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1050 - 1600
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Classical learning- development of arts, sciences, philosophy, literature, religion, politics, art, etc.- Originated in Italy
1450 - 1650
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new ideas, advances in education and technology, patriotism and expansionism, religious fervor led to it
1500 - 1700
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slow, uneven- often based of false leads and having setbacks- Astronomy, Math, Physics, Anatomy, Scientific reasoning- caused by curiosity and love learning from Renaissance humanism and individualism, Protestants generally pro-science, improved availability education
1500 - 1600
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Caused by christian displeasure with Catholic church, renaissance humanism, material success, resentment of nation state rulers over church power and landholding, printing press- started as attempt to reform- splintered into broadly classified branches Protestant and Catholic- social and political developments- war
1550 - 1770
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based on divine right, personal loyalties- increase control on taxation, growing armies, religion- smaller princes and noble aristocracies agree to minimize war and get land authority- limited by custom and law
1550 - 1700
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Legislatures hold some power over taxation and law, states not necessarily democratic because legislatures may only represent wealthy and nobles
1560 - 1650
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Religious tensions from reformation plus political disagreement leads to wars- conflicts in France, Netherlands, Spanish attacks on England, Thirty Year's War
1600 - 1750
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Music: flourishes- sustained note (bass continuo), ornamentation- Bach (German, 1685-1750)- Vivaldi (Italian, 1678-1741)
Art: Glorify Cath Church during counter reformation- emotional- action- religious
1600 - 1800
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trade brings spices, tea, sugar, cotton from Asia and Americas to Europe- England and Netherlands especially benefit- Italian states and Spain decline- commercial innovations (banks, credit, bills of exchange, joint stock companies, long term investments)
1600 - 1789
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Colonized Americas- trading econ. on Atlantic Ocean- Englad and France take lead over Spain, Dutch, etc.-
1650 - 1804
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(Dates Approximate)- Enlightenment thinkers generally agreed that societies and govts can improve and change, people have natural rights shouldn't be taken away by government, tolerance, reason and natural science are keys to understanding life- Philosophes- Ideas spread with literature, freedom of press, printing press- salons run by women- preached equality but still internally divided- Enlightened despots
1700 - 1800
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1780 - 1815
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gradual industrial development- start in Britain 1780s- spread slowly in conflict and unstable nations- Effects: manufactured goods went down in price and up in availability improving life quality, increase in urbanization and capitalism created wealth and new social class, population skyrocketed, bad work conditions, common child labor
1789 - 1791
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idealogical clash between absolutism and Enlightenment- reaction to long-standing social, political, and economic problems in the Ancien Regime (the old order) including: regime almost bankrupt because of lifestyle of aristocracy and French aid in wars (American Revolution), disproportionate tax burden on peasants because aristocrats refuse to pay taxes, Estates system (with third clearly largest but with no extra representation and highest taxes), monarchy right to arbitrary rulings and unexplained arrests
1799 - 1815
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Wars spread ideas of democracy, nationalism- led to Congress of Vienna balance of power
1800 - 1914
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(approximate)- more direct state control- take control to protect missionaries- technology makes is Why not instead of Why (quinine 2 prevent malaria, steel-hauled boats)- Scramble for Africa- Asia- Reasons: Econ (provide new markets, materials, rarely profitable), Relig, Nat (glory), Radical (indigenous must be civilized, cult of masculinity, Boy Scouts in Britain)
1815 - 1890
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1850 - 1918
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(approximate)- brought about modern state- expansion oof steel, heavy industry, chemical industry- Germ and Russ industrialize quick- factories common (urban, rural, big, small, low wages, dangerous conditions worse for women and kids)- new social group: The Proletariat (industrial workers) sometimes unionized, bargained, strike to to get benefits and better working conditions- urbanization (early cities overcrowded, dirty poor but got better)- growth energy and transport technologies (steamboats, railroads, automobile)- women't rights- immigration
1880 - 1890
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(approximate- until WWI)- Prosperity (car, airplane, elevated train, dept. store, world expo, Paris opera house), Progress, Peace, Power (domination African planes, steel, canals, drugs, social Darwinism and better techno justify imperialism)- humans have limitless power
1914 - 1918
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Causes: Imperialism, Nationalism, Alliance System (Central Powers; Germ, A-H, Ott Emp vs. Triple Entente; Brit, Fran, Russia and later US), Multiethnic empires- Spark 191 murder Archduke Franz Ferdiinand- Wesern front: French and Brit fight Germs, Eastern Front: Germs and A-H fright Russ- trench war, gas, tanks, submarines, machine guns, airplanes, propaganda, industry (women work), mobilize home front
1918 - 1950
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question meaning life- because war and econ hardship- collapse old order- perfectibility of makind collapse- fundamental uncertainty- surrealism, expressionism, cubism
1919 - 1938
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econ difficulties- fall of Russ, Germ, A-H, Ott Empires- rise dictatorship in It, Germ, Russ- Border wars Eatrn Euro- East Euro try to modernize, educate, collect taxes, hampered by politic division- econ probe make capitalism seem weak (product, industry, consumption)
1057
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Leonardo da Vinci= Renaissance man
1300 - 1350
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Bubonic Plague- bad methods to fix- Flagellants- people distrust church: why can't they fix it?- still recovering 1400s
1302
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Pope Boniface VIII-dogmatic propositions on the unity of the Catholic Church, the necessity of belonging to it for eternal salvation, the position of the pope as supreme head of the Church, and the duty thence arising of submission to the pope in order to belong to the Church and thus to attain salvation. The pope further emphasizes the higher position of the spiritual in comparison with the secular order.
1304 - 1374
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Humanist- Renaissance- letters to ancients wishing they were still around- father of humanism- writing shaped modern It language- travel as diplomatic envoy for church discovered classical texts
1337 - 1453
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armed conflict between England and France that saw the introduction of military technology like the longbow and the cannon. This conflict brought on the end of feudalism by making knights obsolete.
