History

of the World since 1300

This handout lists some of the key terms, important names and places (and sometimes statistics
or quotes) that will appear throughout the course of the lecture. While it is not necessary to
memorize these, it is useful to keep in mind how these actors, concepts, and places were
influential in determining the historical processes described.

Lecture 9: The World in Revolution

Places and Names

George Washington (1732-1799)

Louis XVI (1754-1793)


William Crawford (1772-1834)
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)


Fairfax Property
Suez


Shawness
Charles Maurice Talleyrand

(1754-1838)

Khoikhoi

Mamluks

Mingoes

Bedouins

Trekkers

Toussaint LOuverture
(c.1743-1803)
Trekboers and Kommandos


Victor-Emmanuel Leclerc
Apartheid
(1772-1802)


James Watt (1736-1819)

Empire of Haiti


Gibraltar
Simn Bolvar (1783-1830)


Yorktown

James Madison (1751-1836)

James Madison addressing Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia:

Carthage and Rome tore one another to pieces instead of uniting their forces to devour
weaker nations of the Earth. The Houses of Austria and France were hostile as long as
they remained the great powers of Europe. England and France have succeeded to the
preeminence and to the enmity. To this principle we owe perhaps our liberty.