Overthrow Chapters• Hawaii• Cuba• Nicaragua• Philippines• Iran • Guatemala• Viet Nam• Chile• Grenada• Puerto Rico
• Panama (Noriega, Canal)
• Iraq• (Not in Overthrow):• Haiti• Dominican Republic
(Multiple Times)• Mexican Revolution
(Wilson)• Brazil (Goulart Coup)
World Civilizations
From the 16th Century
Renaissance
• Humanism• Thomas More, Utopia • Erasmus• Machiavelli, The Prince (1516)• Magna Carta (1215)• Tsar (Czar)
European States
• 30 Year’s War 1618-1648
• “Holy Roman Empire”• Treaty of Westphalia
1648• Jean Bodin• Cardinal Richelieu
1585-1648• Royal Absolutism
• Intendents• Cardinal Mazarin• Louis XIV 1643-1715• “Divine Right of
Kings”• War of the Spanish
Succession 1700-1713
• Bourbons• Stuarts• James I (r. 1603-
1625)• Parliament• Puritans• Oliver Cromwell• Charles I (r. 1625-
1685)• “Glorious Revolution”
1688
• William of Orange• William and Mary
(1689-1702)• English Bill of Rights
Eastern Europe
• Russia• Austria• Prussia• Tsar (Czar)• Romanovs (1613-
1917)• Hapsburgs • Hohenzollerns
• Fredrick William “The Great Elector” (r. 1640-1688)
• Fredrick William (r. 1713-1740)
• Frederick II “The Great” (r. 1740-1780)
• Maria Theresa (r. 1740-1780)
• Greek Orthodox Church
• Mongols 1241• Moscow• Ivan IV “The Terrible”
(r. 1533-1584)• “The Time of
Troubles” (early 17th Century)
• Peter I “The Great” (r. 1682-1724)
• Poland• Turkey• Islam (Moslems,
Muslims)
Scientific Revolution• The Scientific Method• Rene Descartes (1596-
1650) [Deductive Reasoning]
• Francis Bacon (1561-1626) [Inductive Reasoning]
• Empirical Method
• The Revolution of the Heavenly Bodies, Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543)
• Johannes Keller (1571-1630)
• Galileo Galilee (1562-1642)
• Isaac Newton (1642-1727) Law of Gravitation
• Principia Mathematica 1687
• Enlightenment• Natural Law• Deism• The Inquisition• Baruch Spinoza• Pantheism• Secularism• John Locke, Essay
Concerning Human Understanding 1690
• Baron Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws 1748
• Voltaire (1694-1778)• Marquis de Lafayette• Adam Smith (1723-
1790) Wealth of Nations
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile 1762
• Denis Diderot (1713-1784) Encylopedie
LiberalismFreemasonry (Masons)• American Revolution
1775-1783• Seven Years’ War
(French and Indian War) 1765-1763
• Stamp Act 1765• Navigation Acts• Boston Tea Party
1773
• Continental Congress• Patrick Henry• John Adams• Sam Adams• Loyalists (Tories)• Articles of
Confederation • Constitution 1789• Deists
French Revolution
• French Revolution 1789
• Louis XVI (1774-1792)
• Marie Antoinette• Estates General 1789• National Constituent
Assembly• The Bastille
• Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
• Civil Constitution of the Clergy 1790
• Jacobins• National Convention• “Reign of Terror”
1793
• Courts of the People• Committee of Public
Safety• Robespierre• Danton• “Egalite, Liberte,
Fraternite”• Levee en Masse• The Directory• Napoleon Bonaparte
• First Consul• “Napoleonic
