What 5 factors contributed to the start of the IR there?
- Increased Food Supply, 2. Population explosion, 3. Steady supply of money, 4. plentiful natural resources including coal, rivers, and iron ore, 5. supply of markets
What industry did this Revolution begin in?
textile = cotton cloth
How did the basis for Europe’s economy shift during the Industrial Revolution?
from farming to manufacturing factories
What were the first 3 countries on the continent to industrialize?
Belgium, France, and German states
What 2 classes of people emerged in European society as a result of the IR?
Industrial capitalists and working class
How did the leaders at Vienna believe they could bring peace to Europe?
- Restoration of lawful monarchs -> legitimacy, 2. Rearranging territories in Europe to keep one country from dominating Europe
Where did revolts succeed in 1830? (2) Where and why did they fail? (2)
France and Belgium were both successful; Poland and Italy were not successful because the occupational armies were too powerful. Poland was taken by Russian forces and Italy was taken by Austrian troops.
What caused the Franco-Prussian War of 1870?
Prussia and France were in a dispute over choosing the Spanish monarch
How did this war expedite the unification of Germany?
Southern German states honored military alliance with Prussia and the Northern Germany confederation vs. France
What were the major terms of the peace treaty that ended this conflict?
- France had to pay 5 billion Francs 2. Had to give up Alsace and Lorraine to Germany
What was created by the Compromise of 1867?
The dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary.
What steps were taken at the Congress of Vienna to stabilize Europe?
Reinstituted monarchs with the same family line and redrew the map of Europe.
Detail the Compromise of 1867.
- They kept the same government, legislature, bureaucracy, money, constitution and capital. 2. They had different kings.
