HISTORY 102MODERN EUROPEInstructor: Dr. Celestina P. Boncan

Course Description HISTORY 102 is a survey of key developments leading to the rise of

Europe from the fifteenth to the twentieth century.

Course Objective HISTORY 102 aims to provide a historical framework with which to assess

the nature and character of European civilization.

Introduction 1. Definition of Modern Europe2. Geography of Europe

The Beginnings of Modern Europe1. Political Consolidation

a. The New National Monarchiesb. Growth of the Middle Classc. Rise of National Patriotism

2. Economic Expansiona. Growth of Commerce and Manufacturingb. Emergence of New Towns and Citiesc. Conquest of the Atlanticd. Creation of Overseas Empirese. Development of Capitalism

3. Intellectual Quickeninga. Invention of Printingb. Classicism and Humanismc. Renaissance Artd. Flowering of National Literaturee. Scientific Progress

4. Religious Upheavala. Christianity at the Beginning of the 16th Centuryb. The Protestant Revoltc. Reform of the Catholic Churchd. Divided Christendom and Religious Intolerance

Dynastic Statecraft1. The 16th Century and the Predominance of the Hapsburgs

a. Emperor Charles Vb. Philip IIc. The Thirty Years’ Ward. The Peace of Westphalia

2. The 17th Century and the Predominance of the Bourbonsa. France under Henry IV, Richelieu and Mazarinb. Era of Louis XIVc. Bourbon Succession in Spaind. Louis XV and Bourbon Success in Italy

3. The Rise of Parliament in England

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a. England under the Stuart Kingsb. The Puritan Revolution c. The Stuart Restorationd. The Glorious Revolutione. Limited Monarchy and Parliamentary Government

4. The Expansion of Prussia a. The Germanies in the 17th and 18th Centuriesb. Brandenburg and the Hohenzollernsc. Conflict between Hohenzollern Prussia and Hapsburg Austria

5. The Expansion of Russiaa. The Eastern Powers: Sweden, Poland, the Ottoman Empireb. Muscovy and the Romanovsc. The Ambitions of Peter the Great and Catherine the Great

Part 3 --- Revolutionary Transition1. British Expansion Overseas

a. Successes against Spain b. Foothold in Americac. Successes against the Dutch Netherlandsd. Rivalry with Francee. Triumph over France

2. The Enlightenmenta. Natural Scienceb. Artsc. Religiond. Social Science and Political Speculation

3. The French Revolutiona. The Ancient Regimeb. Antecedent Circumstancesc. National and Democratic Self-determinationd. End of the Monarchy and the Beginning of National Ward. Triumphant Jacobinisme. Transformation of the Republic into a Military Dictatorship

4. The Napoleonic Empirea. Bonaparte’s Revolutionary Heritageb. The Napoleonic Empire and its Territorial Growthc. Napoleonic Militarismd. Destruction of the Napoleonic Empiree. Spread of Revolutionary Principles

Political and Nationalist Unrest1. The Liberal Revolutions, 1830-1848

a. Metternich and the Congress of Vienna Peace b. The Concert of Europec. Repression of Liberalism in Central Europe, Spain, Portugal and

Russiad. Conservatism in Britain and Compromise in Francee. Successful Revolts in Spain, Portugal and Ottoman Empiref. Establishment of Liberal Monarchy in France, Spain and Belgiumg. Liberalism in Britain and Franceh. Continued Repression in Central and Eastern Europei. The Revolutions of 1848j. The Ebbing of the Tide in Central Europe

2. The Romantic Period

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a. The Nature of Romanticismb. German Idealismc. Christian Revivald. Literaturee. Paintingf. Musicg. Historyh. Economics

3. The Second Napoleonic Empirea. Louis Napoleon Bonaparte and the Second French Republicb. The Second Napoleonic Empire and its Successesc. The Decline and Fall of the Second Empired. Broadening of British Liberalisme. Developments in the Smaller Countries of Western Europef. The Spanish Revolutiong. The Creation of a United Italy

4. The Making of the German Empire a. Creation of a National Prussian Germany

5. The Making of the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungarya. Nationalism in the Hapsburg Empireb. Bismarck and his Wars

6. The Creation of Italy

Europe and the World1. The Industrial Revolution

a. The Beginning of Industrialization in Englandb. The Revolution in Agriculturec. The Development of Technologyd. Changes in Capitalism

2. Progress in Science and Medicine3. Movements of Social Protest4. The New Imperialism

a. The Expansion of the British Empireb. Europeans in Chinac. Europeans in Southeast Asiad. Europeans in the Pacific Islandse. Europeans in Africa

5. The Road to World War Ia. The Rivalries of the Great European Powersb. The Division of Europe into Two Armed Campsc. Efforts towards Peaced. The Balkans: The Powder Keg of Europe

6. World War Ia. Antecedent Circumstancesb. Declaration of Warc. The Conduct of the War, 1914-1916d. The Conduct of the War, 1916-1918e. The Entry of the United States in the Warf. The Development of War Technologyg. The Victors and the Losers

7. The Russian Revolutiona. Autocratic Rule under Alexander I and Alexander IIb. The Russo-Japanese Warc. The Establishment of the Bolshevik Party

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d. The Bolsheviks Seize Controle. The Establishment of Communist Rulef. Application of Marxist Economic and Political Principlesg. Russia under Stalin

8. The Road to World War IIa. The Treaty of Versaillesb. The League of Nationsc. The Problems of the Weimar Republicd. France and Britain Face Internal Crisese. The Rise of Fascism in Italy and in Germanyf. German and Italian Aggressiveness

9. World War IIa. Antecedent Circumstancesb. The Declaration of Warc. The Conduct of the War, 1936-1939d. The Battle for Britaine. The War Spreads to Africa f. German Offensives in Russiag. The United States Enters the Warh. The Allied Offensive against Germany and Italy

10. The Twilight of Europea. The Entry of the United States in European Affairsb. Two Superpowers Dominate the Aftermath of the Warc. The Beginning of the Cold Ward. The Decline of Britain and Francee. The Division of Germanyf. Independence of the European Coloniesg. A New System of World Relationships

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