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Classwork

- A revolutionary: Giuseppe Mazzini was the founder of 'young Italy' and helped set up a revolutionary republic in Rome - A statesman: Camilo Cavour was the prime minister and provoked a war with Austria after secret negotiation with Napoleon III who proposed help to Sardinia - A soldier: Giuseppe Garibaldi got weapons from the prime minister, and in 1860 invaded Sicily with the 1,000 Red Shirts Army - A king: Victor Emmanuel II received the crown to Naples and Sicily. Then Italians conquered Rome which became the capital city in 1870. - Nationalist revolts: Public italians created riots against Austria
 * Identify the Key Obstacles to Italian Unity**

Western Democracy
 * April 12, 2011**

Great Britain - Magna Carta - Developments of the constitutional monarchy - Glorious Revolution - Bill of Rights - Slave Trade Act

France - The French Revolution - Napoleonic Code - Declaration of the rights of man & the citizen - Plebiscite - Napoleon's Meritocracy

United States - American Revolution - Declaration of Independence - Bill of Rights - Emancipation Proclamation - Unalienable Rights - US Constitution

In 1815 Britain was a constitutional monarchy because it was far from democratic: - Fewer than five percent of the British population was given the right to vote. - Wealthy nobles and squires ruled politics. - The House of Lords could veto any bill passed by the House of Commons - Catholics or Non-Anglican protestants were not given equal rights in parliament - Populous new cities had no seating in parliament, while rural towns with barley any voters still sent members to parliament - In 1832, parliament finally passed the Great Reform Act - The House of Commons was then redistributed - Electorates were enlarged and suffrage was granted to more men.
 * 1. Explain why reformers sought to change Parliament in 1800s.**


 * 2. Describe the values Queen Victoria represented.**
 * Duty
 * Thriftiness
 * Hard Work
 * Honesty
 * Respectability
 * 3. Describe how the liberal and conservative parties helped bring a new era to British politics.**
 * Suffrage was expanded.
 * Secret Ballot.
 * Parliamentary Democracy
 * The power of theHouse of Lords is restricted.
 * The power of theHouse of Lords is restricted.


 * History Classwork**

__The Partition of Africa__ **1.** **What forces shaped Africa?** Religion, Imperialistic motifs, past colonization, and impact of Slave Trade.

**2.** **Why did European contact with Africa increase in the 1800s?** European contact increased in the 1800s because Europeans were very interested in creating and farming crops in the Caribbean, and so they needed these slaves from Africa to work on the plantations during this time. Also, people came into Africa in order to get many of their rich resources. Also, Missionaries were interested in converting Africans to Christianity so they fled into Africa as well to do so.

**3.** **How did Leopold II start the scramble for the African colonies?** Leopold began this scramble by forming a relationship with the African villages. He would trade treaties along the Congo River Basin