International History: Long-term Trends at the Beginning of the 19th Century

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What were the two major events that reshaped the international system at the end of the 18th century?

The American independence war and the French Revolution

What major effect did the American and French revolutions have on cultural life?

They transformed almost all fields of knowledge and shaped new relationships among men and between man and nature

What was one of the most relevant traits of the 19th and 20th centuries, as suggested by the text?

The belief that the world could be reshaped physically and socially

What did the American and French revolutions challenge in politics?

The divine right of the king and the idea that political hierarchies had been defined in a remote past Signup and view all the answers

What label is used to describe the radical transformations that led to the American and French revolutions?

Enlightenment Signup and view all the answers

What did the American independence war and the French Revolution deliver a heavy blow to?

Traditional forms of political legitimisation Signup and view all the answers

What marked a key turning point between 1792 and 1815?

The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars Signup and view all the answers

What was a crucial aspect in the technological field during the time of innovation?

Innovators being practitioners, often of humble origins, who innovated to solve immediate problems Signup and view all the answers

What led to the industrial revolution's takeoff in the early decades of the 19th century?

The adaptive transformations affecting existing technologies and practices Signup and view all the answers

What was the 'cradle' of the first industrial revolution?

Great Britain Signup and view all the answers

Which event destroyed the existing geopolitical order and made France the European hegemon once again?

The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars Signup and view all the answers

What was a characteristic of the technological innovation during the time of the 'second industrial revolution' in the 1870s?

Innovation being a top-down process led by academics Signup and view all the answers

When did Enlightenment emerge as the final product of intellectual dynamics?

17th century Signup and view all the answers