Carmichael exam semester 1
Francis Bacon
(1561-1626) English politician, writer. Formalized the empirical method. Novum Organum. Inductive reasoning.
Montesquieu
(1689-1755) wrote 'Spirit of the Laws', said that no single set of political laws was applicable to all - depended on relationship and variables, supported division of government
Voltaire
(1694-1778) French philosopher. He believed that freedom of speech was the best weapon against bad government. He also spoke out against the corruption of the French government, and the intolerance of the Catholic Church.
Beccaria
(1738-1794) wrote 'On Crimes and Punishments', wanted laws to conform to rational laws of nature
Robert Owen
(1771-1858) British cotton manufacturer believed that humans would reveal their true natural goodness if they lived in a cooperative environment. Tested his theories at New Lanark, Scotland and New Harmony, Indiana, but failed
Congress of Vienna
(1814-1815 CE) Meeting of representatives of European monarchs called to reestablish the old order after the defeat of Napoleon.
Crimean War
(1853-1856) Russian war against Ottomans for control of the Black Sea; intervention by Britain and France cause Russia to lose; Russians realize need to industiralize.
Emmeline Pankhurst
(1858-1928) British suffragette and founder of the Woman's Social and Political Union.
Treaty of Ax-la-Chapelle
- 1748 - War of Austrian Succession - All territories return t0 original owners except Silesia - Prussia refused to return Silesia
John Calvin's beliefs
- god is perfect, humans are corrupt, weak, + insignificant - predestination: god has determined who will go to heaven and who will go to hell - the elect have a duty to Christianize the state (church over state); ideal government is a theocracy - a very few people will be saved from sin --> "the elect"
Karl Marx beliefs
-Rich take advantage of the poor -The best system is one where people cooperate and share. -No private property.
Rene Descartes
17th century French philosopher; wrote Discourse on Method; 1st principle "i think therefore i am"; believed mind and matter were completly seperate; known as father of modern rationalism
Jane Addams
1860-1935. Founder of Settlement House Movement. First American Woman to earn Nobel Peace Prize in 1931 as president of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
Leopold II
1865-1909; King of Belgium, sent Henry Stanley to Africa.
Robespierre
A French political leader of the eighteenth century. A Jacobin, he was one of the most radical leaders of the French Revolution. He was in charge of the government during the Reign of Terror, when thousands of persons were executed without trial. After a public reaction against his extreme policies, he was executed without trial.
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens
A charter of basic liberties, proclaimed equal rights for all men, but no political rights for women
Berlin Conference
A meeting from 1884-1885 at which representatives of European nations agreed on rules colonization of Africa
Anabaptists
A member of a radical movement of the 16th-century Reformation that viewed baptism solely as an external witness to a believer's conscious profession of faith, rejected infant baptism, and believed in the separation of church from state, in the shunning of nonbelievers, and in simplicity of life.
Paternalism
A policy of treating subject people as if they were children, providing for their needs but not giving them rights.
No Man's Land
A strip of land beween the trenches of opposing armies along the Western Front during WW1
Divine Rights of Kings
A theory that assumed that God appointed all monarchs to rule on his behalf. Therefore, any policy, decree, plan, or approach adopted by royalty could not be questioned or disobeyed.
importance of the printing press
Allowed the ideas of the Renaissance to be spread quickly and easily through books
Henry of Navarre and how he became king
Although baptized as a Catholic, Henry was raised as a Protestant by his mother, who had declared Calvinism the religion of Navarre. As a teenager, Henry joined the Huguenot forces in the French Wars of Religion. On 9 June 1572, upon his mother's death, the 19-year-old became King of Navarre
Mercantilism
An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought
Line of Demarcation/Treaty of Tordesillas
An imaginary line that divided the world between the Spanish and Portuguese.
secret ballot
Anonymous voting method that helps to make elections fair and honest
Christian Humanist
Believe in the power of human potential while following Christian values
Mary Wollstonecraft
British feminist of the eighteenth century who argued for women's equality with men, even in voting, in her 1792 "Vindication of the Rights of Women."
Main economic activity in New France
Building a fur trade
Zionest movement
Calls for Jewish nation to be established. Philistine is In Israel.After Holocaust the state of Israel was established in 1947 by taking half of Philistine
Famine in Ireland
Caused a social crisis in Ireland which British government had to deal with. The Corn Laws were already a big issue in Britain. The famine gave Peel excuse to end them. This might allow more cheap food into Ireland.
Napoleon and his agreement with the Catholic Church
Concordat of 1801, agreement reached on July 15, 1801, between Napoleon Bonaparte and papal and clerical representatives in both Rome and Paris
absolute ruler and the countries they ruled
Countries where monarchs still maintain absolute power are Brunei, Eswatini, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Vatican City and the individual emirates composing the United Arab Emirates, which itself is a federation of such monarchies
Oliver Cromwell and the new model army
Cromwell's answer was to establish a full-time and professional fighting force, which would become known as the New Model Army. This initially consisted of around 20,000 men split into 11 regiments. Unlike the militias of old these would be trained fighting men able to go anywhere in the country
Edward Jenner
Developed a vaccine for smallpox in 1796
Ninety-Five Theses
Document written by Martin Luther and posted on a church door in Germany that listed 95 things that Luther saw wrong with the church
other countries who challenged Spain and Portugal when in settling in America
England, France, and the Dutch Republic
Jethro Tull
English inventor advocated the use of horses instead of oxen. Developed the seed drill and selective breeding.
