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Unit 5: Revolutions

🕓 Time Period: 1750-1900

Chapters

5.1: The Enlightenment

5.2: Nationalism and Revolutions

5.3: Industrial Revolution Begins

5.4: Industrialization Spreads

5.5: Technology in the Industrial Age

5.6: Industrialization: Government’s Role

5.7: Economic Developments and Innovations

5.8: Reactions to the Industrial Economy

5.9: Society and the Industrial Age

Context

Industrial Revolution!

New technology like machinery for spinning thread, locomotives, telegraphs, steel mills caused manufacturing output to skyrocket
Began in Great Britain

Lands like US and Haiti start to rebel against their colonial overlords

Rise of new type of country

Before, most people lived in large multi-ethnic empires or small homogenous kingdoms
Now, people increasingly lived in nation-states, a country in which everyone shared the same culture

Due to industrialization, millions moved in search of work