1378 - 1417
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Two men claimed Papacy- one in Rome, one in Avignon (France)- Council of Pisa added a third- Ended with one pope in Rome- decreased confidence in position
1400 - 1700
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Causes: suspicions against midwives, mysogony, dependency of oder, single women,
End: spread scientific ideas, increasing fear of anarchy, decreasing fear of devil, increasing belief i human responsibility
1425 - 1430
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first Westerd free standing nude since antiquity
1451 - 1506
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Italian- funded by Spanish monarchy to seek trade routes in Asia (1492)- ended up Caribbean- "New World"- Colonial government, Christianity, subjugate Native Americans
1455 - 1487
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Series dynastic wars in England ended by Tudors
1460 - 1524
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Portugese- discovered sea trade route with India by going round Africa- start brisk trade with Asian spices
1471 - 1528
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German artist- realistic paintings/engravings
1483 - 1546
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German monk and professor- Leader Protestant reformation - "priesthood of all believers"- Freedom of a Christian- Consubastantiation- German princes liked it to assert independence from papal authority- salvation by faith alone- two sacraments (baptism and eucharist)
1484 - 1531
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Swiss reformer- Promoted Luther's belief in scripture readings- admired Erasmus humanism- salvation by faith alone- bible authority- de emphasized clergy and elaborate services more- individual believer- no transubstantiation, symbolic- strict morals
1491 - 1547
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Created separate Anglican church as official English church with him at head because pope Clement VII no annul his marriage with Catherine of Aragon- catholic daughter Mary Tudor an dither citizens object- Puritans call for simplify church practices (Protestantism)
1494 - 1566
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Ottoman Sultan at height power- captured Constantinople (christian center), Istambul (Muslim center), and siege to Vienna but fled because winter (1529), may have conquer Euro
1509 - 1564
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French- founded Calvinism- live godly lives and good works for salvation- based in Geneva spread Switzerland, Netherlands, France (French Calvinists= Hugenots)- predestination- no center isle for ritual- strict morals- no central power in Switzerland to suppress it- sent out converters- church govt (theocracy) in calvinist Geneva
1513
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secular handbook advocating for ruthless politicians
1514 - 1572
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carries Calvinism to Scotland- Presbyterians- adopted as official Scotland religion by parliament 560
1516
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christian critique of society
1517
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Luther's list complaints with Church- questioned indulgences and sail of church offices- on door of church at Wittenberg
1519 - 1522
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Portugese- proved planet round and larger than pref, estimated
1521
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Luther excommunicated by pope and condemned by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V after questioning at Diet of Worms- Frederik The Wise of Saxony sheltered Luther all year and Luther translated New testament into German
1521
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Spanish- helped strengthen Spain claims in central and America by military conquest of Aztec in Mexico- Mexico City Capital of Spain
1522
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(estimated date) pacifistic- "to baptize over again" no infant baptism- shows early days split over specifics- extreme- separation church and state- persecuted put in cages
1524 - 1525
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In Holy Roman Empire- end to serfdom and unfair taxes- condemned by Luther but based part on his teachings
1527 - 1598
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Habsbirg son of King Charles V- wanted to unify lands inherited (Nethers, Spain, parts New World)- Devout Cath and believed uniform religion would help central power so fierce back Spanish Inquisition
1528
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Proper noble gentleman- "Renaissance man"
1530
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Luther finalized split with Catholic Church- established the conventions of Lutheranism (faith alone, vernacular, priesthood of all believers, priests marry, two sacraments baptism and communion)
1533 - 1584
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(time ruled)- enlarges rule of tsars
1533 - 1592
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Popularized Essay genre- important philosophical work helped to establish important schools of thought (along with Hobbes Leviathan and Locke's Two Treatises of Government)- skepticism
1534
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Henry VIII supreme head of Anglican church of England- definite split
1540
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Counter reformation- Society of Jesus- to promote Catholicism around world- defenders of papal authority- founded colleges round world humanist
1543
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Polish- contradicted Aristotle and Ptolmey view accepted by church as earth at center of universe
1543
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By Andreas Vesalius- On the Fabric of the Human Body
1545 - 1563
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Counter reformation- reformed bishop and preist conduct- reaffirmed seven sacraments, papal authority, transubstantiation, power (not sale) indulgences, good works, clergy celibacy
1546 - 1601
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Danish- collects observations of planets and stars
1547 - 1616
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Spanish- Don Quixiote (sympathetic parody of Spain's ideals on chivalry and their application to contemporary society- A Spanish man tries to restore the old-fashioned ideas of chivalry into the modern world)
1552 - 1610
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Counter Reformation- Most influential Jesuit- impressed Chinese with scientific/techno knowledge leading to spread Cath in Asia
1555
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Counter reformation- allowed princes of Holy Roman Empire to choose either catholicism or Protestantism as the religion of their territory for citizens to follow - Calvinists and Anabaptists not recognized
1558 - 1603
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(time when ruled) England- tolerance- increases royal bureaucracy and efficiency
1559
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sons start to war for power based part on relig beliefs- Catherine de Medici (mom) tries to keep control:
-Guise: Cath, Duke of Guise, Cardinal of Loraine
-Montmorecy-Chatillions: Protestant, Admiral Gaspard de Coligny
-Bourbons: Hugenot, Henry of Navarre bcomes Henry IV "Paris is worth a mass"
-Chatillions and Bourbons both protestant but fight anyway for power- Guise resist Catherine even though both Catholic
-masses get involved inspired by religious aspect but not about that
1559
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Counter reformation- List of forbidden books by Pope Paul IV
1561 - 1626
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inductive reasoning ( small info from experiments lead to big conclusions)
1564 - 1642
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telescope study Sun rotation, moon craters- universe follows math laws (orderly)- introduced experimental method (use of controlled observations and measurements to test hypotheses) to science
1564 - 1616
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dramatizes human nature and English history in plays (Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, Julius Caesar henry V)- also poetry (sonnets)
1566