Thomas Hobbes
English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679)
the Holy Roman Emperor and his role in the Peace of Augsburg
Ferdinand I, concluded the era of religious strife in Germany following the rise of Lutheranism
Napoleon
French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)
Johannes Kepler
German astronomer who first stated laws of planetary motion (1571-1630)
gutenberg
German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468)
Samuel Slater
He was a British mechanic that moved to America and in 1791 invented the first American machine for spinning cotton. He is known as "the Father of the Factory System" and he started the idea of child labor in America's factories.
Luther's ideas and beliefs
His "95 Theses," which propounded two central beliefs—that the Bible is the central religious authority and that humans may reach salvation only by their faith and not by their deeds—was to spark the Protestant Reformation
James Watts
Inventor who developed the steam engine in the mid 1700's
Guglielmo Marconi
Italian electrical engineer known as the father of radio (1874-1937)
Shaka Zulu
Leader of Zulu people, Around 1816 used highly disciplined warriors and good military organization to create a large centralized state. The Zulu land became part of British-controlled land in 1887.
King Louis and the third estate
Louis XVI assembled the Estates-General, a national assembly that represented the three "estates" of the French people-the nobles, the clergy, and the commons
what was the main idea that Luther and Calvin did not agree on?
Martin Luther and Calvin's ideas differed because Luther rejected St. Augustine's idea of predestination
Bastille
Medieval fortress that was converted to a prison stormed by peasants for ammunition during the early stages of the French Revolution.
Chartist Movement
Movement sought to expand suffrage (the right to vote) to more people in Britain.
Jewel of the Crown
Name given to India, because it was the most valuable of all British colonies
The first country to give full voting rights to women
New Zealand
Marie Curie
Notable female Polish/French chemist and physicist around the turn of the 20th century. Won two nobel prizes. Did pioneering work in radioactivity.
Denis Diderot
Philosopher who edited a book called the Encyclopedia which was banned by the French king and pope.
Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese explorer who found a sea route to the Spice Island by sailing around the American continent. His crew was the first to circumnavigate the world.
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer. In 1497-1498 he led the first naval expedition from Europe to sail to India, opening an important commercial sea route.
Ram Mohun Roy and India
Ram Mohan Roy was an Indian reformer who was one of the founders of the Brahmo Sabha
Maji Maji Rebellion
Rebellion (1905) of east Africans that sought to defeat the Germans through traditional magic.
Adam Smith
Scottish economist who wrote the Wealth of Nations a precursor to modern Capitalism.
European main reasons for exploration
So they could explore the rest of the world, get spices, gain land, and gain profit.
Prince Henry influence on exploration
Sponsor the explorations
importance of the battle of Trafalgar
The battle ended with a clear victory for the British forces. This allowed Britain to become the world's largest sea power for 100 years. The Battle of Trafalgar was the most important sea battle of the 19th century
Spanish Armada
The great fleet sent from Spain against England by Philip II in 1588; defeated by the terrible winds and fire ships.
reason many peasants stop supporting the national assembly/french revolution
The nobility refused to pay more taxes, and the peasants simply couldn't
Beliefs of the philosophes
The philosophes are French social critics in the mid-1700s Value reason, nature, happiness, progress, liberty
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty that ended WW I. It blamed Germany for WW I and handed down harsh punishment.
Horace Mann
United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859)
Toussaint L'Ouverture
Was an important leader of the Haïtian Revolution and the first leader of a free Haiti; in a long struggle again the institution of slavery, he led the blacks to victory over the whites and free coloreds and secured native control over the colony in 1797, calling himself a dictator.
Henry VIII's split with the Roman Catholic Church
When Henry secretly married Anne, he was excommunicated from the Catholic Church
Locke
Wrote Two Treatises of Government. Said human nature lived free and had the natural rights of life, liberty, and property. He said government was created in order to protect these rights and if the government failed to do so it was the duty of the people to rebel.
Thomas Jefferson
Wrote the Declaration of Independence
Vasco da Gama
a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea
Scientific Method
a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
courtier
a person who attends a royal court as a companion or adviser to the king or queen.
Sepoy Mutiny
an 1857 rebellion of Hindu and Muslim soldiers against the British in India
Andrew Carnegie and John Rockefeller
built up giant corporations that dominated their respective markets.
Edict of Worms
declared Martin Luther an outlaw within the empire and his works were to be burned and Luther himself captured and delivered to the emperor
Utilitarianism
idea that the goal of society should be to bring about the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people
factors of production
land, labor, capital, entrepreneurship
Ten Hours Act of 1847
limited the workday to 10 hours for women a and children who worked in factories
Aborgines
people who migrated to Australia from Asia at least 40,000 years ago. The original settlers of Australia. had complex religious belief and social structures but a simple economy- lived by hunting and gathering
Menelik II
reforming leader who tried to modernize Ethiopia, allowing it to avoid colonial takeover
Queen Liliuokalani
the Hawaiian queen who was forced out of power by a revolution started by American business interests
Principle of Intervention
the Idea that the great powers have the right to use military force to restore order in countries threatened by revolution.
estates and which group belonged to each
the clergy (First Estate) and nobility (Second Estate)—which were privileged minorities—and the Third Estate, which represented the majority of the people
only body of government was created by the article of confederation
the congress
Trail of Tears
the forced removal of Cherokees and their transportation to Oklahoma
vernacular
the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.
Scorched Earth Policy
the practice of burning crops and killing livestock during wartime so that the enemy cannot live off the land
Brest-Litovsk
treaty making peace between Germany and Russia
prince William (Netherlands and England)
widely known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from the 1670s, and King of England, Ireland, and Scotland from 1689 until his death in 1702
what caused the economic crisis that initially triggered the french revolution
widespread discontent with the French monarchy and the poor economic policies of King Louis XVI
Dante/ Divine comedy
written in Italian, influenced by Virgil, Dante led through hell by Virgil