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Period 5 1750 – 1914 20% of Test 1750 – 1914 What makes it different??? • Economics: – Western dominance of trade is clear and the world becomes smaller with new technologies and transportation. – Industrialization creates huge separation between the world powerful countries and those that remain agricultural and “behind.” This difference is highlighted by imperialism 1750 – 1914 What makes it different? • Political: – Political revolutions – for independence or political change – The concept of the nation emerges – Absolutism is challenged and the idea of democracy spreads • Social: – Industrialization impacts: gender patterns and the growing middle class, but also increases the gap between the rich and poor – Labor systems change as slavery and serfdom become less prevalent 1750 – 1914 Industrialization • Why did it begin in Britain? – – – – Agricultural change and and Enclosures New inventions Natural resources and transportation Economic and political stability • Where did it spread? • How did industrialization look in Russia and Japan? 1750 – 1914 Industrialization – Impacts • Created a gap between societies • Increased need for natural resources – was a reason for imperialism – led to the dependence on cash crops among nonindustrialized regions • Global transportation developed to support the trade in manufactured goods and raw materials • Railroads • New sea lanes – Suez and Panama Canals • Environmental Impacts • Land use and urbanization 1750 – 1914 Industrialization - Impacts • Social Impacts – Urbanization – Gender “equality” ????? – Social Classes – Labor systems – Immigration • Political responses – Reform – Isms! 1750 – 1914 Political Change • Sources of change: – Enlightenment Ideas – Those darn bourgeoisie • Revolutions! – – – – – – American French Haitian Latin America (later) China (and Russia is getting ready!) 1750 – 1914 Revolutions • What makes the American and French Revolutions different? • What makes the Haitian Revolution different? • What are some of the reasons revolution spread to Latin America? • How did the conservative reaction to revolution impact Europe? (Congress of Vienna) 1750 – 1914 Revolution - Impacts • What made the outcomes of the independence movements in North America so different from the independence movements in South America? – Political – Economic 1750 – 1914 Revolution - Limitations • Women’s Rights • Racial Equality? • Social Equality? 1750 – 1914 Nationalism! • What makes a nation different from previous types of political entities? • How did nationalism create changes? – France – Italy – Germany 1750 – 1914 What’s going on in those old empires? • The Russian Empire – Catherine the Great the “Enlightened Despot” – Industrialization(?), Crimean War and Reform – Marxism • The “Sickly” Ottoman Empire – Economic issues – Janissaries – Young Turks • Austria-Hungary? • The Qing – From Kangxi to Opium – How did it happen? 1750 – 1914 Imperialism • How did imperialism change over time in Africa? – Slave trade – “legitimate” trade – The Scramble • How did imperialism change over time in South Asia? – – – – The declining Mughal Empire Company Rule (to 1857) Direct Rule (to 1947) Nationalism and the Indian National Congress 1750 – 1914 Imperialism • Economic Imperialism in China – Opium Wars and Unequal Treaties – Response: Taiping and Boxer Rebellions • Economic Imperialism in Latin America • Japanese – Avoiding Imperialism – The Meiji Restoration • The US joins the fun
