Unit Five L:
Age of Revolution
(1750CE - 1900 CE)
The Age of Revolution represents an era that unleashed global forces that continue to play themselves out in the 21st century. It is an epoch of “-isms”: nationalism; industrialism, mercantilism, capitalism, liberalism, socialism, communism, imperialism, and colonialism. It reflected an age of political revolutions and reaction against revolutionary ideas. It was a period of economic and social revolutions, which was marked by dramatic changes in the structure of social classes and changes in the traditional roles of men, women and children. It heralded the modern age and raised a series of essential questions. At the beginning of the 20th century, the nations of the west held positions of dominance and hegemony that few, if any, nations ever achieved in world history. During this period, Japan and the United States became major players on the world stage.
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Focus Questions & Vocabulary of Revolutions
Focus Questions - Revolutions
1. How did Enlightenment ideas lead to the:
and the French Revolutions? 3. What were the long-range political causes of both the American and the French Revolutions? 4. How did the feudal social class system, in place since the Middle Ages, contribute to the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789?• What is meant by the term nationalism? 5. How can nationalism be considered both a unifying and divisive force in global history? 6. How did the Napoleonic Code and Napoleon’s revision of political, economic, and educational organizations provide greater centralization of authority? 7. What were the lasting effects of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Empire on global history? 8. How did the success of the American and French Revolutions affect Latin American colonies? 9. How was the traditional social class system of France (with the Three Estates) similar to the social class systems of 18th century colonial Latin American societies? 10. Which social class group(s) most wanted change in colonial Latin America? Why? 11. Which groups led the revolutions in Latin America? Why? 12. In what ways was Simon Bolivar similar to George Washington? Different? 13. What role(s) did women play in the revolutions that occurred from 1750-1914? Focus Questions - Reactions to Revolution
In what ways did the Congress of Vienna represent a conservative point of view regarding
- revolutionary changes? - democratic ideas? -Nationalistic movements? • What actions did the Congress of Vienna take to establish a balance of power after the defeat of Napoleon in Europe? • What reactions against revolutionary ideas occurred in Europe, Russia, and Latin America? • How did events across Europe in the year 1848 show a clash between conservatism and liberalism? • In 19th century Russia, what political and economic conditions kept Russia from a more democratic and progressive form of government? • In the mid-19th century, Eastern Europe maintained serfdom as the basis for economies, whereas Western Europe did not. What were some of the consequences of this differences? Focus Questions Latin Revolutions
What political, economic, and social forces led to the 19th century failure of democracy in Latin America?
How did each of these groups respond to the ideals of the revolutionaries?
• What were the causes of the Mexican Revolution (1910-1930)? • What role did the peasants play in this Mexican Revolution? • Why did the viewpoints of landholders and peons regarding the Mexican Revolution differ? •What part did nationalism play in the Mexican Revolution? • How would you define "conservatism" and "liberalism" in the context of Latin American history? |
Vocabulary - Revolutions
Bill of Rights
guillotine blockade Legislative Assembly checks and balances Levée en Masse Committee of Public Safety matriarchy concordat Napoleonic Code Continental System National Assembly coup d’état Old Regime Declaration of Independence patriarchy Regionalism Estates-General Reign of Terror federal system sans-culottes the Grand Army scorched-earth policy gender roles self-determination gender status separation of powers guerilla warfare Tennis Court Oath Vocabulary - Reactions to Revolution
balance of power
liberal Congress of Vienna radical conservative reactionary legitimacy Vocabulary Latin Revolutions
altitude
land reform arid cash crop economies Mediterranean climate creoles mestizos economic diversity mulatto peninsulares ethnic blending geographic diversity semi-arid climate highlands slaves indigenous peoples |