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Dutch used to left alone toleration- South Cath, North Prot- Phillip II try to impose will, Pro resistance esp. William of Orange (the silent, politique, valued Nethers politic autonomy more than religion)- 1566 Phillip sent in army to stop Calvinist attacks on Cath churches, put new taxes on Nethers to pay for suppression of its own revolt- Spanish sacked Antwerp in retaliation to Dutch pirates- provinces allies (Cath and Prot) to expel Spanish (Not bout religion)- Sothern Cath provinces feared Calv and went back to Spanish by forming union under Spanish supervision 1579- Phillip II outlaws William of O- 1581 William of O makes Apology speech saying Phillip is heathen and no need for him anymore- succeed with help Eng and Fran (heightens tensions between Dutch, Eng, Spain and ended in permanent weakening of Spanish power)- northern provinces become Dutch Republic (thriving econ. shipbuilding, trade, Amsterdam main Euro money market, huge commercial fleet, relic toleration in private-prosperous, tolerant, secular mid 17th cen)
1566 - 1625
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England- he and Charles I centralized govt authority, weakened English parliament, alienated most puritans (influential in the legislature) in the decades leading up to English Civil War- divine right- unites rule of Scotland and England (James VI of Scotland)--king Scotland, Son Mary Queen Scots, took throne after Eliz died cuz she had no direct heirs- believed divine right kings and failed to realize importance of parlm- enforcement laws forced participation in Anglican services- "Addled parlm" tries to get rights, dissolved- 30 yrs War forced him to call Parlm- Great Protestation (House of Commons demands free speech and authority)- James dissolves Parlm and arrests leaders
1569
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by Lublin Union- power divided between king and parlm- tolerance (for a time)
1571 - 1630
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German- Assistant to Tycho Brahe- develops laws of planetary motion
1571
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Ottoman Empire looses to Phillip II of Spain at sea battle- force 50,000 Moriscos (Spanish Muslim converse to Christanity still secretly faithful to Islam)to leave and settle mainly in North Africa
1572 - 1609
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protestants revolt against Catholic rulers- end with peace agreement
1572
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France- Catholics kill thousands Hugenots- King Charles IX's sister had married Henry of Navarre 4 days before attempt to reconcile Caths and Prots- agents of Guise (Cath) murder Admiral Gaspard De Coligny (MC, Prot)- endorsed by Catherine de Medici (regent mom of king) to balance Guise family ambitions with Protestants
1577 - 1640
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Baroque artist- The Triumph of the Eucharist
1584 - 1613
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Russia- Many contenders claim throne
1587 - 1589
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Henry of Guise (Cath) vs. Henry of Navarre (Bourbon) (Prot) vs. King Henry III (succeeded Charles IX) (Valois)- end with Henry of Navarre converting to Cath and becoming Henry IV after reigning king Henry III and Henry of Guise were assassinated
1588
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Pope Sixtus V launched catholic crusade against English after Elizabeth I had cousin Mary Stuart (Catholic) executed for attempts to overthrow her- Phillip II sent 130 ships to English channel but smaller Eng fleet scattered them by sending blazing fire ships into their waters- great wind send Spanish to tip Scotland and back to Spain- another reason because En support Dutch in in revolution against Spain
1594 - 1665
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Classicism (realistic and orderly portrayal of nature, style of early Renaissance and ancient Greece and Rome)
1596 - 1650
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"I think therefore I am"- deductive reasoning (going from general principles and using reason to get knowledge)
1598
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End fighting in France (started with St. B's Massacre)- truce signed by King Henry IV (Navarre, converted from Prot to Cath) making France officially Catholic but tolerant of Protestantism- politique
1600 - 1874
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Chartered by Queen Elizabeth I for trade with Asia to break Dutch monopoly over spoke trade with East Indies- trade in India- personal military and administration
1600 - 1649
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England- he and James I centralized govt authority, weakened English parliament, alienated most puritans (influential in the legislature) in the decades leading up to the English Civil War- he and Parliament (led by Puritan John Pym) fight over his taxation without parlm consent, his refusal to call parlm, and his centralized structure of Church governance -- divine right kings- wars- called parlm to get funds, they refused until he signed the Petition of Right (1628)- disbanded- Bishops War, Long Parliament- English Civil War- Beheaded for treason (1648) after Cromwell got control of government
1602 - 1799
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spices, tulips from Indonesian colonies- independent of government but represents governments interests
1606 - 1669
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secularism style- Dutch- paints townspeople, commoners and mid class families- color, shadow- Rocco style (flowing curves like Baroque but smaller, less ornate)
1607 - 1624
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France- advisor to Louis XIII (13)- increases royal administration
1608 - 1674
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English Puritan author- Paradise Lost discusses sinful nature of pride
1613
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Russia- establishes new Romanov ruling dynasty
1613
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Powerful ruling dynasty- Absolutism
1618 - 1648
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In HRE between Catholics, Protestants, Calvinists and Lutherans- began as protestant revolt- escalated to involve many Euro powers
1623 - 1673
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participated in Science despite discrimination- English noblewoman
1628
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William Harvey- On the motion of the heart and blood
1630 - 1685
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restoration of the monarchy in England after Cromwell's "Interregum"- monarchy, church of England and parlm all restored- better relationship with parlm mindful of dad- people fed up with Crom's puritanism ready for Church Eng again- still deep seated religious tensions (Anglicans, Puritans, Caths)
1633 - 1701
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England- Charles II bro- aggressively pro-Cath absolutist- baptized newborn son as Catholic completing rift between him and Parlm- Daughter Protestant Mary (married to William of Orange leading Netherlands resistance against Louis XIV)
1638 - 1715
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French- ongoing wars, lack of support among nobles, 1685 revocation of Edict of Nantes (protected Protestant pop. in France)- part of series of monarchs whose powers were reduced via parliament- Bossuet= tutor justifies divine right kings with bible quotes- "L'etat set moi" I am the state- court culture reduced nobles power with extravagances, staying at their houses- Intendants (collect taxes, keep control in country)- decreased imports, increased exports, raised taxes on imported goods, self sufficient- merchant marine- private court- "Sun King"
1640 - 1660
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English Civil War- Charles I had to call after defeat in Bishops war to pay indemnities- demanded he impeach top advisors, Parlm meet every 3 yrs without being called, no dissolve Parlm without its consent- Charles attempt to arrest opposition members 1642 led Parlm to take control of army and start English Civil War
1642 - 1649
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conflict between Royallists/ Cavaliers (for monarchy under Charles I, peasants) and Roundheads (Parliament and interests of Puritans, mid class, merchants, major cities, a few nobility))- Oliver Cromwell led his New Model Army (rounded commander) defeated royalists and beheaded king Charles I- Cromwell became puritan dictator- in control of England, Ireland, Scotland- England returns to monarchy after- Glorious revolution- royal power reduced -- Roundheads ally with Presbyterian Scotland promising Presbyterianism imposed on England, Charles gets help from Irish Catholics- Cromwells New Model Army defeats Cavaliers at Marston Moor- Charles surrendered to Scots who gave him to Parlm led by Cromwell's Independents (toleration)- Scots then allied with Charles who promised to impose Presbyterianism on English- Cromwell defeated Scots at Preston and purged Presbyterianism from Parliament- this created Rump Parliament, beheaded Charles I for treasonEngland republic- Commonwealth- Cromwell designated Lord and protector by puppet parliament until death 1658- son Ruchard deposed 1660- Charles II becomes king
