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AP Euro- Works
Written Works in european History
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History
10th Grade
05/07/2009

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Supremacy Act (1534)
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Put Henry VIII in charge of Church of England, like the Pope, after divorce from Catherine of Aragon, split from church when it would not give him this divorce
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Mein Kampf
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Dictated by Hitler (like everybody else) this was his autobiography written while he was imprisoned, showing his anti-semitic ideals and other ideals he would later enforce during his ruling
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White Man's Burden
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Poem by Rudyard Kipling showing how the white men have a "responsibility" to enhance other nations culture and knowledge, led to more colonies
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Communist Manifesto
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Co-authored by Engels and Marx, Communist book telling the workers (proletariats) to rise up in a bloody revolt against the nobles (bourgeoisie), fathering Communism
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Corn Laws
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Laws on wheat in Britain, must buy from their home, led to increased funds, Battle of Peterloo
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The Prince
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Machiavelli, on how a prince should be, so that he can be more powerful, should not mind anything, do whatever must be done
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The Index of Prohibited Books
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List of Books that were believed to have heretic qualities and were not to be read, under the orders of the Church
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Edict of Nantes
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Protectorate for the protestants of France, given by Henry IV, did not allow them armies or forces but allowed them toleration and worship
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Ninety Five Theses
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"..on the Power of Indulgences" Martin Luther's theses against the Church to help them reform, against indulgences, posted in Wittenberg, Germany Oct. 31, 1517
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Reform Bill of 1832
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England; reformed Parliament, gave the House of Commons more power, giving the PEOPLE more power
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"People's Charter"
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1838;, Chartist Movement, sought universal MALE sufferage
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Ten Hours Act of 1847
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England; limited the workday for women and young people to ten hours a day
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Constitutional Chater of 1814
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France; Louis XVIII, accepts revolutionary changes and civil liberties after Napoleon, France gains a constitutional monarchy
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Democracy in America
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Alexis de Toqueville, socialism most characteristic aspect of revolution
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My Secret Life
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eleven volume anonymous autobiography of an English sexual adventurer from servant-keeping classes, providing a picture of the 1871-1903 man indulging themselves.
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Syllabus of Errors, 1864
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Pius IX denouncing rationalism, socialism, seperation of church and state, and religious liberty
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On Liberty
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essay by John Stuart Mill, probing the problem of how to defend the rights of individuals and minorites in mass electoral participations
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Evolutionary Socialism
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Edward Bernstein, believes Marx's idea that worker's lives will only get worse is false, he suggests socialists should reform their doctrines and tactics in this new knowledge
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Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds
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Bernard de Fontenelle; of two people speaking passionately of astronomy, making science more entertaining, confiding that each star may even be another world
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The Spirit of Laws
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Montesquieu; (1748)capred studies of republics, monarchies, despotisms, pioneering inquiry on emerging social sciences
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Candide
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Voltaire; 1759; satirical novel on the Church
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Encyclopedia
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1713-1784; Diderot & Rond d'almbert, all of human nature to change the way people thought
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The Social Contract
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Rousseau; contributing to political theory in 1762 with this book, Rousseau says that general will is sacred and absolute, reflecting interests of the people, but is not always the will of the majority, it may be the long-term needs of the people correctly interpreted by the ruler
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Navigation Acts
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England; Cromwell, English goods must be transported on English ships
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Maastricht Treaty
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strict financial criteria to join proposed monetary union, also anticipated development of common policies on defense and foreign affairs after acheiving monetary union
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Utopia
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Thomas More; (1516) presenting a revolutionary view of society where all people were well off and equal in a "nowhere" society
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The Courtier
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Castiglione; (1528); description of the perfect gentleman
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Grand Testament
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Villon (1461) modern by celebrating human condition, the book describes his unshakable faith in the beauty of life on earth and a testament to a prostitute
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Cantebury
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Geoffrey Chaucer; provides a look into the social lives of people at the time with th edepiction of his characters
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Divine Comedy
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Dante Alighieri; modern work, describes many historical figures by then, christian poem, criticizes church officials
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Doctor Zhivago
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1956; Boris Pasternak; story of prerevolutionary intellect rejecting brutality and violence of 1917 Stalin years
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All Quiet on the Western Front
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Remarque; 1929, describes attacks on the Western Front in WWI
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Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
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(1776) Adam Smith, formulated a free economy
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Emile
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1762; Rousseau, calling for greater love and tendernesstoward children with new teaching methods
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Stamp Act
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tax on any document needing a stamp
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Common Sense
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Paine,1775,called for freedom and republican government, pushed Americans closer to the American Revolution
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Treaty of Paris, 1783
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Britain recognizes the 13 colonies cedeing territory between Allegheny Mountains and Mississippi River
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What is the Third Estate
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Siyes, 1789, the nobility is a tiny overprivileged minority with the third estate being the true power and strength behind France
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Declaration of the Rights of Man
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issued at the beginning of the french revolution, the declaration called for the rights to do anything that would not hurt another person
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Factory Act of 1833
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limited factory wokday for kids 9-13 to 8 hours, and kids 14-18 to 12 hours a day
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Heart of Darkness
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1902; Conrad; showed selfishness of Europeans civilizing in Africa
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Ulysses
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James Joyce;1922; mirrors modern life with stream-of-conciousness and blended language
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Treaty of Versailles
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punished Germany, Fourteen Points, League of Nations created, Germany had to pay reparations & give back the land from their agreement with Russia
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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
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March 1918; fave land to germany from Russia, taking away 1/3 of Russia's population
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Second Treatise on Civil Government
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Locke; defended Glorious Revolution, saying that people have rights to life, liberty, and property, and that the government should protect those rights and that people have the right to overthrow the government if it is not doing its job
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Peace of Utrecht
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set limits on how powers could expand, finished the decline of Spain as a great power, ended France's expansionist policy
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Combination Acts
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1799; outlawed unions & strikes
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Carlsbad Decrees
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Metternich; issued 1819, requiring all 38 German states to root out subversive ideas from their universities and newspapers
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Lyrical Ballad
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1798; Coleridge; used ordinary language than flowery speech
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Twelve Articles
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1525; Swabian peasants met to draw up the articles, condemning lay & ecclestial lords and summarizing the Agrarian Crisis
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The Decameron
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Boccaccio; described the Black Death
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Don Quixote
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Cervantes;delineates 16th century Spanish society
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The Triennial Act
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1641; made King summon parliament every three years
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Treaty of Paris, 1783
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Britain recognizes the 13 colonies and cedes territory between Alegheny Mountains and the Mississippi River
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What is the Third Estate?
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Sieyes; 1789; nobility tiny, overprivileged minority, neglected third estate was the true strength and power of France
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