Unit 5: 1750 - 1900 Flashcards
Revolutions
Toussaint L’Ouverture, Simon Bolivar and Jose San Martin are leaders best known for
leading independence movements
“Man is born free, and everywhere he is in shackles”
Jean Jacques Rousseau
2000 year long polynesian break
Long Pause
In 1807, what nation abolished the slave trade in the Atlantic, and later went on to abolish slavery in all their overseas colonies in 1833
Great Britain
Toussaint louverture
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________ Revolution
Haitian Revolution
“We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men and women are created equal “
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
During the 19th century, the economies in most Latin American countries relied primarily on the export of
Cash crops
- sugar
- coffee
and silver
Natural rights: life. liberty, and property.
John Locke
The intellectual and philosophical movement that occured in Europe
Enlightenment
Concerns the legitimacy of an authority of the state over the individual
Social Contract
The division of a states government, independent powers and responsibilities.
Separation of powers
a class of [french] business owners and merchants which emerged in late middle ages: “middle class”
bourgeoisie
how was the spinning wheel politiccally important in india?
Home-spun movement
James Watt creates the _____ ______ because falling water is too weak and unreliable
Steam Engine
How are Cinchona trees important to european expansion?
Used to:
- extract rubber
- extracted quinine (prevents malaria)