1642 - 1727
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English- light can b described mathematically- laws of gravity (studied with math)-everything attracts everything- developed calculus, describes motion, surface area, change in volume with math formulas (independently of Leibnitz)- combines experimentation with theory
1643 - 1715
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France- Sun King- Versailles- leads France into dynastic wars- conflict of Fronde (nobles revolt)- revoked Edict of Nantes (1685) (protected Protestant pop. in France)- part of series of monarchs whose powers were reduced via parliament
1647 - 1652
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Baroque- also did a David- triumph of Eucharist
1648 - 1653
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Nobles revolt against royal authority
1648
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Ended Wars of Religion (30 yrs war)- pacified religious disagreements- altered borders of Euro emphasizing weakening of HRE- permanency of rift between Catholics and Protestants- Calvinists get legal recognition- Germ princes still determine religion of territories- independence of Swiss Confederation and United Provinces (Netherlands) recognized- (France and Spain continue war till 1659)
1648
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in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth- against cultural, religious and economic domination of Polis-Lithuanian nobles- lasts over a decade
1651
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Britain creates near monopoly on colonial commerce by time Brit, Wales, Scotland form UK (1707)- restricted use of foreign shipping trade between itself and its colonies
1651
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English- humanity naturally materialistic, selfish- absolutism necessary to prevent conflict
1653 - 1658
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Defeated Royalists in English civil war with New Model Army and beheaded Charles I- enforced Puritan Ideals, subdues Ireland and Scotland- Puritan dictator
1660 - 1679
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right after English Civil War- under Charles II- creation Tories (nobles, Anglican state religion, monarchy over parlm, conservative) and Whigs (mid class, toleration parlm puritan)- Tories dominated this Parlm so Anglicanism restored, forbid dissenter worship in public, all officials must be Anglican
1660
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Founded as prominent scientific society (no ladies)
1670 - 1722
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English writer- Deist (universe has creator who can be proven through observation and reason
1672 - 1725
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Russia- Greatest Romanov ruler- expanded and modernized Russia and founded powerful new capital of St. Pettersburg- encouraged service to state and rewarded talent with Table of Ranks- Western Ideas, dress, Culture
1673
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Parliament under Charles II passed it requiring all officeholders to take communion into Anglican Church (impossible for catholics to serve in government or military) because feared Charles further promote Catholiciam after he and his bro James converted and suspended laws against Cath and Prot dissenters
1678 - 1741
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baroque musition- heavy use bass notes, fine ornamentation
1679
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By Whig Parliament (mid class, puritan, parlm, religious toleration)- suspicious of Charles II's absolutist Catholic tendencies- limited royal power by enabling judges to demand prisoners be in court, just cause for imprisonment, speedy trials, forbidding double jeopardy
1683
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King John III Sobieski of Poland prevents Ottoman Empire from capturing Habsburg capital, Vienna
1684 - 1721
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French painter- elegant, smaller, secular themes- rocco (similar Baroque curves with less ornamentation)
1685 - 1750
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baroque musition- heavy use bass notes, fine ornamentation
1685
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1686
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to explain ideas of Copernican theory and other popular ideas of scientific revolution to masses
1688
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England- moderates William of Orange (Nethers) and Mary (Prot daughter of James II) take power in England peacefully from James II (devout Rom Cath trying to impost cath on people)- Bill of Rights signed with parlm (no raise army without permission)-limited authority of monarchy and ensured equal power between crown and government- at time Parlm served interests of wealthy
1690
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naturally peaceful- moderate role- rights, liberty, protect property- moderate government- helped lead to enlightenment- people can learn and improve
1696
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English- deist idea that God is like divine watchmaker
1700 - 1721
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Sweden- under Charles XII (r. 1697-1718)- against Russia
1707
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Union of Scotland with England and Wales
1712 - 1778
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Swiss- confidence in essential goodness- Emile (free expression of kids education)- deep feeling alien to rationalistic- "noble savage" (controls own life and destiny)- The Social Contract (community small with equal rights organize their society and government which can be changed at will)- general will- women subordinate- blames problems on uneven property distribution in Discourse on the Origin of Inequality
1715 - 1774
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France- ineffective- less popular than Louis XIV (14)- monarchy no longer sacred
1723 - 1790
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Scottish economist- The Wealth of Nations- free markets and specialization of labor- invisible hand- liberal- want govt intervene in times of trouble
1740 - 1786
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"Enlightened despot"- Prussia- revised laws and justice system- support for agriculture, art, education- led to rise in taxation- helped make Prussia major Euro power- admired voltaire- law code- burden of tax still on townspeople
1740 - 1780
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(time ruled)- Austria- She and son Joseph II of Austria worked to limit power of church, burden on peasants, abolish serfdom, reduce religious prosecution
1740 - 1748
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Britain, Russia, and Austria joined to fight France and Prussia to ensure survival of Hapsburg Empire (Austria part of it)
1744 - 1803
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Nationalist- German- encourages study folk culture- each nation has own spirit
1748
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Scottish- Miracles cannot be proven
1748 - 1832
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English- Classical Economy (laissez faire)- belief that law and society should be organized to bring the most happiness to the greatest number of people
1748
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French- constitutional limits to monarchs
1751
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(first published, with others)- knowledge of science, crafts, ideas
1753 - 1821
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Conservative- French- social order comes from church- blames Voltaire for French rev
1756 - 1763
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later:Austria and France who fear expansion of Prussia vs. Prussia and Britain- first real worldwide conflict happening at home and in their territories (India, North America)- part in North America called French Indian war where Brit ends France's NA empire- War of nations not just monarchs
1757
