Review Understand big concepts and names not details 1 Age of Isms 1815 1850 a Elite isms i Conservatism ii Liberalism 1 Edmin Burk 2 Wanted strong central government to control all aspects of life 3 Change comes from gov not individuals 4 Upper class upper middle class folk 1 John S Mill 2 Don t want equality for the peasants poor and lower class folk 3 Want voice in gov for middle class and working class 4 NOT democratic 5 Want to minimize government role though b Mass isms i Romanticism 1 Emphasizes feelings 2 More appealing to the heart then the mind 3 Came out of revolution American and French ii Nationalism know difference between two 1 Cultural a Fichte are better b Herder 2 Political a Hagel i Some nations are bigger and stronger because they i Very interested in folklore ii This makes us unique but not better than other iii Each country develops its own nation i The only way for any nation to not only to survive and lift up an inferior nation is if the nation can control the gov and acts in behalf of the nation ii Example Poland iii Socialism 1 Utopian a Owen and Fourier i Live in the woods and live in harmony and not be influenced by anyone else ii Advocated a process were social classes are erased 2 State a Blanc i Only way to get gov to enact policies in favor of the working class is to force them to do it b Want rights for labors and workers from the states 3 Revolutionary a Blanqui b The only way to gain control of the gov is through violence 4 Communism and Marx a believes it s a process of history for governments to dissolve and become communist b Workers unite and over throw gov c Eventually gov will fade away and not be needed 2 The Drive for National Independence 1815 50 a Movements came out of Napoleonic wars b Countries to remember i Mexico 1 Their independence is mostly peaceful 2 The priest mostly lead this movement 3 Hidalgo 4 San Martine Spain ii Brazil 1 Don Pedro iii Canada 1 Durham report 1839 a preist b Led a movement force to change the government in Mexico c Wanted change not independence a Military man who lead the fight for independency against a Son of Portuguese King First king of brazil b Negotiated the independence of brazil from his father a Find out what the Canadians want b Presented it to parliament c Everything was accepted except for the part about French canada i They wanted own gov to speak French etc d Canada gained self ruling but remained part of the British empire 2 Failed Canadian revolution a Revolt of 1837 b Canadians revolted against Britain but were easily put down c Lead to Durham act 3 The New Imperialism Phase 1 1815 50 a Based heavily on trade b Take over economically first c Egypt i Muhammad Ali the rebellion d China i Opium Wars 1 Leader of Mamelukes 2 Liked Egypt and decided to stay and take it over after putting down 1 China refuses trade with Britian 2 China has high demand for Opium since its government controlled 3 Brits smuggle opium into china 4 China orders them to stop but refuses to meet with them 5 Brits send 3 battle ships and shoots at coast ii Treaty of Nanking 1 Unfair to the Chinese 2 Grants the British rights to extraterritoriality a British are not subject to Chinese law 3 British get Hong Kong i The Emperor has no power ii Princes running the show iii British gets rights to mines indirectly owns India e India 4 Europe in Revolt 1815 50 a Congress of Viena i Arbitrarily drawn lines ii People are upset iii Socialism is really big at this point iv This leads to 1848 revolutions b Greeks 1821 30 empire i Revolted because they had nothing in common with Turkish Muslim ii Get their independence i 1830 revolt with the help of France ii Were constantly trying to break away from Dutch c Belgium d British i Have a political reform bill 1832 ii Extending voting rights e Revolution in France that leads to civil war 1848 f Revolution in Germany 1848 g Revolution on Ottoman empire 1848 h All of these revolutions fail except for French i However it strengthen the conservative order j Also strengthened political ideology in the masses 5 Nation Building 1850 71 a Everyone is angry and rioting b 2nd republic ends in 1848 i Starts with Louie Napoleon ii Elected as President iii But then turns himself into a dictator iv He spreads himself thin Imperialism Indo china 1 2 3 Wants to turn France into a world power again 4 Scares other European empires 5 His death started 3rd republic c Russia i Most of the population are serfs until Alexander the 2nd ii The great reform a Changed time of service in military merit system for 1 Judiciary system a Jury local gov etc 2 Military Reform iii Duma officer position 3 Frees the Serfs 1 Russian congress a No real power 2 Alexander doesn t really listen to them 3 Tsar still does whatever he wants iv Eventually he is assassinated by socialist revolutionaries d Austria i Nationalism problem 1 Extremely large with 12 distinct nationalities ii Hungarians are upset 1 Have no rights 2 Are being ignored 3 Try to revolt 4 Compromised of 1867 a Dual Monarchy b Recognizes Hungary as their own state but are still part of the Austrian empire c Hungarians stayed on the Austrian side after that e Italy Unification i Separate states 1 North Italy a Industrialized wealthy 2 Southern Italy a Poor farm land 1 From northern Italy 2 One of two men that united Italy ii Cavour f Germany Unification i 18 Separate states ii Prussia is the largest 1 Otto Von Bismarck a Leading factor in German unification b Uses diplomacy c Tries to work with people iii Austrians get mad for not being included g Germans and Italians showed the world that they could be unified 6 The New Imperialism Phase 2 1850 1914 a Japan i They have a system that s based on samurai emperor 1 Emperor is god on earth 2 Samurai rebuild government ii But they embrace western civilization iii Mathew Perry 1 Opened japan up to western trade iv Return to Shintoism 1 Oldest member of family would be in charge of holding ceremonies to honor ancestors 2 New form had priest hood 3 Temples will be built for priests to perform rituals to honor ancestors 4 Emperor is god on earth a Sent from heavens to run Japan b No one questions or defies him v Japan will eventually industrialize and modernize vi German built army British built Navy