intersystem Flashcards
origin of the present
-day concept of sovereignty
treaty of westphalia
a set of agreements signed in 1648 to end
the Thirty Years War
treaty of westphalia
was a 17th-century
religious conflict fought primarily in central
Europe.
the Thirty Years’ War
remains one of the longest and
most brutal wars in human history, with
more than 8 million casualties resulting
from military battles as well as from the
famine and disease caused by the conflict.
the Thirty Years’ War
who challenged the treaty of westphalia and spread the ideals of French revolution-liberty, equality, fraternity
Napoleon
T/F: In napoleonic code, forbade birth privileges, encouraged freedom of religion and promoted meritocracy in government
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he Napoleonic Code is also called
French Civil Code of 1804
defined the concept of equality before
the law and also secured the right to
property
French Civil Code of 1804
abolished the feudal
system and freed peasants from
serfdom
French Civil Code of 1804
T/F: Anglo and Prussian armies defeated
Napoleon in WaterloO
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was
established to restore monarchical,
hereditary and religious privileges; restore
state sovereignty
Concert of Europe
COE include what countries
UK, Austria, Russia, Prussia
COE or?
Metternich system
is a form of
government in which a person,
is head of state for
life or until abdication
Monarchy
summit meeting in Vienna in 1814 (the “Vienna Congress”) under
the architecture of
Klemens von Metternich
T/F: Amid increasing disagreements between the major powers the Congress
system collapsed just prior to the start of World War I.
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has its basis on
the Westphalian and Concert
models
UN
a system that would heighten
interaction, cooperation and unity among nations
internationalism
was the first major thinker of international
liberalism
Immanuel Kant
(coined the term international, 1780
Jeremy Bentham
advocated the
creation of International Law that would govern interstate relations
Jeremy Bentham
was the first thinker to
reconcile nationalism with international
liberalism
Giuseppe Mazzini
Advocated of unification of Italian-speaking
states and a critic of the Metternich system
Giuseppe Mazzini
ideology based
on the premise that the
individual’s loyalty and
devotion to the nation-state
surpass other individual or
group interests.
Nationalism,
