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POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
Definition
THE IDEA THAT THE POWER OF THE STATE RESIDES IN THE PEOPLE.
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FREE LABOR
Definition
WAGE PAYING RATHER THAN SLAVE LABOR
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JOHN LOCKE
Definition
BRITISH PHILOSOPHER. SOCIAL CONTRACT. PEOPLE HAVE RIGHT TO REBEL AGAINST GOVERNMENT IF CONTRACT BROKEN.
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US CONSTITUTION
Definition
DOCUMENT UPON WHICH THE US GOVERNMENT WAS FOUNDED.
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DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN AND CITIZEN
Definition
FRENCH CHARTER OF LIBERTIES FORMULATED BY THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY THAT MARKED THE END OF UPPER CLASS RULE. ARTICLES LATER BECAME PREAMBLE TO THE NEW CONSTITUTION.
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NAPOLEON
Definition
GENERAL AND EMPEROR OF FRANCE. PLACED SECURITY AND ORDER ABOVE SOCIAL ORDER REFORM AFTER THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.
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HIDALGO AND MORELOS
Definition
STARTED REVOLUTION IN MEXICO TO REDISTRIBUTE WEALTH.
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BOURGEOISIE
Definition
THE MIDDLE CLASS. IN EUROPE, THEY SOUGHT TO BE RECOGNIZED NOT BY BIRTH OR TITLE, BUT BY CAPITAL AND PROPERTY
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EAST INDIA COMPANY
Definition
BRITISH CHARTER COMPANY CREATED TO OUTPERFORM PORTUGUESE AND SPANISH TRADERS IN THE FAR EAST/ 18TH CENTURY THE COMPANY BECAME THE RULER OF A LARGE PART OF INDIA.
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OPIUM WARS
Definition
WAR FOUGHT BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND QING CHINA OVER BRITISH TRADE IN OPIUM. RESULTED IN THE GRANTING TO THE BRITISH THE RIGHT TO TRADE IN FIVE DIFFERENT PORTS AND THE CEDING OF HONG KONG TO THE BRITISH.
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MFECANE MOVEMENT
Definition
AFRICAN MOVEMENT OF POLITICAL REVOLTS IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY THAT WERE CAUSED BY THE EXPANSIONIST METHODS OF KING SHAKA AND THE ZULU PEOPLE.
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TAIPING REBELLION
Definition
REBELLION BY FOLLOWERS OF HONG XIUQUAN AND THE TAIPING HEAVENLY KINGDOM AGAINST THE QING GOVERNMENT OVER THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL TURMOIL CAUSED BY THE OPIUM WAR. DESPITE RAISING AN ARMY OF 100K THE REBELLION WAS CRUSHED
Term
TECUMSEH
Definition
TENSKWATAWA'S BROTHER UNITED WESTER AND GREAT LAKE INDIANS AND ALLIED WITH BRITISH TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST THE ENCROACHING AMERICANS
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MANIFEST DESTINY
Definition
BELIEF THAT IT WAS GODS WILL FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO EXPAND THEIR TERRITORY AND POLITICAL PROCESSES ACROSS THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT
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HABSBURG COMPROMISE OF 1867
Definition
1867 AUSTRIA-HUNGARY DUAL MONARCHY SPLIT NAME AND NATIONALISM MOVEMENT
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BELGIAN CONGO
Definition
AFTER HEARING OF MASS SLAUGHTER AND ENSLAVEMENT, THE BELGIAN PARLIAMENT TOOK THE LAND FORMED A BELGIAN COLONY.
Term
LEOPOLD II
Definition
THE KING OF BELGIUM. BECAME KING OF CONGO. KNOWN FOR RUTHLESS TREATMENT PERMITTED IN CONGO STATE.
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MEIJI RESTORATION
Definition
REIGN OF MEIJI EMPEROR WHICH WAS CHARACTERIZED BY A NEW NATIONALIST IDENTITY, ECONOMIC ADVANCES AND POLITICAL TRANSFORMATION. IN JAPAN. BECAME WORLD POWER AND NAVAL POWER.
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SELF STRENGTHENING MOVEMENT
Definition
LATE 1800S. A MOVEMENT OF REFORMIST CHINESE OFFICIALS ATTEMPTED TO ADOPT WESTERN ELEMENTS OF LEARNING AND TECHNOLOGICAL SKILL WHILE RETAINING THEIR CORE CHINES CULTURE.
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BOXER REBELLION
Definition
CHINESE PEASANT MOVEMENT THAT OPPOSED FOREIGN INFLUENCE, ESPECIALLY THAT OF CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES. IT WAS PUT DOWN AFTER THE BOXERS WERE DEFEATED BY AN ARMY COMPOSED MOSTLY OF JAPANESE, RUSSIANS, BRITISH, FRENCH AND AMERICANS.
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SYNDICALISM
Definition
USE OF TRADE UNIONS TO MANAGE UNSKILLED LABOR. LABOR UNIONS AND TRADE UNIONS.
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SWADESHI MOVEMENT
Definition
VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS THAT STOOD FOR INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITAIN IN INDIA.
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PAN SLAVISM
Definition
CALLING TOGETHER OF A COMMUNITY OF SLAVS FROM CENTRAL EUROPE MIGRATING TO SINGLE PLACE USUALLY. CREATED RACISM AND BEGINNING OF JEWISH HATE.
Term
RUSSIAN DECEMBERISTS
Definition
ELITE FAMILIES WANTING REFORM FROM DESPOTISM. CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY
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ORIENTALISTS
Definition
WESTERN SCHOLARS WHO SPECIALIZED IN THE STUDY OF THE EAST
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WAHHABISM
Definition
EARLY 1800S REFORM MOVEMENT ORGANIZED BY MUHAMMAD IBN ABD AL-WAHHAB, WHO PREACHED THE ABSOLUTE ONENESS OF ALLAH AND A RETURN TO THE PURE ISLAM OF MUHAMMAD
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RESTORATION PERIOD
Definition
EUROPEAN MOVEMENT AFTER THE DEFEAT OF NAPOLEON TO RESTORE EUROPE TO ITS PRE FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY STATES OF MONARCHY CONTROL AND TO SQUASH RADICAL MOVEMENTS
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YUCATAN CASTE WAR
Definition
CONFLICT BETWEEN MAYAN INDIANS AND THE MEXICAN STATE OVER INDIAN AUTONOMY AND LEGAL EQUALITY, WHICH RESULTED IN THE MEXICAN TAKEOVER OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA
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BISMARCK
Definition
BROUGHT TOGETHER GERMAN SPEAKERS TO BEGIN REARRANGING EUROPE MAP TO CREATE NATIONALISM
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FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR
Definition
WAR ON FRANCE FROM GERMANY TO COMPLETE UNIFICATION OF GERMANY. FRENCH HUMILIATED BEGIN HATING GERMANS
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IMPERIALISM
Definition
TAKING NEW TERRITORIES TO ADD TO COUNTRY OWNED EXPANSION.
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MENELIK II
Definition
KING IN AFRICAN RESISTANCE PLAYED EUROPEAN POWER AGAINST EACH OTHER.
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