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Final Exam Review We have to remember that during the French Revolution there were 3 levels of classes. Remember that the first two classes consisted of the nobles and the wealthy which made up 3%, whereas the commoners made up 97% of the population of France. Now under the old regime in France, the burden of all the taxation fell mostly upon the commoners. Now during the Scientific Revolution, we have to remember of certain scientists like Copernicus and Isaac Newton. Now during this time, the scientist would end up questioning traditional beliefs about the universe. One thing from Isaac Newton to remember about is that he would end up explaining the three laws of gravitational pull (gravity). We have to remember that Copernicus is responsible for developing/proposing the heliocentric/ sun-centered theory

Final Exam Review Now during the scientific revolution, we have to remember that the only people that feared the spread of the scientific revolution were those inn the church. Those in the church believed and feared that the new scientific advances would end up having people rejecting the bible. During this time you would also have the rise of famous philosophers like John Locke and Montesquieu. During this time the famous philosopher, John Locke, would end up having the philosophy of natural rights. These natural rights would guarantee that everyone have certain basic rights from birth. These Natural Rights would end up being used in the Declaration of Independence, yet they would be called Unalienable Rights. During the time of the Revolutionary War, one of the biggest reasons that the U. S. Congress had no authority to resolve the nation’s economic problems while operating under the newly developed Articles of Confederation is that they had no power to levy the taxes.

Final Exam Review Now during the time of the Revolutionary War, in 1776, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin would end up designing one of the most historical papers in U. S. history. Now during this time, Thomas Jefferson would end up using the ideas from John Locke, like Natural Rights, in order to establish the Declaration of Independence. Now in 1776, the Declaration of Independence would be developed and signed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Now newspapers in Philadelphia at this time would have most likely published about the Declaration of Independence being signed and published at this time. Now one of the key influence papers that inspired the Declaration of Independence would be the Magna Carta. Now the signing of the Magna Carta was in 1215, which was a key importance in England’s history since it limited the power of the Monarchy Now the Glorious Revolution in England in 1688 also signified England history as it limited the Monarchy of England as well.

Final Exam Review Now going into the 1800 s you would end up seeing the 1 st and 2 nd Industrial Revolution. Now Great Britain at this time was aided by quick industrialization due to finding coal, the production of iron, and having a vast majority of rivers. Now remember that the Industrial Revolution is the increased amount of manufactured goods produced, particularly in England. We also have to remember that during the progress of the Industrial Revolution that Land, Labor and Capitol were the 3 benefactors of production that drove the revolution. Now during the Industrial Revolutions we begin to see more interference with the government inside factories and inside the stock market. Now at this time the Laissez-Faire policy was passed, which stated that the government should never interfere with progress.

Final Exam Review Now Jumping about 100+ years into the future, the world is now in chaos as it is 1914, which marks the first year of World War I. during this time the Great War would affect major European and North American Countries to fight to the bitter end. Now besides the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, that sparked the war. One of the other biggest reason/principal causes that led to the outbreak of World War I was because of the formation of the secret alliances. Now after World War I you would end up seeing the creation of the Fourteen Points, the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations, all of which promoted peace and prosperity. However, they were either designed or approved by one person, this would be President Woodrow Wilson. Now during the aftermath of WWI and into the 1920 s, we have to remember that people began to overspend on needless materials and items. What would end up happening at this time is that people would end up overextending their usage of credit in the stock market in the late 1920 s because they actually believed that they would make a quick profit out of this. However they were wrong as the stock market would crash in 1929, beginning the Great Depression. Now famous headlines that you would see that go into detail about the Great Depression would be examples like, “Bank failures continue, ” “Accounts wiped out, ” or “Nationwide stampede to unload stocks. ”

Final Exam Review Now during this time of the Great Depression, we would end up seeing a natural disaster occur within the United States known as the Dust Bowl. Now the Dust Bowl was a man made disaster due to poor cropping and no rain. The Dust Bowl would end up affecting the regions of the Great Plains or the Midwest in better terms. During the Great Depression you would end upon seeing the rise of a party, one that thrived on giving back things to the people. During this time, the depression in Germany help give rise towards the Nazi Party, due to the economic hardships and political instability occurring there. Now during this time and even before the outbreak of WWII, one man warned the people about Germany’s leader, Adolf Hitler. When he became the Prime Minister of Great Britain, he would end up rallying Britain to never surrendering against the Germans and would end up working very closely with FDR. This man would be Winston Churchill.

Final Exam Review Now we have to remember that the United States has interfered itself with one of the bloodiest wars ever, WWII. Now the reason why they would interfere was due to the event that occurred on the day known as the date that will live in infamy by Franklin Roosevelt. That infamous day will be occurred by the event over in Pearl Harbor. Now the reason why WWII could never be prevented is because Great Britain and France continued to give back areas towards Germany, since they did not want to go to war wit them. This would be known as Appeasement, which was meeting political demands in order to avoid war. However, this would never work as Germany would invade Poland in 1939. Now at the end of the war, in 1945, Harry Truman had to make the final decision, which he does by dropping the atomic bombs, ending WWII. Now we have the remember that the atomic bombs were dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Final Exam Review Now in retrospect of World War II, one of the biggest things that occurs that is a monstrosity and a horror, ones the likes has never seen before would occur along the European Theater. This occurrence would be The Holocaust. Now the Holocaust was the rounding up and extermination of European Jews made by the Nazi’s. The biggest reason why The Holocaust is considered a unique event in European history is because it was planned in great detail and required an extreme amount of cooperation by just one country, which was Germany. Now in the aftermath of World War II, you would end up seeing the allied powers being victorious against the Germans. Now what end up happening afterwards, due to the violence and destruction that occurred during World War II, you would end up seeing the formation of the U. N. , which promoted peace and prosperity to every country that joined. Now we have to remember that one of the first things that the U. N. ends up doing is designing an all Jewish state known as Israel, yet this would lead to outbreaks of war between Arabs and Israelis. Now one of the biggest reasons for the outbreak of these conflicts between the two races was that in 1948, both claimed sovereignty over the same land leading to future wars with each other. Even after World War II there would be altercations between the allied powers, specifically the United States and the Soviet Union. After World War II, they would end up getting into a bitter disagreement, in which would turn up being the Cold War. Now during this time, the U. S. feared the spread of Communism within Europe, which they would end up developing a policy that was to decrease Soviet influence throughout the world during the early years of the Cold War. This policy was called Containment.

