population 3.Enclosures a.Agricultural scientists realized the peasants needed to consolidate their holding to be more efficient. b.The poor didn’t want to: common rights were very important to them c.The noble landowners didn’t want to risk it b/c it required large investments. d.Large landowners controlled English Parliament. i.Passed enclosure acts that fenced off and divided the common pasture 1.Heavy legal and surveying costs. Peasants had to sell out to pay expenses 2.landless cottagers lost
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The Revolution of the Peasants “We all look at the same sun‚ but we don’t eat the same dinner.” This is a common proverb said by the peasants of Russia‚ this symbolizes the lack of equality among the classes‚ other proverbs like “A wife is nice twice: when she’s brought into the house and when she’s carried out of it to her grave.” this shows the inequality among peasants themselves! This inequality added to terrible working conditions were the main conditions that ultimately lead Russia to becoming
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or a limewater mixture 4. Humanism: a variety of ethical theory and practice that emphasizes reason‚ scientific inquiry‚ and human fulfillment in the natural world and often rejects the importance of belief in God. 5. Johannes Gutenberg: a German blacksmith who introduced modern book printing 6. Leonardo Da Vinci: Italian Renaissance artist that painted The Last Supper and Mona Lisa‚ he was also an engineer‚ architect‚ sculptor‚ and scientist. 7. Linear Perspective: painting objects
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Europe 1750-1900 Political * Change: systems of government o France shifts from a monarchy to a revolutionary republic to a authoritarian empire (which in turn only lasts until 1870) o During the radical phase of the French Revolution‚ Robespierre tried to centralize the government o Socialism gains supporters in Germany by the 1880s * Reason: changes in circumstances (such as economy and technology) * Change: shifts in power caused by rising movements of nationalism and liberalism o Around
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in capitalism (laissez faire :entrepreneurs invested money in their own business ventures (middle class bourgeoisie led the way) iii. Banking a. Fuggers in Germany and the Medici in Italy iv. The Hanseatic League evolved from within the German states in the Middle Ages that eventually controlled trade in much of northern Europe well into the 16th
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1. the "weekend"- New work patterns that established the weekend as a distinct time of recreation and fun. 2. Coney Island and Blackpool- both are amusement parks. Coney Island was only 8 miles away from central New York City and Blackpool in England was a short train ride from nearby industrial towns. 3. "day-trippers"- People who sit on the beach just to get fresh air. 4. Thomas Edison and Joseph Swan – Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. Joseph Swan opened homes and cities
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The Peasants’ Revolt‚ Tyler’s Rebellion‚ or the Great Rising of 1381 was one of a number of popular revolts in late medieval Europe and is a major event in the history of England. The names of some of its leaders‚ John Ball‚ Wat Tyler and Jack Straw‚ are still familiar even though very little is actually known about these individuals. Tyler’s Rebellion is significant because it marked the beginning of the end of serfdom in medieval England. Tyler’s Rebellion led to calls for the reform of feudalism
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ethnic strife caused division of the people of Rome from within while Germanic tribes invaded the Empire from the North and East. The fall of Rome actually occurred gradually over a period of many years‚ but is usually set at 476 A.D.‚ the year a German chieftain‚ Odoacer‚ seized the city and proclaimed himself emperor. Although the western Roman Empire and the government in Rome itself fell‚ the Empire lived on in the East. The Emperor Diocletian (reigned‚ 284-305) divided and reformed the Empire
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Witchcraft DBQ (Many of the people who were persecuted as witches from the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries were those of a seemingly inferior mindset‚ those who are blamed for problems in the community and those who were social outcasts.) This time period occurred throughout the Protestant‚ Catholic and Scientific revolutions. The victims of the witch trials were usually persecuted in Europe as a whole however focused on areas like South Western Europe. Witches were usually people who were
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Chapter 23 Essay The years between 1815-1848 saw the rise of a number of related and competing ideologies‚ one of them being Socialism. Socialism sought economic equality for all‚ and was very much against the the Laissez Faire ideal of liberalism. There were different forms of socialism as it evolved over the years. Throughout the 19th century‚ Europe saw an uprising and evolution of socialism led by key names Karl Marx‚ Henri de Saint-Simon‚ Charles Fourier‚ and Robert Owen. It created equality
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