Settlement”• Talleyrand• Waterloo 1815• Treaty of Vienna 1815• Metternich
Spanish American Revolutions for Independence
• Charles IV• Manuel Godoy• Joseph Bonaparte
(“Pepe Botellas”)• Guerrilla War • Juntas for the
Defense of Ferdinand VII
• Cortes of Cadiz 1812• Constitution of Cadiz
1812• Riego Revolt 1820• Miguel Hidalgo y
Costilla• “Grito de Dolores”
Sept. 16, 1810
• Creole • Peninsulares• Mestizos• Queretaro Conspiracy
1810• Jose Maria Morelos• Vicente Guerrero• Felix Fernandez
(Guadalupe Victoria)
• Augustin de Iturbide• Toussaint L’Overture
• Francisco Miranda• Simon Bolivar• Simon Rodriguez• Cabildo• Jose Antonio Paez• Llaneros• Battle of Boyaca 1819• Francisco de Paula
Santander
• Battle of Carabobo 1821
• Congress of Cucuta 1821
• Jose Antonio de Sucre
• Manuela Saenz• Jose de San Martin• Portenos• Sir Hume Popham
• Santiago Liniers• Mariano Moreno• Cornelio Saavedra• Manuel Belgrano• Bernardino Rivadavia• Jose Gaspar
Rodriguez de Francia• Gauchos• Jose Gervasio Artigas• Lautaro Lodge
(Masons)
• Bernardo O’Higgins• Carrera Brothers• Luis Beltran• Battle of Chacabuco
1817• Lord Cochrane• Riego Revolt 1820• Battle of Ayacucho
1824
Independence of Brazil
• Carlota Joaquina• John VI (Jao VI)• Fazendas
(fazenderos)• Pedro I • “Fico”• Jose Bonafacio de
Andrada e Silva
• Sao Paulo• Queen Leopoldina• Grito de Yprianga
(Sept. 7, 1822)
Industrial Society
• Karl Marx 1818-1883• Friedrich Engels• Communist Manifesto
1848• Das Kapital 1867• First International
1864• Anarchism
• Michael Bakunin• “Propaganda of the
Deed”• Syndicalism• Labour Party 1906• Chancellor Bismarck• German Social
Democratic Party 1890
• Eduard Bernstein• Revisionsim• Second International 1889
World War I
• Franco-Prussian War• 1870-1871• Bismarck• Alsace-Lorraine• The Triple Alliance
1882• Kaiser Wilhelm II (r.
1888-1918)
• Anglo-French Entente 1904
• Anglo-Russian Agreement 1907
• Archduke Franz Ferdinand
• Central Powers• Allied (Entente)
Powers
• Woodrow Wilson• 14 Points• League of Nations• Propaganda
China
• Mongols• Ming Dynasty 1368-
1644• Zhu (Hongwu)• Yongle (1402-1424)• Macao• Beijing (Peking)• Forbidden City
• Great Wall • Eunuchs• Manzhou (Manchu)• Qing Dynasty (1664-
1911)• Kangxi (Kang-hsi r.
1662-1722)• Qienlon (Chien Lung
r. 1736-1739)
Japan to the Meiji Restoration• Daimyo• Shogun• Shogunate• Shintoism• Buddhism• Oda Nobunaga
(1523-1582)• Toyotomi Hideyoshi
• Tokugawa Ieyasu (r. 1603-1616
• Tokagawa Shogunate1603-1867
• Samurai• Sakoku (Isolationism)• Tokyo• Kyoto• Commodore Perry
1853-1854
Muslim World- 1
• Qur’an (Koran)• Mongols• Chinghis Kahn (1167-
1227)• Ottoman Turks• Jihad• Sultans• Sultan Mehmed the
Conqueror
• Istanbul (Constantinople) fell 1453
• Suleiman the Magnificent (r. 1520-1533
• Grand Vizier• Grand Mufti• Ulema
• Janissaries• The Balkans• Infidels• “Sick Man of Europe”• Sunni• Shi’ite• Sufi• Muhammed (The
Prophet)• Ishmail• Safavid Empire
• Shah• Shah Abbas I (r.
1587-1629)• Isfahan• Mughals (Moghuls)• Hindu• Sultinate of Delhi• Akbar the Great (r.
