UNit 5

• Enlightenment


  A philosophical movement which started in Europe in the 1700's and spread to the colonies. It emphasized reason and the scientific method. Writers of the Enlightenment tended to focus on government, ethics, and science, rather than on imagination, emotions, or religion. Many members of the Enlightenment rejected traditional religious beliefs in favor of Deism, which holds that the world is run by natural laws without the direct intervention of God.
• Social Contract


  An Enlightenment concept; an agreement between the people and their government signifying their consent to be governed; popular in the 16th-18th centuries among theorists such as Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as a means of explaining the origin of government and the obligations of subjects.
• Natural Rights


  Rights granted to all people by nature or God that cannot be denied or restricted by any government or individual; are often said to be granted to people by "natural law." Often discussed by Enlightenment thinker John Locke
• Deism


  A popular Enlightenment era belief that there is a God, but that God isn't involved in people's lives or in revealing truths to prophets.
• Liberalism


  A political ideology that emphasizes the civil rights of citizens, representative government, and the protection of private property. This ideology, derived from the Enlightenment, was especially popular among the property-owning middle classes.
• Empiricism


  The view that knowledge originates in experience and that science should, therefore, rely on observation and experimentation
• Nationalism


  A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country; it further aims to build and maintain a single national identity—based on shared social characteristics such as culture, language, religion, politics, and belief in a shared singular history—and to promote national unity or solidarity.
• Feminism


  The belief that women should possess the same political and economic rights as men; became popular during the Enlightenment
• Mary Wollstonecraft


  English writer and early feminist who denied male supremacy and advocated equal education for women; wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Women, a famous feminist document in 1792
• Suffrage


  The right to vote in political elections
• End of Serfdom


  Most important reform of Russian Czar Alexander II; 1861-1865
• Declaration of Independence


  1776 statement, issued by the Second Continental Congress, explaining why the colonies wanted independence from Britain.
• Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen


  Adopted August 26, 1789, statement of fundamental political rights adopted by the French National Assembly at the beginning of the French Revolution.
• Jamaica Letter


  A document written in Jamaica by South American revolutionary leader Simon Bolivar where he famously expanded his views on the independence movement in Venezuela and the way the government under the way they tried to operate.
• Reign of Terror (1793-1794)


  During the French Revolution when thousands were executed for "disloyalty;" led by Robespierre who tried rebels and had them executed often by guillotine
• Simon Bolivar


  The most important military leader in the struggle for independence in South America. Born in Venezuela, he led military forces there and in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.
• Toussaint L'Ouverture


  Was an important leader of the Haitian 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.
• Realpolitik


  Practical politics, ends justified the means, power more important than principles; utilized by Otto von Bismarck to unify Germany
• Otto von Bismarck


  Chancellor of Prussia from 1862 until 1871, when he became chancellor of Germany. A conservative nationalist, he led Prussia to victory against Austria (1866) and France (1870) in order to create a sense of national unity; assisted German unification in 1871
• Mestizos


  A person of mixed Native American and European ancestry
• Peninsulares


  Spanish-born, came to Latin America; ruled, highest social class in Latin America since they were the least likely to have "tainted bloodlines"
• Creoles


  Descendents of Spanish-born but born in Latin America; resented inferior social, political, economic status.
• Industrial Revolution


  A period of rapid growth in the use of machines in manufacturing and production that began in England c. 1750
• cottage industry


  Manufacturing based in homes rather than in a factory, commonly found before the Industrial Revolution; work was highly skilled and valued
• factory system


  A method of production that brought many workers and machines together into one building; replaced localized cottage industry. Workers were paid by the hour instead of for what they produce; decreased the need for skilled labor and led to exploitation of workers
• seed drill


  Created by Jethro Tull, it allowed farmers to sow seeds in well-spaced rows at specific depths; this boosted crop yields and population growth
• Spinning Jenny


  This machine played an important role in the mechanization of textile production; conceived c. 1764 by James Hargreaves, an English weaver.
• crop rotation


  The practice of rotating use of different fields from crop to crop each year, to avoid exhausting the soil; utilized during the c. 1750 time period and led to increased crop yields and growing population
• Enclosure Movement


  Consolidation and privatization of small landholdings/common lands into a smaller number of large farms in England c. 1700; contributed to the increase in population and the rise of industrialization as farmers were displaced and needed to find work in the cities
• steam engine


  A machine that turns the energy released by burning fuel into motion. Thomas Newcomen built the first crude but workable one in 1712. James Watt vastly improved his device in the 1760s and 1770s. It was then applied to machinery.
• Second Industrial Revolution (1871-1914)


  Involved development of chemical, electrical, oil, and steel industries. Mass production of consumer goods also developed at this time through the mechanization of the manufacture of food and clothing. It saw the popularization of cinema and radio. Provided widespread employment and increased production.
• telegraph


  A device for rapid, long-distance transmission of information over an electric wire. It was introduced in England and North America in the 1830s and 1840s.
• Muhammad Ali


  Leader of Egyptian modernization in the early nineteenth century. He ruled Egypt as an Ottoman governor, but had imperial ambitions. His descendants ruled Egypt until overthrown in 1952.
• Meiji Restoration


  In 1868, a Japanese state-sponsored industrialization and Westernization effort that also involved the elimination of the Shogunate and power being handed over to the Japanese Emperor, who had previously existed as mere spiritual/symbolic figure.
• Adam Smith


  Scottish economist who wrote the Wealth of Nations in 1776, a precursor to modern capitalism.
• Wealth of Nations


  British philosopher and writer Adam Smith's 1776 book that described his theory on free trade, otherwise known as laissez-faire economics.
• Transnational business


  A business that operates in several different countries but in one specific country (headquarters), two companies include the United Fruits company and HSBC
• Industrial Working Class


  Lower class created during the 18th century with the onset of the Industrial Revolution; often experienced poor living and working conditions
• middle class


  A social class made up of skilled workers, professionals, business people, and wealthy farmers; rose to wealth and prominence during the Industrial Revolution
• Urbanization


  An increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in cities as opposed to the countryside.