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Bellringer. Have out your SOL Wrap-Up from last class and the puzzle if you didn’t turn it in already On your Bellringer sheet, title a new section “ Bellringer 1/6/11” and answer the following questions in complete sentences. Match the revolutionary with their country( ies )!!!
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Bellringer • Have out your SOL Wrap-Up from last class and the puzzle if you didn’t turn it in already • On your Bellringer sheet, title a new section “Bellringer 1/6/11” and answer the following questions in complete sentences • Match the revolutionary with their country(ies)!!! • Father Miguel Hidalgo • Simon Bolivar • Dom Pedro • TouissantL’Overture • Jose de San Martin • Brazil • Mexico • Venezuela, Columbia • Chile, Peru, Argentina • Haiti • What was the difference between peninsulars and creoles? Between mestizos and mulattos? • Who wrote the Monroe Doctrine and what did it tell Europe to do? • BJOTD:Why was the archaeologist upset?
Nationalism Changes Europe • 3 groups are fighting for supremacy in European countries: • Conservatives: wanted absolute monarchs • Liberals: wanted constitutional governments • Radicals: wanted major changes—democracy to everyone, immediately! • All three groups want their view of government to be put in place in Europe
Rise of the Nation-state • A nation of people who share a common culture, history, and an independent government • This idea came from the French Revolution • Revolution stressed the equality of all people, leading to national pride, leading to the Revolution
For how long, o brave young men, shall we live in fastnesses,Alone, like lions, on the ridges in the mountains?Shall we dwell in caves, looking out on branches,Fleeing from the world on account of bitter serfdom?Abandoning brothers, sisters, parents, homelandFriends, children, and all of our kin?[...]Better one hour of free life,Than forty years of slavery and prison.
Nationalism Sparks Revolts • Greece • 1st people to win self-rule during this time • Was a part of the Ottoman Empire, but they held onto their ancient culture and history • The rest of Europe sided with Greece against the Ottomans • 1830: Greece is declared independent
Western Europe in the 1830s: • The return to absolute monarchies after the Congress of Vienna was failing • Riots occurred across Europe • France • Various monarchs ruled in France throughout the 1830s • Revolution of 1848: Monarchy kicked out and a republic (where all people can make decisions about the government) ruled. • Radicals began fighting among themselves in the streets. The violence turned French citizens away from the idea of a republic.
1848: New constitution was written calling for a parliament and a strong elected President • December 1848: election of Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte to president • Made himself Emperor 4 years later
Russia • Russia was still behind the rest of Europe • Still using the feudal system—country could not advance economically • 1853-1856: Crimean War • Russia fought the war against the Ottoman Empire, Great Britain, and France, and lost miserably due to a lack of supplies and good transportation for the armies • Forced the czar, or king, to start thinking about reforms
Alexander II • Czar of Russia • Signed the Edict of Emancipation in 1861, freeing the serfs • BUT—peasants remained in debt and so were still tied to the land anyway • Assassinated in 1881