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1
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Diderot

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1713-1784

Atheism

2
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Taille

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Land tax on common people

1st reason for war

3
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Third estate

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Common people
The French bourgeois and working class before the revolution
4
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Cixi

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Ruled as co-regent and later became the regent of China after the widow passed.

Ruled the country with her boyfriend Prince Gong.

5
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Boxer rebelion

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1899-1901
Known as “The Fists of Righteous and Harmony”.
Didn’t fight with weapons but fought with mix martial arts.
Eventually crushed by the 8 powers.

6
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Matthew C. Perry

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U. S. Commodore.
Demanded trades with japan.
Set up unequal trade for japan.
Gave them one year to respond to the treaty.

7
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Meiji

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New empire that over threw the shogunates.
Means enlightened rule.
Helped set up better economy for japan.
Created the middle class.

8
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Opium wars

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First was 1839-1842. 
Fought between British and Chinese. 
Caused by burning of opium at Humen. 
Second was 1856-1860. 
Fought between British and French vs. Chinese. 
Ended with unequal treaty.
9
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Boers

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They were farmers.

Started war with the British because they were trying to scavenge their land of goods.

10
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July 14 ,1789 (France)

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The storming of Bastilles.

11
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1812 (Russia)

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Napoleon’s attack on Russia.

Started with 600,000 and ended with around 93,000.

12
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March 3, 1861 (Russia)

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Emancipation Manifesto.

Issued by Alexander ll.

13
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1868 (Japan)

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Meiji rule came to be.

14
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The Bastille

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Prison in the 17th and 18th century for important persons charged with various offenses.

15
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The National Convention

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Abolished monarchy September 21, 1792

Became republic September 22, 1792

16
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Maximilien Robespierre

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Leader of the Jacobins.

Dominated the committee of public safety.

17
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Georges Danton

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First president of committee of public safety.
Leader of French Revolution.
Helped with the overthrow of monarchy.

18
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The committee of public safety

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Political body of the French Revolution that gained dictatorial control over France during the reign of terror.

19
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Napoleon

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Born in Corsica.
Was an Italian man but went to military school in France.
Fell in love with a woman by the name of Josephine.
Emperor of the French “not France”.

20
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Borodino

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Battle between France and Russia during napoleons reign.

Kutuzov was leader of Russia and tried to hold French out of Moscow but didn’t succeed.

21
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Industrial revolution (consequences)

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Was a good thing but urbanization caused more people to commit crimes and then poverty and unemployment became a huge factor.

22
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The Congress of Vienna

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Made by the four powers that defeated napoleon.

Goal was to balance the power in Europe to prevent imperialism.

23
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The Holy Alliance

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Helped promote Christianity in Europe.
Signed by Russia, Austria, and Prussia.
Also helped keep existing European order.

24
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The Decemberists

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Members of the upper class who had some sort of military background that was in on the rebellion of Nicholas l.

25
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Louis Phillipe

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French king.
Also known as the citizen king.
Took power after Charles X and the revolution.

26
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Louis Blanc

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Published “Organization of Labor”.

Created cooperatives which gave employment to the poor.

27
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Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte

             “Napoleon lll”
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2nd empire.
Napoleons nephew.
Became emperor of French “not France”.
Voted in by his name.

28
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The Second Republic of France (dates)

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1848.

1851.

29
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Karl Marx

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German man.

Helped publish the communist manifesto.

30
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Friedrich Engels

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German man.

Helped publish communist manifesto after the death of Karl Marx.

31
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The communist manifesto

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Published in 1848 by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.

Served as the platform of the Communist League.

32
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The International Workingmen’s Association

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1864-1876.

33
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Imperialism

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Action involving a nations power to be expanded.
Countries would invest money in other countries overseas.
Export of capital.

34
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The estates-general

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Composed of delegates from 3 social orders:

Clergy, nobility, and commoners.

35
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The Jacobins

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Radical revolutionaries in French Revolution.

Met in club headquarters in Paris.

36
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Herbertistes

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Followers of Jacques Herbert.