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Richard Arkwright

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Water frame pumped water 1800 England

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James watt

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Light bulb and steam engine England 1800s

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James Hargreaves

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Spinning Jenny

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Eli Whitney

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Cotton gin

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Leon Trotsky

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Leader of ussr communist leader built red army

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John jay

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Flying shuttle spinning frame. Key inventor of Europe

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Nick 2

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Autocrat didn’t improve Europe

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Proletariat

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Russian workers supported idea of com. And dictator

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Sun yet sen

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Modern govt Nationalist party/ Kuomintang ended foreign influences in China

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Jiang jieshi

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Nationalist party/ Kuomintang promised democracy in China

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Mao Zedong

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Founded com. Party support from peasants declared PRC 1949

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Deng ping

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4 modernizations to improve China com. After mao

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Cultural revolution

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Mao to keep control got rid of culture and increased grip on people

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Great Leap Forward

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Inspired by 5 yr plan to develop economic and industry

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Kuomintang

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Nationalist party in China. Sen and jieshi

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Long march

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Attack by kuo. To defeat communists 700,000 walked 6,000 miles

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New eco. Policy

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Created by Lenin peasants paid govt taxes to have land to plant and sell crops.

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Ideology

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Totalitarianism ideas created by the government to justify their actions like the secret police

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Farm collectivization

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Farms in Russia became state owned created by Stalin to have the same affect as the five-year plans

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Rule of law

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Overall law to follow the law to keep order by the national assembly in France

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Enlightened despots

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European rulers like Phillip Catherine and Frederick who were influenced by the enlightenment Ways

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Estates general

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Representatives from the three estates the meet in Versaciels to vote on the tax created by Louis the 16th

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Russeau

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Philosopher in France believed an individual freedom want to direct democracy

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Montesquieu

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Believes in the branches of government to get rid of Monarchy

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Voltaire
Philosopher in France believe in equality for people and speech and religion
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Becaria
Philosopher in France believed in the powers of law was against capital punishment
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Wollstonecraft
Female philosopher and friends wanted equal rights for women
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Catherine the great
Ruled Russia with the ideas of Enlightenment freedom of religion and no capital punishment
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Philip the second
Ruled Austria with the ideas of enlightenment freedom of religion no serfdom
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Frederick the great
Ruled pressure with ideas of Enlightenment freedom of religion and good education and a strong fair justice system
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Legislative assembly
Power to create laws in France they could approve or reject declarations of war Most power
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Emigres
Immigrants who fled France they plotted against the revolution and were in favor of Louis the 16th
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Bourbons
Ruling family in France
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Edo/floating world
Commercial center in Japan made for shoguns in a place of brothels
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Alternate attendance policy
Policy created and 1600s when domyos s had to live a year in the capital of Japan For shoguns to keep eye on them
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Romanovs
Ruling family in Russia, czars
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Slavs
Farmers and traders in early Russia founded Russia
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British Raj
British direct control of India Economics Used military for control
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Infrastructure
Used during imperialism Railroads Systems of transportation
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David Livingston
Missionary to promote Christianity
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Militarism
Glorification of mil. Power Keeping army prepared All great powers had—> WW1
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Powder keg of Europe
Name Vivian to Balkans | One spark could blow whole thing
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Franz Ferdinand
Arch duke of Austria Assassinated in 914 by black hand Led to WW1
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Kaiser Wilhelm
Leader of Germany wanted to make Germany the best and believed in great power leading him to many wars
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Total war
Each side mobilizaizes all of mil, eco, social aspects to gain victory
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U boat campaign
By navy in WW1 founded by German u boats to sink enemies
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Wilson’s 14 points
Points created to keep and maintain peace Self determination: To recreate territories that were once destroyed
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Weimar Republic
Germany at end of WW1 | Diff parties —> hyper inflation
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Dawes plan
$200mil loan to Germany from us | Fell through due to Great Depression
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Munich conference
Italy Britain and France give butler chzech = appeasement
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Rearment
Expansion of hitlers army and other defying acts
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Rhineland
Germany claims the zone/buffer btwn germany and France
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Anschluss
Union of Austria and Germany brought Austria under nazi control tactical move
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Soviet - nazi non agreed ion pact
Prevent war btwn 2
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Mussolini
Leader of facism (loyalty to state) in Italy became totalitarian state
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Nuremberg trials
Trial of 24 nazis for crimes against humanity
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Sykes picot agreement
Division of Middle East1916
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Balfour declaration
Support of creation of Israel 1917
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First Arab Israel war
1948 land given to Jews by un leading to Palestinians to invade Israel
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Suez crisis
1957 Egypt seized control of canal leading to war btwn them and Britain
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PLO
Terroist organization wanted to eliminate Israel 1969-2004 | 72, kidnap Israeli athletes
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Intifada
1987, 2000s uprisings in Palestine against Israel
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Oslo peace accords
Drafted by Norman giving Palestinians Gaza Strip & West Bank
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Hamas
Terrorist group aginst Israel gained Gaza Strip launches missels at Israel
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Arafat
President of Palestine 1960s-70s
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Begin & Rabin
Prime ministers of Israel
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Hussein
Accused Brit and US of creating weopns of mass destruction
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First gulf war/ operation dessert storm
Iraq invades kuwat by Hussein Bush leads America into war to push Iraq out of Kuwait
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mazzini
First leader of Italian Nationalism. An Italian politician, great influence on Italian revolutionary movement. Very passionate about Italy became an activist for the unification of Italy.
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Cavour
Helped to achieve Italian unification in 1858, did this by creating alliance with France. He had a strong national identity and wanted Italy to be own separate country.
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Second Reich 1870s
The new German empire, made up of the land of France, Austria, Denmark and Prussia. The land was ruled by the Kaiser(William I). It was a way to truly cement this new unified land.
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Napoleon 3
Helped to pave the ways for countries, Prussia/Germany and Italy, to gain freedom. Helped the Italians in late 1800s by fighting Austria. Defeated by Prussia giving up their German provinces to Prussia in 1870s

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