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French- criticized Catholicism in Candide- defended persecuted Protestants mid-1700s- freedom religion, expression, separation church state- political satirist (the catholic church)- works in almost every form
1760
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Scotland (approximate date) By James Watt- steam power revolutionized the textile and Iron/steel industries
1762 - 1796
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Russia- "Enlightened despot"- social reforms in Russia- funded printing presses, new educational centers for nobles, clarifies rights of nobles- same time maintained doctoral practices: censorship, oppression of dissents, serfdom
1762 - 1814
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Germ philosopher- Germs naturally superior and destined to dominate
1764
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justice- protects against torture
1765 - 1790
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Austria- he and mom Maria Theresa worked to limit power of church, burden on peasants, abolish serfdom, reduce religious prosecution
1765 - 1790
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co-reigns with Maria Theresa (1765-1780) abolishes serfdom, promotes religious toleration- more taxes on peasants
1765
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Invented in England by James Hargreaves- three produced quick with relative ease
1769
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English Richard Arkwright (date patented)- thread production more efficient
1770 - 1831
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German- strong state leading people- ideas involve through conflict with each other
1773 - 1775
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Russia- under Catherine the Great- peasants revolt- suppressed
1775 - 1783
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Brit colonies in North America fight for in depended- help from French- United States of America- ideals which prompted it have revolutionary effect in Euro in late eighteenth century
1779
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German- tolerance of non-christian faiths
1780
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Why Britain: island nation and major colonial power meant brisk trade market that called for increase in British made goods, stable government, economy can support growth and change, prosperous people can be consumers, mobile labor force (enclosure,primogeniture) can move from country to factories- major industries: textile (first), coal, steel- blueprint for other nations to start their induct process
1780 - 1790
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(approcimate) King of Poland-Lithuuania after it was partitioned by Russia, Austria, and Prussia- not develop strong central institutions- promoted military, economic, educational, constitutional reforms- reforms undermined by Polish counterrevolutionaries making it possible for powerful neighbors to partition
1781
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promotes rational inquiry
1786
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Austrian- neoclassical composer (neo music: first public concerts, court patronage, melodies, symmetrical, orderly but complex)
1789
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national Assembly end feudalism after The Great fear
1789
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citizens of Third Estate join National Assembly revolt and storm bastille which held many political prisoners and was a symbol of oppression
1789
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Mod Phase- another name for national assembly because drafting a constitution
1789
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National Assembly after Great Free- Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen (1789) issued by the National constituent Assembly. Guaranteed:
1.Freedom speech, thought, religion
2. Due process law
3. Taxes only with consent of governed
4. Whole kingdom right to rule
1789
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Louis XVI calls reps from all estates to request more funding because financial crisis- Third Estate withdrew because of unfair treatment (Sieyes says Third Estate true French people- unequal representation proportionally), called themselves National Assembly and demanded major political and societal reforms (Tennis Court Oath)- constitutional monarchy- abolish noble privileges
1789
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Lictors Bringing to Brutus the Bodies of His sons illustrates repub virtue (neo painting: geometric lines, big spaces, moral theme)
1789
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(october Days)- Women march on Versailles and bring king Louis XVI back to Paris (tuileries)- encouraged by Jean Paul Marat
1789
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Peasants get invoked- rumors of rev in countryside- panic- peasants attack symbols of feudalism- National Assembly end feudalism
1790
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Mod Phase- drafted:
1. Abolish convents and monasteries
2. all clergymen paid by state elected by citizens
3. clergy forbidden to accept pope authority
-half priests of Gallican Church refuse (Cath church of Fran)- confiscate church land, issue paper money in exchange
1790
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Conservative (stability through hereditary monarch, landed aristocracy, established church)- English- Cautions against overthrowing national traditions in Reflections on the Revolution of France
1791
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King of Austria threatened mil it action to restore order in Fran- encouraged rad revs to overthrow monarchy
1791
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Rad Phase- Louis XIV has been driven from his palace by his subjects- attempts to flee to Austria with help of Austrian king Leopold II- fails- citizens loose trust- King and queen become prisoners of Parisian mobs
1792
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rad Phase- July- Issued by commander of Prussian army about to invade Fran- threatening people of Paris if harm came to King- Jacobin radical) leaders aroused Paris mobs
1792
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rad phase- alliance Austria, Eng, Nethers, Prussia, Spain to combat french advance (nat inspired them to fight back)
1792
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continues sporadically for 23 yrs spreading nationalism, democracy, suffering
1792
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rad phase- Sept 21- adopt red white and blue flag- Liberty, Equality, Fraternity- women still can't vote- control of Church (more divisive)- Sans Cullottes (those wearing long pants) and tricolor flag symbolize republican support
1792
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rad phase- April- Legislative Assembly (legislature under new constitution)- in response to Declaration of Pillnitz ultimatum- beginning "Wars of the revolution"- conscript peasants who leave en masse
1792
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English- A Vindication on the Rights of Women
1792
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Rad Phase- bad news from battlefront- fear foreign armies would attack and prisoners would escape and attack- Radicals (esp Marat) call for preemptive action- pull thousands prisoners out and kill them in streets
1793 - 1794
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rad- Summer- under Jacobin Robspierre- 20,000 (75% working class, peasants) executed- justified by murder of Marat from within- killed ppl on both sides (reign of terror)- give birth to ppl who want equality and liberty and then they get squished- general will sets up apparatus for dictatorship
1793 - 1794
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France- Jacobins (radical revolutionary faction) and their leader Maximillien Robespierre (1758-1794) seized power- Federalists want to decentralize revolution; crushed- aristocrats and some peasants start counterrevolution- began Reign of Terror where thousands nobles, royalists, and members of monarchy imprisoned and executed- he was guillotined
1793
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rad phase- Enrages (rad working class leaders Paris) arrested Girondists in Nat Conv (support royal peasants) and leave Jacobins (democracy where everyone works for general will) in control under leadership of Robspierre
1793
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1793
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Declared by Committee Public Safety in attempt to de- Christianize Fran- alienated Cath majority
1794