1556-1605)• Aurangzeb (1656-
1707)• Taj Mahal
Colonial Africa• Guinea• Angola• Tanzania• Uganda• Mahdi Rebellion
1880s• Cape Colony• Boers• Orange Free State
1836
• Zulus• Cecil Rhodes• Boer War 1899-1902• Aparthied• Belgian Congo• David Livingston• Henry Stanley• Ethiopia (Abyssinia)• Liberia
Europe 1919-1920• Fascism• Keynesian Economics• John Maynard
Keynes (1883-1946)• Labour Party• Great Depression• Treaty of Versailles
1920• Weimar Constitution• Weimar Republic
1919
• Reparations• The Ruhr• Dawes Plan 1924• Totalitarianism• Benito Mussolini
(1883-1945)• IL Popolo d’Italia• Fasces• King Victor
Emmanuel III• Corporatism
• “lL Duce”• Ethiopia• Marshal Jozef
Pilsudski• Admiral Miklos Horthy• Locarno Pact 1925
Russia to WWII
• Tsar Nicholas II• March Revolution• Duma• Alexander Kerensky• Bolsheviks• Vladimir Lenin (1870-
1924)• Central Committee
• Soviet Council of Worker and Soldiers
• Leon Trotsky (1879-1940)
• October Revolution• Cheka• Treaty of Brest-
Litovsk 1918
• New Economic Policy (NEP)
• Political Bureau (Politburo)
• Josef Stalin (1879-1953)
• First Five Year Plan (1929-1933)
• Collectivization Campaign
• Kulaks
• Red Army• Purges• Show Trial
Fascism in Germany• Totalitarianism• Mein Kampf• Mussolini• National Socialist
German Workers Party (Nazi Party) 1920
• Stalin• Adolf Hitler
• Beer Hall Putsch 1923• Reichstag• Paul Von Hindenburg• Enabling Act 1933• Joseph Goebbels• Heinrich Himmler• Holocaust• Nuremburg Laws 1935• Wannsee Conference
1942• “Final Solution”
East Asia 1840-1949• Opium Wars 1840-
1842• British East India
Company• “Unequal Treaties”• Manchu (Manchu)
Dynasty• Taiping and Nien
Rebellions• Hug Hsiu-chuan
• “Self Strengthening”• Empress Dowager
Cixi (1835-1908)• Boxer Rebellion 1900• Kang yu-wei (1858-
1925)• Yuan Shikai• Republic of China
1912• Kuomingtang (KMT)
• May Fourth Movement 1919
• Chiang Kai-shek• Chinese Communist
Party (CCP) 1925• Long March of 1934• Mao Zedong• Meiji Restoration
1868• Shinto
• Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905
• Manchuria• Anti-Comintern Pact
1937
World War II• The “Little Entente• League of Nations• Spanish Civil War
1936-1939• Francisco Franco• Rhineland• Axis Pact• Anschluss
• Munich Conference 1938
• Neville Chamberlain• Nazi –Soviet Non-
Aggression Pact 1939• Winston Churchill• Battle of Stalingrad
1942-1943• Partisans• Mao Zedong
The U.S.-U.S.S.R. Rivalry
• Cold War• Marshall Plan 1947• Truman Doctrine
1947• N.A.T.O. 1949• Warsaw Pact• Korean War 1950-
1953• Nikita Khrushchev
• Hungarian Rebellion 1956
• Berlin Wall 1961-1989• Fidel Castro• Cuban Missile Crisis
1962• Nuclear Test Ban
Treaty 1963• Charles de Gaulle
De-Colonization and the “Third World”
• Third World• Ho Chi Minh (1890-
1969)• Marxism• Labour Party• Mohandas Gandhi
(1869-1948)• Congress Party
• Jawaharlal Nehru• Pakistan• Bangladesh• Ghana• Marshal Tito
The New Asia• Peoples’ Republic of
China 1949• Mao Zedong (died
1976)• Zhou Enlai• The Great Leap
Forward 1958• Great Proletarian
Cultural Revolution 1965
• Red Guards• Thought of Chairman
Mao (Little Red Book)• The Gang of Four• Deng Xiaoping• Tienanmen Square
Massacre 1989• General Douglas
MacArthur (1880-1964)
• Diet• Liberal Democratic
Party• Mahatma Gandhi• Jawaharlal Nehru
(1889-1964)• Indira Gandhi• Ho Chi Minh
The Modern Muslim World• Islamic Fundamentalism• Pan-Arabism (Arab
Nationalism)• Hussein Family of
Sheikhs• Mandates• Ibn Saud• Saudi Arabia• O.P.E.C.• Ayatollah Khomeini
• Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk)• Treaty of Lausanne 1923• Zionists• Balfour declaration of
1917• Theodore Herzl• Palestinian Liberation
Organization (PLO) 1964• Reza Shah Pahlavi (r.
1925-1941
• Shah Muhammad Pahlavi (r. 1941-1979)• Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini• Yom Kippur War 1973• Saddam Hussein
