SECTION 1: LECTURE OUTLINES
SECTION 1
POWERPOINT OUTLINES
CIVILIZATION REVIEW:
15th & 16th Centuries
15th AND 16th CENTURIES:
CHINESE EMPIRE:
CHAPTER 18—EAST ASIA LATE TRADITIONAL ERA
CHINA:
MING DYNASTY, 1368-1644:
QING DYNASTY, 1644-1911:
JAPAN:
TOKUGAWA JAPAN:
KOREA & VIETNAM:
CHAPTER 19—STATE BUILDING, SOCIETY AND THE RISE OF CONSTITUTIONALISM & ABSOLUTISM IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE
1600-1740
NATURE OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES:
DEVELOPMENT OF POLITICAL MODELS:
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS:
ENGLAND:
ENGLAND (GREAT BRITAIN/U.K.):
FRANCE AND ABSOLUTISM:
RUSSIA:
AUSTRIA/HABSBURGS:
(BRANDENBURG)-PRUSSIA:
LOUIS XIV & 18th CENTURY WARS:
WARS OF LOUIS XIV:
18th CENTURY WARS:
THE “OLD REGIME”:
CHALLENGES TO THE OLD REGIME:
2. Charles “Turnip” Townsend (1674-1738)
3. Robert Bakewell (1725-1795)
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION:
POWERPOINT OUTLINES
CIVILIZATION REVIEW:
15th & 16th Centuries
15th AND 16th CENTURIES:
- Renaissance—Printing Press
- Reformation and Religious Wars
- Age of Exploration and European World Empire
- Islamic World—Western & Eastern
- Asian Thought—Confucianism & Buddhism
- East Asia—Korea & Vietnam
- East Asia—Japan
- East Asia—China
CHINESE EMPIRE:
- 2100 BC: Founding of Chinese Empire
- Cyclical History—Dynasties
- Important Dynasties:
- Sui (589-618)
- Tang (618-907)
- Song (960-1279)
- Yuan (1279-1368)—Mongols
CHAPTER 18—EAST ASIA LATE TRADITIONAL ERA
CHINA:
- Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) & Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)
MING DYNASTY, 1368-1644:
- Rise of the Ming—Stability
- Growth of Ming Power
- Emperor Hongwu (r. 1368-1398)
- Threats to Ming—Mongols, Japanese, Manchus
- Contacts w/Europeans—16th Century Economy
- Economic Downfall of the Ming
QING DYNASTY, 1644-1911:
- Rise of the Qing (Manchu) Dynasty
- Qing Culture/Identity
- Qing Rule in China—Kangxi (r. 1662-1723)
- Expansion—Qianlong (r. 1736-1799)
- Contact & Relations w/Europeans--Treaty of Nerchinsk (1689)
- Influence of China on the West
JAPAN:
TOKUGAWA JAPAN:
- Historical Trends--Warring States Era (1467-1600) & Tokugawa Era (1600-1868)
- Political Centralization--Nobunaga, Hidyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu
- The Tokugawa Shogunate—Centralization of Authority
- Relations w/Europeans—Expulsion of the Europeans (1637)—Isolation
- Economic & Social Life
- Legacy of the Tokugawa
KOREA & VIETNAM:
- Influenced by Chinese Learning
- Saw Selves as Different
- Korea & Choson Dynasty (1392-1910)
- Decline of Choson Korea
- Vietnam—Dynasties; Ly (1002-1225); Tran (1225-1400); Le (1428-1787); Nguyen (1802-1880s)
CHAPTER 19—STATE BUILDING, SOCIETY AND THE RISE OF CONSTITUTIONALISM & ABSOLUTISM IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE
1600-1740
NATURE OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES:
- Period of Transition in Europe—Political, Social and Economic
- Emergence of Influential States: England, France, Russia, Austria and Prussia
DEVELOPMENT OF POLITICAL MODELS:
- England: Parliamentary Monarchy (Constitutional Monarchy)
- France: Absolutism (Absolute Monarchy)
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS:
- Religious
- General Assemblies
- Foreign Affairs
- Personalities
- Nobility
ENGLAND:
- James I (r. 1603-1625) & Charles I (1625-1649)
- English Civil War & Oliver Cromwell 1642-1651—English Republic 1651-1660
- Restoration & Charles II (r. 1660-1685)
- James II (r. 1685-1688)
- “Glorious Revolution” 1688
- William and Mary
ENGLAND (GREAT BRITAIN/U.K.):
- George I (Hannover)
- Issues George Faced
- Robert Walpole—Tenure: “Let Sleeping Dogs Lie.”
- England (Great Britain) as a Parliamentary Monarchy
FRANCE AND ABSOLUTISM:
- Absolutism
- Louis XIII (r. 1610-1643), Cardinal Richelieu & French Policy
- Louis XIV (r. 1643-1715)
- Domestic Policy—Edict of Nantes
- Foreign Policy—Aggressive
- Reign of Louis XV (r. 1715-1774)/Regency of Duke of Orleans—John Law
RUSSIA:
- Peter the Great
- Westernization of Russia
- Centralization—Breaking Power of Streltsy & Boyars (Nobility)
- Foreign Policy—St. Petersburg
- Russia after Peter the Great
AUSTRIA/HABSBURGS:
- Problems w/Empire: Multi-National, Czech & Hungarian (Magyar) Nobility
- Charles VI (r. 1711-1740), Maria Theresa & “Pragmatic Sanction”
(BRANDENBURG)-PRUSSIA:
- Frederick William “The Great Elector” (r. 1640-1688)
- King Frederick I (r. 1688-1713)—Kingdom of Prussia
- King Frederick William I (1713-1740)
- Military
LOUIS XIV & 18th CENTURY WARS:
WARS OF LOUIS XIV:
- War of Devolution (1667-68)
- War of the League of Augsburg (1688-97)
- War of Spanish Succession (1701-13)
18th CENTURY WARS:
- Nature of Wars: Dynastic & Commercial/Colonial
- Louis XIV Wars:
- War of Jenkins’ Ear: GB & Spain (1739-1748)
- War of Austrian Succession: Prus/Fra & Aus (1740-1748)
- Diplomatic Rearrangement—1755-1756
- Seven Years’ War: GB/Prus & Fra/Aus/Rus ([1754] 1756-1763)
THE “OLD REGIME”:
- Way of Life in 18th Century—Social, Political, Economic
- Orders/Institutions
- Rural Society: Nobility/Peasantry & Serfs
- Family Economy
- Peasant Rebellions
CHALLENGES TO THE OLD REGIME:
- 18th Century Agricultural Revolution
- Enclosure Movement—“Scientific Farming”
2. Charles “Turnip” Townsend (1674-1738)
3. Robert Bakewell (1725-1795)
- Consequences/Rise of Capitalistic Farming
- Urban Developments
- Cities/Population Increase
- Urban Society: Nobility, Bourgeoisie, Shop-keeper/Artisans, Poor—Guilds
- Health and Sanitation
- Pre-Industrial Developments
- “Proto-Industry” (Domestic/Putting Out System)
- Transportation Improvements
- Commercial/Consumption Revolution
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION:
- IR: Shift from Cottage Industry to Workshop to Factory Industry
- Origins in England
- Industries: Cotton Textiles, Iron, Steam Engine
- Consequences of IR on Society
