Transcript Change Analysis Chart Era 1: Foundations
Change Analysis Chart Era 4 1750 C.E. – 1914 C.E.
Human Environment Interaction
Beginning of the period: 1750 C.E.
Industrial Revolution: agricultural output had increased again, freeing more people (about ½) for non-farming jobs New crops: potatoes, corn, from New World, crop rotation, new farm technology for plowing, seeding, and reaping—all increased farm output Urbanization began: 1800, 20 cities in Europe over 100,000; Cities developed around resources like coal, iron, water, railroads End of the period: 1914 C.E.
1900, 150 cities had over 100,000 London had 6 million Many inventions had changed the environment: telegraph, telephone, lightbulb, internal combustion engine, radio, airplane Factories--pollution
Human Environment Interaction
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Human Environment Interaction
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Culture
Beginning of the period: 1750 C.E.
Christianity: Catholicism and Protestantism Enlightenment in full swing Europe is center of culture, urbanization created new forms of entertainment: theater, music, art
Culture
End of the period: 1914 C.E.
Culture
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Culture
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Politics
Beginning of the period: 1750 C.E.
Europe: monarchy predominates U.S.: beginning to throw off Great Britain, start of Constitutional government/democracy (Revolution 1776) Latin America: still colonized by Spain or Portugal Africa: some colonial holdings; Ottomans own Egypt Asia: Manchu Dynasty (till 1800s) in China, Tokugawa in Japan
Politics
End of the period: 1914 C.E.
Politics
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Economics
Beginning of the period: 1750 C.E.
Industrialization and urbanization create new social classes Rise of new economic theories: capitalism, socialism, communism Formation of labor unions, child labor laws Search for natural resources: leads to imperialism (Britain in India) End of the period: 1914 C.E.
Economics
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Social
Beginning of the period: 1750 C.E.
End of the period: 1914 C.E.
Social
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Social
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