History Final Study Guide
• MUST INCLUDE WHEN, WHERE, WHO/WHAT AND SIGNIFICANCE
• *These are arranged chronologically according to lecture notes
TRIANGLE TRADE
When: 18th century, period of Enlightenment
Where: Atlantic Ocean, Britain, Africa and Americas
Who/What: Triangle Trade was a system of slave trade in which ships took manufactured goods from Britain, brought them to Africa where they traded them for slaves, traveled to the Americas to trade the slaves for raw materials and took such materials back to Britain to be manufactured.
Significance: This system is significant because it greatly influenced the slave system by providing more slaves to the Americas to implement sugar plantations and jumpstart the gang labor system.
CIVIL CONSTITUTION OF THE CLERGY
When: 1790, beginning of French Revolution
Where: France
Who/What: The National Assembly passed the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, fundamentally altering the internal structure of the Catholic Church in France and the relationship between Church and State. In 1791 however, the Pope condemned the Civil Constitution of the Clergy.
Significance: While many Catholic clerics and lay people supported the Act and the revolutionary government, the Civil Constitution of the Clergy succeeded in alienating many French people from the revolution and led many to support the counter-revolution. Religious conflict did not end in France until Napoleon's Concordat of 1801. The Civil Constitution of the Clergy set the stage for Napoleons Rule.
COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY
When: 1792-1794, Radical Stage of French Revolution
Where: France
Who/What: a committee set up by Robespierre to restore control and order by taking care of those who were against the French Revolution. The main goal of the committee was to curb anarchy and win war.
Significance: this committee of safety essentially executed anyone who undermined French revolutionary ideals/ executions became a matter of state policy, and the committee that
• *These are arranged chronologically according to lecture notes
TRIANGLE TRADE
When: 18th century, period of Enlightenment
Where: Atlantic Ocean, Britain, Africa and Americas
Who/What: Triangle Trade was a system of slave trade in which ships took manufactured goods from Britain, brought them to Africa where they traded them for slaves, traveled to the Americas to trade the slaves for raw materials and took such materials back to Britain to be manufactured.
Significance: This system is significant because it greatly influenced the slave system by providing more slaves to the Americas to implement sugar plantations and jumpstart the gang labor system.
CIVIL CONSTITUTION OF THE CLERGY
When: 1790, beginning of French Revolution
Where: France
Who/What: The National Assembly passed the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, fundamentally altering the internal structure of the Catholic Church in France and the relationship between Church and State. In 1791 however, the Pope condemned the Civil Constitution of the Clergy.
Significance: While many Catholic clerics and lay people supported the Act and the revolutionary government, the Civil Constitution of the Clergy succeeded in alienating many French people from the revolution and led many to support the counter-revolution. Religious conflict did not end in France until Napoleon's Concordat of 1801. The Civil Constitution of the Clergy set the stage for Napoleons Rule.
COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY
When: 1792-1794, Radical Stage of French Revolution
Where: France
Who/What: a committee set up by Robespierre to restore control and order by taking care of those who were against the French Revolution. The main goal of the committee was to curb anarchy and win war.
Significance: this committee of safety essentially executed anyone who undermined French revolutionary ideals/ executions became a matter of state policy, and the committee that