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Danton (origial Jacobin leader)- executed by National Convention b/c public opinion against ROT
1794 - 1799
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Directory takes over after Jacobins fall- unstable- ruled until end of century
1794
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Robspierre and Danto executed by National Convention- returned moderate bourgeoisie to power
1795 - 1799
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5 member executive- established by National Convention to run govt- Napoleon Boneparte put down paris mob and rewarded with command french armies fighting Austrians in Italy
1798
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population increases exponentially ("geometric rate") while food supplies grow at arithmetic rate- pop will outstrip food supply- "gloomy parson" saw future with famine prevailing- "negative checks" will keep pop growth contained- poverty comes from overpopulation- Implications: helping poor will make worse
1799
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France- centralizes admin.- social hierarchy based on service to state- utilized plebiscites to get popular approval of himself and his policies- Euro in almost constant war during his reign (he is military genius)
1801
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Napoleon makes peace wit Pope
1804 - 1824
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Latin American colonies overthrow Spanish, Portuguese, French rule
1804
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brings domestic oder to France
1804
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codifies French law- promotes traditional family and women ideas
1805
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British confirm naval superiority
1805
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1806
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1806
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1808
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1812
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1814 - 1815
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After Waterloo end Napoleonic Wars- dominated by Austrian chancellor Metternich- Pre-Nap national boundaries restored- Bourbon monarchy restored to France (Louis XVIII constitutional monarch)- agreement to maintain balance power and squash revolutions- England, Austria, Prussia, Russia form concert of Europe- Creatn Germ Confederation, consolidation Dutch Repub and Aust Nethers, Pruss control Rhine, Aust control It states, Russ and Brit gains
1814 - 1876
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promotes anarchism along with Peter Kropotkin (1842-1921)
1815 - 1846
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trade laws designed to protect cereal producers in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland against competition from less expensive foreign imports- To ensure British landowners got all financial profits from farming, the corn laws imposed steep import duties- too expensive for anyone to import grain from other countries, even when the people of Great Britain and Ireland needed the food (as in times of famine)
1815 - 1848
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inspired by Johann Herder
1815
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Coalition Austria, Brit, Prussian, Russian forces defeat Napoleon
1817
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English- "iron law of wages"= wages naturally tend toward minimum wage subsistence levels (fact owners like)- if u raise wages pop will increase then wages must lower again
1819
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England- demonstrators for Parlm reform massacred by (exacerbated by Corn Laws after brief boom because of textiles after Napoleonic wars)
1820
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1822 - 1895
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discovered germs, vaccination, pasteurization, microbal fermentation
1825
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failed against new conservative Tsar Nicholas I- aristocratic army officers read Enl and want more representation in government- secret societies where they study Enl- chance to revolt when Nicholas I assumes throne- swiftly defeated
1829
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England
1830
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from Netherlands
1830
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Poland briefly overthrow, crushed by Tsar- Germ revolt some concessions, mostly overthrown- It brief control, Austria keeps power
1830
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rails change Euro life- easier migration, quicker goods transport
1830
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1830
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from Ottoman Empire (Greece revolted in 1821)
1830
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rxn- France- Conservative Bourbon king Charles x (after Louis 18, wanted old order, ultra royalists) overthrown in favor of constitutional monarchy under Orleanist king Louis-Phillipe- helped mid class
1830 - 1831
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failed against Russian rule
1832
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Undr July Monarchy Louis-Phillipe- repubs want universal male suffrage, depression and starvation of poor- revolt in streets 2 days- July monarchy army killed 800- Victor Huge, Les Mis
1832
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England- Expands right to vote- still based on property
1832
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expands right to vote- still based on property
1833 - 1863
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in colonial possessions of Brit (first in 1833), Fran, Nethers, Denmark, Portugal, Sweden
1834
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German customs union- draws germ closer
1837 - 1901
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(r.)- England- embodies Brit mid class values
1837 - 1901
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associated with mid class values ( family, classical liberalism, liberty of individual)- victorian morality
1838 - 1850
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England- Peaceful, working class movement- all about getting politic power for working class(no vote yet)- huge rallies and petitions- democratization- rejected by Parlm in 1839 and 1842- Demands:
1. universal male suffrage
2. secret ballot (employers cant know)
3. no property requirement for office (poor can hold office)
3. salary for parlm (poor)
1839
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Louis Daguerre- first form photography
1839 - 1876
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Ottoman Empire- reorganization- economic liberalization- equality for Muslims, Jews, Christians, difficult to put into practice
1840 - 1902
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Realist- French- Nana about a prostitute- Germinal about a miner's strike
1840
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Anarchism- declares all property is theft
1844 - 1900
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slave morality of christianity (praising weakness and accepting slavery)- ubermensch, superman (someone above and beyond it all who will challenge societal convention)- democracy ruler of weak- god is dead- nihilist (no point to anything, no natural laws morality, no god)- laid out ideologies which Nazis take on- criticizes morality and scientists- praises irrationality
1847
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"Black 47"- 1 million die in Ireland- 2 million leave- liberals no provide assistance
1847 - 1929
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England- lead a branch of Women's suffrage movement
1848
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Corruption of Louis-Phillipe July monarchy (give members got richer over 18 yrs pwr), refused to extend vote, bad harvests- rioting in streets, army kills people, Louis flees in taxy- mid and working class set up republic (2nd French Republic)
1848 - 1849
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Tries to unite Germ states- disagreement on weather Austria or Prussia should dominate new unified Germ- Prussian king Frederik William IV rejects plan for liberal, constitutional unified Germ
1848
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under 2nd republic- by taking away workshops- reveals class divisions among 2nd repub revs (low class did it for econ reasons, mid class did it for political)- 1,500 to 3,000 killed, 15,000 arrested, 1/3 sent to penal colonies (Algeria)- 1st bloody class war between mid and lower class- order over liberty in end, conservatives in charge again (Napoleon III 2nd Empire)