Final Exam Review Now in the 1950 s, Prime Minister Winston Churchill will go on to give a crucial speech to the British people, in which he states that those apart of the Communist Party are evil, in which he gives the key term of the Iron Curtain to describe those in Eastern Europe. Now what the Iron Curtain meant was that it separated Communism located in Russia/ Eastern Europe from Capitalist/Democratic Western Europe. During the time of the Cold War, the United States would end up designing a new plan, in which was to stop the rapid spread of Communism, this would be called the Marshall Plan. Now the Marshall Plan would stop the spread of Communism by providing funds/economic aid towards war-torn European Nations. Now fast forwarding 40+ years into the future, in 1989. now 1989 would be a very important year due to two instances that would occur. The first instance is that you would see an event that would actually closely relate towards the end of the Cold War. This event would end up being the Fall of the Berlin Wall, ending the separation between Communist East and Capitalist West Berlin. The second event that would occur is the student protests that would occur in China. Now what ends up happening is that students were protesting against Communism in China as they were promoting Capitalism and Democracy. It would end up turning into a full out riot in which you would have the massacre at Tiananmen Square. Now the goal of these protests in Tiananmen Square was to increase political freedoms and rights in China. We have to remember that in 1991, the Soviet Union and other Eastern European countries would have a falling out and get rid of their forms of Communism, ending the Cold War.

Final Exam Review Now steering away from modern wars, we must remember about the spread of Imperialism, especially those occurring in the continents of Africa and Asia. Now when we talk about Imperialism we have to remember about two rebellions that occur within Asia, the Sepoy Rebellion in India and the Boxer Rebellion in China. Now both rebellions would end up having the similarity between the two. Their similarity was that of the reactions to European Imperialism, since both countries were at a rebellion against Great Britain. Now we have to remember about the Opium Wars, which was between China and Great Britain, in which we saw Great Britain winning in a landslide due to their change of weaponry compared to the Chinese. Now the Opium Wars was during the Imperialism into Asia, so one of the biggest results of the Opium Wars was that China became divided into Spheres of Influences between some European countries and the United States. Now before the outbreak of World War II, you would begin to see the rapid change of Japan as they began to take an imperialist approach into various lands, like China, Korea, the Philippines and some portions of Asia. Now the reason behind Japan’s policy of Imperialism during the 20 th century, was due to the lack of natural resources, which they would contain by conquering the territories/lands. Lastly about imperialism we have to talk about the spread of Independence from colonized nations like India. Now India was the first country to declare its independence after World War II. Now one of the biggest things that would occur immediately after the region British India gained its independence in 1947, is that the region that the British had occupied was portioned/ split into 2 different states, India and Pakistan.

Final Exam Review Now when we get into modern times, this was specifically in the 1990 s through present day, however there were some things that still either occur or influence people to this day. Now during the modern times era we have to talk about instances that occurred in the 1970 s. Now what happens in the 1970 s is that you have the rise of one of the most famous women in the world. You would see the rise of Mother Teresa. Now Mother Teresa was highly known for her peacekeeping as she was awarded for a Nobel Peace Prize due to her work on caring for the poor and homeless people that were living in the streets of India. Mother Teresa’s work is still seen as iconic especially to those who do humanitarian work. Now in the 1970 s, specifically 1979, you would end up seeing the rise of radical Islamic fundamentalism. The rise of Islamic fundamentalism was brought up in the 1979 Iranian Crisis and revolution, now since that time it has increased incidents in global terrorism. Now in the 20 th century, we begin to see the rise of culture changes. Now at this time you would see the Advancement of Communications, which contributed to the spread of popular culture in Europe and North America within the 20 th century. One of the best examples is in 1963, when The Beatles took America by storm by appearing on the Ed Sullivan Show. Now as we approach the 21 st century we see the rise of third world countries, having the capability to make a threat towards the United States. Now third world countries like North Korea and Iran, Known as the “Axis of Evil” by President George Bush, attracted worldwide attention in the early 21 st century because they both developed Nuclear Capabilities, still threatening the United States to this day.

Final Exam Review Some last things to remember for the exam is that during the Columbian Exchange between the New and the Old World, we have to remember that the food consumption of West Europe would change due to the introductions of new diets from the Americas. Another thing to remember is that when looking at primary sources, we have to remember that they are 1 st hand accounts, diaries or eye witness accounts of certain events. Now we have to remember that between 1500 s to around 1800 s you would have the spread of the Enlightenment which would end spread ideologies throughout European society and America. Now after World War I we have to remember that there were various countries that were developed after World War I. Some of these countries to be developed in Eastern Europe would end up being near Russia. When talking about the Middle East, we have to remember that there had been always talks of peace in the region, however peace in the Middle East has always been instable. Now after September 11 th, 2001 there was a central issue that had occurred in the United States, raising the certain question “are there any needs to give liberties up to protect the nation? ” within people of the U. S. Lastly we have to remember that the segregation between Whites and Africans living in South Africa from the 1940 s until the 1990 s is known as Apartheid.