revolutions Flashcards

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revolution

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An instrument of change promoting equality and combating oppression

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types of revolutions

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Politocal
Economical
Technological
Social

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sci rev cause

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Shift in mindset with Humanistic ideas and key inventions

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heliocentric

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Theory by Nicholas Copernicus placing the sun at the center

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Orbital Theory

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Theory by Johannes Kepler describing egg-shaped orbits

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Galileo’s Discoveries

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Revealed moon mountains, planetary details, and challenged Church beliefs

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Scientific Method

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Methodology for experimentation, developed by Francis Bacon

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Three Branches of Government

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Legislative, Judicial, and Executive branches, by Montesquieu

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Natural Rights

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Life, Liberty, and Property by John Locke

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when did the French rev start

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1789

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3 estates

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First: Clergy, Second: Nobility, Third: Peasants

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tennis court oath

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Pledge by Third Estate not to disband until a constitution was written in June 1789

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Storming of Bastille

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Marked start of French Revolution, symbol of Monarchy’s overthrow

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Bastille day

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July 14, 1789

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Declaration of the Rights of Man

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Inspired by English Bill of Rights, declares equality under law

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Paris Commune

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Radical commune leading to the National Convention

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National Convention Parties

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Girondins (conservative) and Jacobins (rebellious)

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Robespierre

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Jacobin leader during Reign of Terror, executed for violence

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Execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette

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Both executed by guillotine for treason

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Reign of Terror

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Period of revolutionary courts prosecuting opponents

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The Directory

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Government with Upper and Lower houses, later overthrown

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Coup D’Etat

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Sudden overthrow of government, as with the Directory

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Napoleon Bonaparte

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Leader of the Coup D’Etat, made domestic improvements

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Napoleon’s Empire

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Comprised French Empire, Dependent States, and Allied States

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Battle of Waterloo
Napoleon's defeat leading to exile, in Belgium
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Napoleon's Exile/Death
Exiled after Waterloo, died in 1821, possibly of stomach cancer
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Industrial Revolution Start
Began in Great Britain due to resources, money, and population rise
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Inventions Sparking Industrial Revolution
Spinning Jenny, Water Powered Loom
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Steam Power Inventors
*James Watt (perfected)
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Iron Works Peak Year
1852, with locomotive as influential invention by 1840
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telegraph inventors
William Cooke, Charles Wheatstone
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who made morse code
Samuel morse
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factory workers treatment
Poorly treated, low wages, long hours
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commercial capitalism
Trade-based economic system
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industrial cspitalism
industry based economic ssytem
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capitalists
Wealthy investors creating the middle class
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first Russian czar
ivan the 4th (terrible)
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Russian Time of Troubles Year
1598
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when did the Romanov Dynasty begin
1613
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Czar Nicolas II
Ruled during 1917, struggled with politics and economics
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Empress Alexandra
Wife of Nicolas II, granddaughter of Queen Victoria
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Rasputin
Monk and healer for Czar's son, from Siberia
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Provisional Government in Russia
Temporary government during WWI, dissatisfied peasants and workers
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*Bolsheviks
- Party reflecting Russian revolution discontent - A small faction of the Marxist Party called the Russian Social Democrats
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*Soviets
Russian councils of workers and soldiers
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*Vladimir Lenin
Bolshevik leader promising land redistribution and power transfer
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Russian civil war
Communist army vs. monarchy supporters, leading to royal family execution
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End of Russian Revolution
Communist regime established, opposition led to executions
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Communism in Russia
Centralized state under single-party rule
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what happened to the royal family in russia
-On July 16, 1918 member of the local soviet murdered the Czar and his entire family by shooting them point blank in the head
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End of the Russian Revolution
June 16, 1923
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*what 2 political groups came from the provisional gov
soviets and bulshavics
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how did they kill rasputin
they tried to poison him then shot him and threw him in the river
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*John Locke's theory of rev
3 natural rights if therye threatened then revolt
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*czar means
ceasar
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*where people got info from before rev
Socrates aristotle
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*storming of basitle
July 14 1789
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how did they execute Romanov family
shot them point blnk
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*3 French gov
legislative assembly, national convention, directory
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*what did the 3rd estate want
the other estates to pay taxes and const gov
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The Directory two houses?
- Council of elders (upper house) -Lower house
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What happened when Russia beat Japan and what was the resul
-After Russia's defeat to Japan in Russo Japanese war Russia was ill prepared militarily for the total war of World War 1
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communists
bolsheviks