HIST 1007 Chapter : History
Document Summary
1798-1801 nsuccessful campaign in egypt and syria to protect french trade interests and undermine britain"s access to india. Napolean wanted to develop a french presence in the middle east and sought to egypt which at the time was a province of the ottoman empire. French trade interest and stop british access to india. The dual revolution- the french revolution and the industrial revolution in. Congress of vienna- 1814-1815 the great powers that defeated napolean britain, austria prussia and russia attempted to restore the pre revolutionary order. The congress dismantled napoleaons empire returned sovereignty of europe"s royal families. Italian risorgimento- italian unification was the political and social movement that agglomerated different states of the italian peninsula into the single state of italy in the 19th century. Despite a lack of consensus on the exact dates for the beginning and end of this period, many scholars agree that the process began in 1815 with the congress of vienna.
