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06/12/2011

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Haitian Revolution
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Terms to Know:

Mulattoes: mixed europeans and african ancestry.

People to know:

Toussaint L'Ouverture

Over 500,000 enslaved workers, worked on white plantation farms.  soon there was a revolution. and L'Ouverture took over and he was formerly enslaved. and he didnt know any diplomatic or military matters. He took over the island and let all slaves free.

 

on january 1, 1804 Haiti became independant.

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french revolution
Definition

People to know:

Louis XIV: most powerful ruler in french history. ('i am the state")

Louis XIII: bacame ruler after his father death. 

 

The sun king? 

suronded himself with tons of luxery. 

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Industrial Revolution
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The shift, begining in england during the 18th century, from making good by hand to making them with machines.

 

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crop rotation: 

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Imperialism
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A policy in which a strong nation seeks to odminate other ocuntries politically, economically, or socially.
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5 motives of imperialism
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Nationalism
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 the belief that people should be loyal mainly to their mation- that is, to the people with whom they share a culture and history-raher than to a king or empire. pg, 687
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Social Darwinism
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The aplication of charles darwin's odeas aobut evolution and "survial of the fittest: to human societies-particilarly as justifications for imperialist expantion. (page 775)
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Berlin  conference
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a meeting in 1884-1885 at which represintatives of european nations agreed upon rules for  the european  colonization of africa. AFRICA WAS NOT INVITED!!
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Sepoy Mutiny
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a 1857 rebellion of Hindu and Muslims soldiers against the British in India. (page. 793(
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Opium War
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 a conflict betwen britain and china, lasting, from 1839 to 1842, over britain's opium trade in china. ( page. 804)
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ottoman Empire
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Balkans

"powder kegs"

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the region of southeastern europe now occupied by greece albania bulgaria romania the european part of turkey and the former republivs of Yugoslavia (page.  689)
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Triple Entente
Definition
a military alliance between GREAT BRITAIN FRNACE AND RUSSIA in the years preceding world war one. (page 843)
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Triple Alliance
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a military alliance between GERMANY, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, and ITALY.
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Trench Warefare
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War that had an eastern front and western front.  Each side had trenches HORRIBLE
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MAIN
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Militarism

Alliance system

Imperialism

Nationalism

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TOTAL WAR
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everything you have goes into the war
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Hitler
Definition
came into power germany. everyone in germany loved him because he took over their  bad economy and created jobs for people. But he told people jews were bad. and eventually he caused the holocaust.
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