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Industrialization and Global Interaction 1750- 1900. AP World History Unit 5. Age of Revolutions. American Revolution Latin American Revolutions French Revolution Industrial Revoltuion. 1750-1900. Trend toward increasing interdependence among regions of the world
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Industrialization and Global Interaction 1750- 1900 AP World History Unit 5
Age of Revolutions • American Revolution • Latin American Revolutions • French Revolution • Industrial Revoltuion
1750-1900 • Trend toward increasing interdependence among regions of the world • Frequency of contact between western and eastern hemisphere increased • Technological advancements
Themes • Dominance of Western Civilization • Wealth and control of other areas of the world • Technological innovations led to Industrial Revolution • International commercial contacts through use of: • Steamships • Railroads • Telegraphs
Themes • Industrialization has great effects • Population movement – from rural to urban • Cities grow • Family size shrinks and birth rates fall • Factories = air and water pollution
Themes • Democracy spreads • Absolutism challenged because of Enlightenment Ideas • Democratic models of government spur revolutions • American • Latin American • French • British parliamentary model is mimicked
Themes • Reform movements • Inequality between individuals and states becomes and issue – movements take place • Slave systems abolished