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01/12/2012

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Scientific revolution
Definition
people started to think with reason and prove things instead of just thinking them
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Scientific method
Definition
a series of procedures that are taken to legitimize an experiment
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Copernicus
Definition
An enlightenment philosopher/scientist that discovered the heliocentric theory
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Kepler
Definition
proved the heliocentric theory
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Galileo
Definition
Scientist invented telescope and studied astronomy
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Francis Bacon
Definition
Started the scientific revolution
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Natural rights
Definition
Life, Liberty, And the pursuit of happiness
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Hobbes
Definition
enlightenment thinker, pro-monorchy
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John Locke
Definition
Enlightenment thinker, anti-monarchy, natural rights
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Pacifists
Definition
not taking action if not necessary
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Social Contract
Definition
unspoken agreement between ruler and the ruled, if one side breaks other side may discard
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Montesquieu
Definition
enlightenment thinker, balance of power
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voltare
Definition
enlightenment thinker, branches of government
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natural law
Definition
all humans deserve rights
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salons
Definition
intelectual gatherings for sharing of knowledge
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enlightened despots
Definition
rulers thinking with reason
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humanism
Definition
the beginning of human studies like anatomy
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Divine right of kings
Definition
kings or rulers have a god given right to rule
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Whig and Cavalear
Definition
parties in the British parliament
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Roundheads
Definition
sided with the cavaliers in the british civil war
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royalists
Definition
sided with the whigs n the british civil war
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James 1
Definition
King of england, dissolves parliament a lot
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Charles 1
Definition
king of england, only goes to parliament for money
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long parliment
Definition
lasted 22 years
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short parliament
Definition
dissolved often
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oliver chromwell
Definition
dictatorish after english civil war
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merry monarch
Definition
charles 2, does anything parliament wants
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james 2
Definition
not made king decided py parliament
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prime minister
Definition
the head of parliament
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petition of right
Definition
set rules for the king
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martial law
Definition
laws change at times of war
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restoration
Definition
the rebuilding of the british empire
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glorious revolution
Definition
the start of the restoration
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stamp act, tea act, intolerable acts, townsend acts
Definition
acts put on colonists by the british
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first continental congress
Definition
colonies decide that they want independence
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common sense
Definition
written by thomas payne, bandwagon and propaganda used to support the revolution
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french and indian war
Definition
england Vs. france for territories in USA
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Paul Revere
Definition
the brittish are coming
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Olive Branch Treaty
Definition
first attempt at piece in the american revolution
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Declaration of independence
Definition
official breaking off of america from england
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king Louis
Definition
the king of france. loves to behead people
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marie Antoinette
Definition
king louis wife "Killer Queen"
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estate system
Definition
strict social class system in france
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versailles
Definition
kingdom build for king louis xvi
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bastille
Definition
french prison known for torture. stormed and destroyed by the french peasants
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estates general
Definition
the meeting of the three social classes. lowest class gets kicked out
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women march on Versailles
Definition
women begin to starve and storm the castle of versailles in demand of bread
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national assembly/convention
Definition
the third estate swears to over through the king
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sans-colottes
Definition
common people of france who could not afford underwear
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Jacobins
Definition
radical party in favor of more death in the revolution
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reign of terror and Robespierre
Definition
a period of time where Robespierre and the Jacobeans kill anyone opposed to the revolution
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the directory
Definition
the new french constitution
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the declaration of the rights of man
Definition
the french bill of rights thingy
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Napoleon
Definition
dictator after the french revolution, considered one of the most powerful men to ever live
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nationilism
Definition
extreame pride in your country
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elba and waterloo
Definition
battles leading to the falloff the french world power
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concert of vienna
Definition
a convention to stop the spread of napoleonic france
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Metternich system
Definition
a system of government to control the people of france
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Agricultural cycles
Definition
Rotating crop fields
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domestic system
Definition
making goods at home
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collective bargaining
Definition
used in workers unions to get higher pay
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water power
Definition
hydraulic electricity
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steam power
Definition
power from heated water evaporating and turning turbines
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Airplanes
Definition
metal birdies
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railroads
Definition
paths of travel for trains
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corporations/partnerships
Definition
businesses that are endorsed or have stocks
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textile industry
Definition
the factories that made cloth
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cotton gin
Definition
a machine used to make cotton easier to clean
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interchangeable parts
Definition
helped make factories superior to domestic because of quick fixes
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london
Definition
a city in england
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Labor unions
Definition
groups of workers in similar fields combining to have more power against their employers
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Entrepreneur
Definition
a peson who has an idea for a new or different business
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Wealth of nations
Definition
a book written by adam smith about capitalism
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immigrants
Definition
people that leave another country to go to another
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assembly lines
Definition
a conveyor belt type system of making products. everyone get one step
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Lassez-faire
Definition
a free market style of economy
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utilitarianism
Definition
people should work for the common good
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capital
Definition
monetary or machinery used to make more goods or money
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Child Labor
Definition
working children
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Karl Marx
Definition
creator of communism
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Socialism
Definition
a sort of grey area between communism and capitalism
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population explosion
Definition
a huge growth in birth of babies
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spread of industrial revolution
Definition
revolution goes everywhere in the world
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regulation of working condition
Definition
people fight to get better pay and shorter hours
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social darwinism
Definition
the survival of the fittest, if one race is better than another it will prevail
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adam smith
Definition
creator of capitalism, wrote wealth of nations
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robert owen
Definition
creator of socialism
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urbanization
Definition
people move from farms to the cites
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Edward Jenner
Definition
english scientist, found cure/vaccine for smallpox
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Imperialism
Definition
a country colonizes another country or territory to gain wealth or recourses
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causes of imperialism
Definition
social darwinism, white mans burden
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white mans burden
Definition
Europeans felt that since they were white, it was their duty to help people of other races because they believed they were superior
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missionaries
Definition
people who went to foreign areas trying to spread their religion
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King Leopold 2
Definition
belgian king that ruled in congo, brutally killed natives, destroyed land to get resources
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Cecil rhodes
Definition
one of the first europeans to go to africa with intent of colonizing
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china british trade
Definition
Britain imperializes china and makes unfair trade treaties to prophet more
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Boer war
Definition
Britain goes to war with the dutch over south africa
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boxers
Definition
a radical nationalist society in the imperialized china
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Dr. Sun Yat San
Definition
leader of the nationalist party, comes to power after the over throw of the Qing dynasty
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the berlin conference
Definition
countries met to decide how to split up africa
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spanish american war
Definition
the Spaniards in mexico want texas as part of there land and go to war with america for it
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East India company
Definition
a trade company set up by the british in imperialized india
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Sepoy rebellion
Definition
indian natives rebel against british, fail to gain independence but is the firs step
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