1848
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defeated
1848
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established by revolution of 1848 against July monarchy- univ male suffrage, no death penalty for politic crime, freedom of press- workshops, 10 hr day, no debtors prison, aid for unemployed
1848
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Marxism/ Communism (branch of socialism)- German philosophers Karl Marx ("father of communism") and Friedrich Engels (wealthy dad sent him to Brit to learn business but he prefers to hang out with and observe working class- 7 people in 10 by 10) publish The Communist Manifesto- birth communism
1849
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Realist- French- paints bored funeral goers
1851
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for Great Exhibition- steel and glass- symbol induct age- countries all over showing best stuff
1851
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President Louis-Napoleon Boneparte (of give omitted by moderate mid class who want land protection and politic rep-won in June Days) becomes Emperor Napoleon III- allows liberal reforms but also takes away
1853 - 1856
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international conflict- Fran and Brit join Ott Emp because fear Russian strength- Concert of Vienna broken- ended illusion of international cooperation in post-Napoleonic Europe- Direct cause: Russian demands to use power over Orthodox subjects of Ottoman empire- another cause: dispute between Russia and France over the privileges of the Russian Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches in the holy places in Palestine, about the rights of christians in the "holy land" controlled by Ott, Fren promote Cath, Russ promote Ortho- Russia lost ruining its indestructible image- Ottoman image weakened cuz had to have help- healthcare advances made by Florence Nightengale (British nurse)- Disease accounted for much loss on both sides (250,000)
1855
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realism- oil painting
1856 - 1950
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Realist- Irish- riots with social critiques
1856 - 1939
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Austrian scientist- unconscious- founded field of psychoanalysis
1856
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End Crimean War- Integrity Ottomans guaranteed- Black sea neutralized
1857
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Realist- French- peasants at work
1857 - 1858
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Hindu Sepoys allegiance with Mughals, other Indians join-Brit imposed direct imperial rule to restore order
1858 - 1929
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England- lead branch of women's suffrage movement
1859
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English naturalist- On the Origins of Species- only fittest survive (Social scientists later apply this natural selection to humans with Social Darwinism)
1859
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Liberal (free press, legal equality, toleration, unregulated econ, fear rev by masses)- English- promotes freedom of conscience
1859
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(approximate)- planned by Carbonari (secret republican society)- Mazzini and Garibaldi promote romanticized republican nationalism- Prime min of Piedmont-Sardinia uses arms, diplomacy, Garibaldi's army to unify Kingdom of Italy- Italy came under control of King Victor Emmanuel II- adds Venetia (1866) and Papal States (1870) to kingdom
1860 - 1868
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(1860s) urban planner- fix Paris with sewage and wider streets, boulevards (**house man)
1861
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former serfs owe money for their freedom
1862
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Prussian Prime min speech about unification of Germ- conservative rather than liberal reform- practitioner of Realpolitik like Machiavelli b4 him (better 2b feared than loved)
1862
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from Ott Emp
1863
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1864
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protects wounded soldiers
1864
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milit power
1865
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Impressionist- French- shocking nude
1866
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milit pwr
1867
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Austria agrees to give minority control over its own interior government- remained Austria Hungary- Slavic minorities (Czechs, Serbs, Croats, Slovenes) within Austria-Hungary demand their own control
1867
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England- expands franchise further
1869
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in Egypt- connects Mediterranean sea, Indian ocean
1869
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British thinkers John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor argue for women's freedom
1870
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1870
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dogma of the Catholic Church which states that, in virtue of the promise of Jesus to Peter, the Pope is preserved from the possibility of error
1870 - 1871
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milit pwr
1870
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Napoleon III overthrown after defeat against Prussia
1871
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Protest to conservative government- leftist (social equality in opposition to hierarchy)- intended to administer Paris separately- Radicals and socialists participated- National Assembly sent army and reclaimed politic control at cost of 20,000 lives in 7 days (May)
1871
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(after long series of wars where Prussia dominated)- Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) planned unification- control to Emperor William I (1797-1888)- Nationalism in Germ state schools (first to do it)
1873
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impressionism- full title: Poppies, Near Argenteuil- painting- highly rep of impressionism (small dabs of color, feeling)
1873
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pre-war- Germ Aust Russ
1876
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American
1877 - 1878
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1878
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Russia t odds with Germ, Austria- Germany tries to limit Russian land gains- Russification (policy attempt to make non-Russians speak Russian, adopt Russian culture and religion
1878
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from Ott Emp
1878
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from Ott Emp
1879
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Realist- Norwegian- psychological, emotional drama (in many of his plays)
1880
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(roughly)- by Carl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler- cars and trucks become mainstream in coming centuries
1880
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(1880s) free, obligatory, nonreligious
1881
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electric power surpassed coal and steam power in industries
1881
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1883
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for workers
1884
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England- Vote to most male farm workers
1889
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Threatens to overthrow Republic
1890 - 1891
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Impressionist- French- several pairings of haystacks in different seasons/ types of light
1890
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France- anti-semitism accuse him of being spy for german- Emile Zola J'Accuse
1890
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(1890s) easy for newspapers and books to publish photos
1890
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(1890s) Italian
1890 - 1900
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discovered
1893
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Expressionism (jarring colors, unexpected combinations of images to convey emotional message)- painting
1895
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first in France- modern life in motion
