euro chaps 10/11

By fieldm
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    industrial revolution

    time frame is approximate!! the industrial rev started in britain and was a time of great change in the way things were produced. it went from goods by hand to goods by machines
  • spinning jenny invented

    made manufacturing textiles faster and cheaper
  • invention of the steam engine

    could power machines with coal and steam
  • invention of the cotton gin

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    reign of tsar alexander

    he saw himself as the savior of Poland and believed he was going to unite Poland under his rule. he was the grandson to cat II and was raised to be an enlightened despot. he surrounded himself with a group of young diverse liberal men. many germans saw him as a protector for germany, and alex saw himself as a rival to napoleon. he entered a third coalition with britain in 1805
  • treaty of tilsit

    between Tsar Alexander of Russia and Napoleon. France and Russia became allies, which lasted for 5 years.
  • French Invasion of Russia

    Napoleon invades Russia because it stopped complying with the Continental system. It was disastrous for Napoleon bc russia used scorched earth policy, or destroying their own crops and resources as they retreated so that napoleons army had nothing. napoleon was forced to retreat becayse of these policies and the brutal winter that was approaching. this was a huge defeat for napoleon
  • napoleon abdicates the throne

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    congress of vienna

  • battle of waterloo

    french army (under napoleon, who had returned from exile) is defeated by a coaltion of GB, Dutch, Belgian, and German forces. Napoleon was exiled AGAIN!
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    age of metternich

    timespan is approx. this was an age of peace after the Congress of Vienna and it was dominated by the conservative Klemens von Metternich.
  • Peterloo Massacre

    in St. Peters field in manchester, 80000 people staged a demonstration, demanding universal male suffrage, annual election of the House of Commons, and a repeal of the Corn Laws. They were orderly, but soldiers fired and 11 people died. The gov thanked the soldiers