Unit 5: Revolutions

Essential Question

To what extent did revolutions lead to cultural or social changes during this period?

Objective Questions

1. Describe the impact of the Industrial Revolution on one specific social group in Europe during the 19th century.

2. Explain the causes and consequences of one of the major political revolutions in the period 1750-1900 outside of Europe.

3. Discuss the role of nationalism in the formation of a specific nation-state during the 19th century.

4. Compare and contrast the effects of imperialism in Africa and Asia during the 19th century.

5. Analyze the factors that contributed to the spread of global trade networks during the 18th and 19th centuries.

6. Examine the impact of a specific technological innovation on global society during the 19th century.

7. Evaluate the role of women in two different societies during the 19th century, considering their social and political status.

8. Discuss the economic transformations in one specific region resulting from global industrialization in the 19th century.

9. Explain the motives and consequences of migration patterns in the 19th century, considering both internal and international movements.

Key Terms and Concepts

1. The Enlightenment

   1. Demands

      1. Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

      2. Olympe de Gouges's Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen

      3. Seneca Falls Conference (1848) organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott

2. Nationalism and Revolutions in the Period from 1750 to 1900

   1. Call for national unification or liberation

      1. Propaganda movement in the Philippines

      2. Maori nationalism and the New Zealand wars in New Zealand

      3. Puerto Rico -- writings of Lola Rodriguez de Tio

      4. German and Italian unifications

      5. Balkan nationalisms

      6. Ottomanism

3. Industrialization Spreads in the Period from 1750 to 1900

   1. Decline of Middle Eastern and Asian share in global manufacturing

      1. Shipbuilding in India and Southeast Asia

      2. Iron works in India

      3. Textile production in India and Egypt

4. Industrialization: Government's Role from 1750 to 1900

   1. Muhammad Ali's development of a cotton textile industry in Egypt

5. Economic Developments and Innovations in the Industrial Age

   1. Transnational businesses 

      1. Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC)

      2. Unilever based in England and the Netherlands and operating in British West Africa and the Belgian Congo

   2. Financial instruments

      1. Stock markets

      2. Limited-liability corporations