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RAILROAD |
FIRST ONE WAS 27 MILES LONG AND OPENED IN 1825 |
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NAPOLEON |
GREATEST MILITARY LEADER OF FRANCE |
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BASTILLE |
FRENCH MOBS STORMED THIS ON 7/14/1789 |
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CREOLES |
EUROPEANS BORN IN LATIN AMERICA |
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JAMES WATT |
INVENTED THE FIRST PRACTICAL STEAM ENGINE IN 1765 |
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ADAM SMITH |
WROTE THE WEALTH OF NATIONS |
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BISMARCK |
LEADING FIGURE IN UNIFICATION OF GERMANY |
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HAITI |
FIRST BLACK COLONY TO FREE ITSELF FROM EUROPEAN CONTROL |
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PENINSULARES |
LATIN AMERICANS BORN ON IBERIAN PENINSULA |
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PLEBISCITE |
TERM FOR A POPULAR ELECTION |
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FRANCE |
GERMANY PROVOKED WAR WITH THIS COUNTRY IN 1870 |
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BOLIVAR |
FREED VENEZUELA IN 1821 |
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CAVOUR |
HELPED NORTHERN ITALY UNIFY |
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BRAZIL |
LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRY WHOSE REVOLUTION WAS BLOODLESS |
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SAN MARTIN |
FREED ARGENTINA IN 1816 |
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WATERLOO |
SITE OF NAPOLEON'S ULTIMATE DEFEAT |
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KARL MARX |
WROTE THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO |
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TEXTILE |
INDUSTRY IN WHICH THE I.R. BEGAN |
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LOUIS XVI |
FRENCH KING AT START OF REVOLUTION |
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PRUSSIA |
STRONGEST STATE IN GERMANY PRIOR TO UNIFICATION |
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GUILLOTIRE |
USED TO BEHEAD PEOPLE |
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RUSSIA |
NAPOLEON'S GREATEST ERROR WAS INVADING THIS COUNTRY |
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NATIONALIST |
BELIEVES YOUR GREATEST LOYALTY SHOULD BE TO A PEOPLE, NOT A KING |
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GARIBALDI |
HELPED SOUTHERN ITALY UNIFY |
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MEXICO |
GAINS INDEPENDENCE IN 1821-HIDALGO HELPED |
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LAISSEZ-FAIRE |
ECONOMIC POLICY OF GOVERNMENT NON-INTERFERENCE IN BUSINESS |
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ROBESPIERRE |
LED REIGN OF TERROR NEAR END OF FRENCH REVOLUTION |
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ST HELENA |
PLACE WHERE NAPOLEON DIED |
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ELI WHITNEY |
INVENTED COTTON GIN IN 1793 |
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URBANIZATION |
CITY BUILDING AND THE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE TO CITIES |
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L'OUVERTURE |
USUALLY CREDITED WITH THE LIBERATION OF HAITI |
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INDUSTRIAL |
TYPE OF REVOLUTION THAT OCCURRED IN ENGLAND IN MID 1700s |
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ELBA |
SITE OF NAPOLEONS EXILE |
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JETHRO TULL |
INVENTED THE SEED DRILL IN 1701 |
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CARTWRIGHT |
INVENTED THE POWER LOOM IN 1787 |
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KAY |
INVENTED THE FLYING SHUTTLE IN 1733 |
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CROMPTON |
INVENTED THE SPINNING MULE IN 1779 |
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ARKWRIGHT |
INVENTED THE WATER-FRAME IN 1769 |
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HARGREAVES |
INVENTED THE SPINNING JENNY IN 1764 |
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BAKEWELL |
IMPROVED LIVESTOCK QUALITY BY CROSS-BREEDING IN THE 1700s |
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MCADAM |
IMPROVED ROAD CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE IN EARLY 1800s |
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TREVITHICK |
INVENTED THE FIRST PRACTICAL LOCOMOTIVE IN 1804 |
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STEPHENSON |
BUILT WORLD'S FIRST RAILROAD LINE IN 1821 |
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ESTATES |
THE TERN FOR THE CLASSES IN FRANCE |
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THIRD ESTATE |
INCLUDED MOST OF FRANCE'S POPULATION & LOWEST OF ESTATES |
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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY |
THE NAME 3rd ESTATE CHANGED TO WHEN MET y WANTED WRITTEN CONSTITUTION--STARTED FRENCH REVOLUTION |
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DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN AND THE CITIZEN |
GUARANTEED ALL CITIZENS EQUAL JUSTICE, FREEDOM OF SPEECH, & FREEDOM OF RELIGION |
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NATIONAL CONVENTION |
FRENCH FORMED GOVERNING BODY THAT ABOLISHED THE CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY, DECLARED FRANCE A REPUBLIC & EXECUTED LOUIS XVI |
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THE DIRECTORY |
BOURGEOIS LEADERS FORMED NEW GOVERNMENT THAT TRIED TO RESTORE ORDER |
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SLOGAN OF FRENCH REVOLUTION |
LIBERTY, EQUALITY, & FRATERNITY |
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COUP |
SWIFT SEIZURE OF POWER |
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NAPOLEONIC CODE |
GAVE FRANCE ITS FIRST NATIONAL LEGAL SYSTEM; GRANTED EQUAL RIGHTS ETC. |
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TRAFALGAR |
A NAVAL BATTLE OFF SPAIN THAT PREVENTED NAPOLEON FROM INVADING BRITAIN & ENSURED THEIR NAVAL SUPREMACY |
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NAPOLEON'S MISTAKES |
1)ANGERED BRITAIN & THEY BLOCKADED FRANCE 2)INSPIRED RESENTMENT IN CONQUERED COUNTRIES 3)INVADED RUSSIA & DEFEATED |
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MULATTOS |
MIX OF EUROPEAN & AFRICAN |
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MESTIZOS |
MIX OF EUROPEAN & NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN |
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1848 |
GERMANY & ITALY ADOPTED LIBERAL CONSTITUTIONS |
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ENCLOSURES |
LARGE FARMS |
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LONDON |
BRITAIN'S MOST IMPORTANT CITY |
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MIDDLE CLASS |
SKILLED WORKERS, PROFESSIONALS, BUSINESS PEOPLE, & WEALTHY FARMERS |
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LUDDITES |
GROUP OF WORKERS NAMED AFTER NED LUDD; ATTACKED FACTORIES & RIOTED B/C OF POOR LIVING & WORKING CONDITIONS |
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EFFECTS OF I.R. |
JOBS, NATIONAL WEALTH, TECHNOLOGY, GOODS PRODUCTION, ^STANDARD OF LIVING, HOUSING, EDUCATION, |
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IMPERIALISM |
POLICY OF EXTENDING ONE COUNTRY'S RULE OVER MANY OTHER LANDS |
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CAPITALISM |
FACTORS OF PRODUCTION PRIVATELY OWNED & MONEY INVESTED IN BUSINESS VENTURES TO MAKE A PROFIT |
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UNIONS |
GUILDS |
