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AP World History Mr. Charnley
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European Political Ideologies Conservatives ▪ Monarchies and religious institutions provide stability ▪ Opposed to revolutionary ideals Liberals ▪ Limit government interference in citizens’ lives ▪ Constitution and protection of individual rights ▪ Limited voting rights ▪ Economic reforms for industrial growth Radicals ▪ Democratic representative government ▪ Social reforms for lower class ▪ Universal voting rights
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Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815) Anti-French sentiment among European nations Europe sought to restore balance of power to prewar conditions Congress of Vienna (1815) Sought to limit power of France Wanted to restore ‘balance of power’ in Europe Gave territory to German and Italian states Britain gained new colonies Russia retained most of Poland
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Revolutions of 1820 Greece ▪ Gained independence from Ottoman Empire ▪ Began decline of Ottoman power in Europe Spain ▪ Spanish military mutinied, demanded constitutional monarchy ▪ France sent troops to crush the rebellion and restore absolutism
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Revolutions of 1830 France ▪ July Revolution ▪ Establishes constitutional monarchy Belgium ▪ Belgian Revolution ▪ Gains independence from Netherlands Poland ▪ November Uprising ▪ Failed attempt to gain independence from Russia
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Industrialization Working class ▪ Used political institutions to fight for industrial reform Displaced artisan class ▪ Afraid of being displaced by industrial factory system Charist movement ▪ British artisans and workers demanded the right to vote ▪ Regulate technology and promote education
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France February Revolution Overthrew monarchy Established a republic Artisans demanded social reforms Women demanded right to vote Republic overthrown by Louis Napoleon III and replaced by an empire
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German states, Italian states, Habsburg Empire Demand for constitutional monarchy Artisans wanted limits on industrialization Peasants wanted end to feudalism National unity Rights for individual ethnic groups
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Effects Opposed by conservatives and liberals Harshly suppressed by government militaries Countries improved infrastructure to prevent natural disasters social status was based on wealth, not nobility Artisan class lost political power
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Neo-Conservatives Sought to preserve aristocracy and monarchy Used nationalism to promote existing social hierarchy Promoted expansionism and imperialism to win popular support
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Cavour Promoted industrialization in northern Italy Extended power of parliament Allied with France to drive Austria out of northern Italian states Unified Italy under king of Piedmont Weakened power of papacy
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Garibaldi Revolutionary leader in southern Italy ‘Red Shirts’ Overthrew monarchy and handed southern Italy over to Cavour 1871 Papal States are forced to surrender, lose all territory except Vatican City
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Bismarck ‘blood and iron’ Realpolitik Allied with Austria to defeat Denmark and regain ethnically German lands (1863) Defeated Austria make Prussia the dominant German state (1866) Defeated France to unify German states under Prussia (1871)
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American Civil War 1861-1865 Asserted power of the national government over regional authorities Abolished slavery First war to use industrial-era weapons and technology
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France Defeated in Franco- Prussian War Overthrew Louis Napoleon Established republic ▪ Universal male voting ▪ Weakened Catholic Church ▪ Improved education ▪ No major social reforms
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1780 to 1890
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Causes Enlightenment ▪ slavery violates natural rights ▪ emphasis on liberty and equality Religious ▪ Quakers and Protestant evangelicals morally opposed to slavery Economic ▪ new technology, industrialization Political ▪ Haitian Revolution
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Activism Abolitionist movement gains support among middle and working class Methods: pamphlets, petitions, boycotts, public meetings Leadership of William Wilberforce
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Timeline 1807: Britain forbade sale of slaves in empire 1834: emancipation of remaining slaves 1850s : Most new Latin American countries abolished slavery 1861: Russia emancipates serfs 1863: USA Emancipation Proclamation 1888: Brazil became the last to abolish slavery
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Plantation owners and slave traders resisted USA Civil War, 1861- 1865, was most prolonged struggle to end slavery
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Outcomes Freed but not equal citizens Only in Haiti was land redistributed Shortage of plantation labor African slaves were replaced by indentured servants Emancipated serfs in Russia remained poor
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Olympe de Gouges wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Women 1792, during French Revolution New educational, employment, and social opportunities 1848 Seneca Falls Convention Elizabeth Cady Stanton Susan B. Anthony Demanded access to schools, professions, and voting
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By 1900, a small number of upper and middle class women had gained entrance to universities US– states passed laws allowing women to control their own property, divorce Teaching, nursing and social work (Jane Adams) Women ultimately gained the right to vote New Zealand in 1893 USA in 1920 (19 th Amendment) France in 1945
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