HIS241H1 Midterm: HIS241 Notes for Midterm Exam
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The era of this class is 1798 (the french revolution) to 1914 (start of wwi) France, napoleon, and the european response in the form of conservatism (understood here as an anti-nationalist, anti-change, anti-liberal movement intended to stifle. Social and artistic developments (manifested in humanism, expressionism, and modernism) Education and science (manifested in mass education, the elimination of illiteracy, medicine, and intense population increase through the reduction of the death rate. Mass european immigration (of people and ideas) largely through colonization. These things pave the path for the age of imperialism. Political developments and movements such as communism, socialism, anarchism, nationalism, conservatism, and the interplay between one another. The 19th century was one of the most important centuries. There was more change in the 1800s than in the previous three centuries combined. The events of the 1800s allowed europe to rule over the world. Europe was the region that had the most impact on the world in this period.
