enclosure
one of the fenced-in or hedged-in fields created
by wealthy British landowners on land that was
formerly worked by village farmers.
industrial revolution
the shift, beginning in England
during the 18th century, from making goods by hand to
making them by machine.
peninsulares
in Spanish colonial
society, colonists who were born in Spain.
Nationalism
the belief that people should be loyal
mainly to their nation—that is, to the people with
whom they share a culture and history—rather than to
a king or empire.
realpolitik
“the politics of
reality”—the practice of tough power politics without
room for idealism.
realism
a 19th-century artistic movement in which
writers and painters sought to show life as it is rather
than life as it should be.
Red Shirts
the followers of the 19th-century Italian
nationalist leader Giuseppe Garibaldi.
coup d’état
a sudden seizure of political
power in a nation.
tennis court oath
a pledge made by the members of
France’s National Assembly in 1789, in which they
vowed to continue meeting until they had drawn up a
new constitution.
Napoleonic Code
a comprehensive
and uniform system of laws established for
France by Napoleon.
feudalism
a political system in
which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally
belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military
service, and protection of the people who live on
the land.
French Revolution
the French war for democracy
that began in 1789 and ended with the overthrow of
the monarchy.
Judaism
the monotheistic religion
of the Hebrews founded by Abraham around 2000 b.c.
Enlightenment
an 18th-century European movement
in which thinkers attempted to apply the principles of
reason and the scientific method to all aspects of society.
prophet
a spiritually inspired leader or
teacher believed to be a messenger from God.
Divine rights
the idea that monarchs are God’s representatives
on earth and are therefore answerable only
to God.
Renissance
a period of European
history, lasting from about 1300 to 1600, during which
renewed interest in classical culture led to far-reaching
changes in art, learning, and views of the world.
impressionism
a movement
in 19th-century painting, in which artists reacted
against realism by seeking to convey their impressions
of subjects or moments in time.
parliament
a body of representatives
that makes laws for a nation.
natural rights
the rights that all people are born
with—according to John Locke, the rights of life, liberty,
and property.
Magna Carta
“Great
Charter”—a document guaranteeing basic political
rights in England, drawn up by nobles and approved by
King John in a.d. 1215.
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