1896
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launches Zionist movement for separate Jewish state
1898 - 1900
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ani-foreign, anti-christian rebellion in China- China remains index but Brit carve it into Spheres of Influence
1899 - 1902
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Brits defeat Boxers (farmers Dutch descent) in South Africa
1899
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realism- oil painting
1899
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also one in 1907- Netherlands
1900
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diversity beliefs from socialist to moderately social democratic- accepts govt. responsibility to reform
1900
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(1900s) energy (such as light) is made of small separate units of energy
1904 - 1905
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first modern Asia victory over European power- helps lead to Russian Rev
1905
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Russ upset at loss to Jap- low wages for hungry peasants and workers- Bloody Sunday: Soldiers shoot peaceful demonstrators- Tsar Nicholas II agrees to reforms October Manifesto but new legislative assembly (Duma) powerless- slow attempts at agricultural reform
1905
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If a system of coordinates K is chosen so that, in relation to it, physical laws hold good in their simplest form, the same laws hold good in relation to any other system of coordinates K' moving in uniform translation relatively to K- everything is relative
1905
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1905
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Russian attacks on jews
1907
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Cubism- Spanish- Pioneers use of geometric forms
1908
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formerly part of Ott Emp- tensions with Serbs
1908
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Ottoman Emp- group of reformist officers attempt modernization- become radically nationalist
1912
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Balkan states (Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, Montenegro) ally successfully against Ottoman Empire
1913
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1913
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stepped in front kings horse at derby to put suffragette ribbon on it- trampled- died of coma- martyr
1913
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Serbia, Greece, others defeat Bulgaria (angered by it's acquisitions during first Balkan war)
1913
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Ballet- debuts in France- challenges rationality and convention
1914
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triggers war between Serbia and A-H which triggers WWI
1914
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Western Front- attempt at quick win fails- fighting settles into trench warfare
1916
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Westrn Front- single worst day in British military h istory. 1 million casualties. shot high-explosive shells--over 100,000 a day. then they went through no man's land but it was a disaster. slaughter on both sides.- no improvement
1916
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Westrn Front- single worst day in British military h istory. 1 million casualties. shot high-explosive shells--over 100,000 a day. then they went through no man's land but it was a disaster. slaughter on both sides.- no advances
1916
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Eater Monday- republicans attack government buildings in Dublin- Brit sends troops in- geurilla warfare
1917
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WWI poorly for Russia, food shortages- Nicholas II seen as inept and swayed by fraud Rasputin- tsar overthrown and moderate provisional government installed under Alexander Kerensky, stays in war
1917
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Bolsheviks (majority, actually minority) promote Marxist revolution led by small vanguard- believe state control property, peasants (not workers) key to success- Lenin exiled to Russia- workers form organizations (soviets) who initiate October revolution where Bolsheviks overthrow provisional government
1917
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because internal struggles- tsarist govt overthrown and ultimately raced by Bolsheviks led by Lenin who quick changed policy in favor of Marxist state
1917
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upset by Germ submarine tactics (sinking Lusitania)- in supper Brit and Fran
1918
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signed by Lenin
1918 - 1920
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Reds (Bolshevik Communists under Lenin army organized by Trotsky) vs. Whites (support tsar aided by US, Brit, Fran, Can)- Red win
1918
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Despite efforts for reform
1918
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1918
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combines Servia with former A-H territories of Croatia, Slovenia, others
1919
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End WWI- temp promote democracy, encourage fall empires, allow creation of Czechoslovakia, Aust, Hung, Poland- punish Germ (War Guilt) breeding discontent
1. Certain Germ territories and overseas colonies ceded to Allies
2. War Guilt
3. Germ navy severely cut back to 100,000 soldiers
4. Rhineland (between Fran and Germ) demilitarized and occupied
5. Germ had 2 pay reparations ($33 billion)
6. Wilson's League of Nations (international politic organization to settle politic disputes- no milit power- Germ initially not allowed in)
1919
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1920 - 1930
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Dict in Pol, Hung, Yugoslav, Romanis- Czech rmains democratic
1921
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Lenin New Economic Policy takes step back- allows private property more guarantees to private owners
1922
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self governing, owing allegiance to crown- separated 6 northern countries of Ulster to remain part of Brit with rep within Brit parlm
1922
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in fascist march on Rome
1922
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founded- Union Soviet Socialist Republics
1923
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demand reparations payments- inflation
1924
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1924
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no clear successor
1925
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My Struggle- outlines Nazi plans
1926
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general strike that lasted 10 days, from 3 May 1926 to 13 May 1926. It was called by the general council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in an unsuccessful attempt to force the British government to act to prevent wage reduction and worsening conditions for 800,000 locked-out coal miners. Some 1.7 million workers went out, especially in transport and heavy industry. The government was prepared and enlisted middle class volunteers to maintain essential services. There was little violence and the TUC gave up in defeat. In the long run, there was little impact on trade-union activity or industrial relations.
1927
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End NEP- 5 year plans focus on building heavy industry- forced collectivization, famine, targets kulaks (wealthy peasants)- Saliin exiles rivals, show trials, imprisoned, killed, sent to Siberian (millions)- Women allowed to become politic, milit leaders but still family responsibilities
1929
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1929
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Vatican and Italy peace
1931
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a coalition of parties
1933
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1934
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1935
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Fran and Brit no act
1935
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rvoke Jew citizenship
1936 - 1939
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Spanish civil war between fascists (Germ and It) and republicans (supported by communists, USSR)- Fascist Francisco Franco takes power
1938
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Nazis destroy Jew stores, synagogues- night broken glass