HIST 102 Chapter : AFTER NAPOLEON
15 Mar 2019
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After napoleon: congress of vienna, members, grant britain, prussia, austria, russia, during congress of vienna, napoleon escapes alba and meeting is put on hold. Belgium: kingdom of the netherlands, younger than the united states, congress of vienna, southern part is catholic, revolt, not happy being attached to dutch, belgium born 1815. Industrial revolution happening in great britain: corn laws repealed 1846, great britain, all this is done by parliament by popular consent what the people, tax on imported grain is reduced want. Insurrection happens: luis-philippe exiled, forced out of france. France: after louis-philippe is exiled, declares second republic. Burst of expansion between 1880-1914: take over africa and asia. Why: profit, new markets, looking for cheap raw materials, new places to sell things too, that don"t exist in europe. International prestige or statue: nationalism, competition, between countries, protection, to protect territory they already have. How: science and technology, more advanced than the areas they are taking over.
