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Chapter 17 AP World History Outline

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Chapter 17 The Transformation of the West I. Introduction A. 1450-1750 dramatic changes 1. Still agricultural 2. Commercially active 3. Manufacturing base 4. Science at center of society 5. Shifting ideas of family/nature 6. Increased bureaucratization ? sound familiar? B. Reasons for change 1. Dominance of international trade 2. Overseas expansion 3. Combination of commerce, state, culture, and technology 4. 1450-1650 ? series of cultural shifts 5. 1650-1750 ? Scientific Revolution > Enlightenment II. The First Big Changes: Culture and Commerce A. The Italian Renaissance 1. Artistic movement 2. Challenged medieval values/styles a. Examine old truths 3. Why in Italy? a. Urban, commercial economy

Chapter 17 AP World History Outline

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Chapter 17 The Transformation of the West I. Introduction A. 1450-1750 dramatic changes 1. Still agricultural 2. Commercially active 3. Manufacturing base 4. Science at center of society 5. Shifting ideas of family/nature 6. Increased bureaucratization ? sound familiar? B. Reasons for change 1. Dominance of international trade 2. Overseas expansion 3. Combination of commerce, state, culture, and technology 4. 1450-1650 ? series of cultural shifts 5. 1650-1750 ? Scientific Revolution > Enlightenment II. The First Big Changes: Culture and Commerce A. The Italian Renaissance 1. Artistic movement 2. Challenged medieval values/styles a. Examine old truths 3. Why in Italy? a. Urban, commercial economy

Voltaire Enlightenment

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Dictionnaire philosophique
Candide
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Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne
Deism in England and France in the 18th century

Amanda Herrmann November 12, 2014 Period 7 By challenging organized religion and advocating for freedom, Voltaire's work reflected principles of Enlightenment thought. Questioning everything about organized religion, Voltaire reflected Enlightenment thought through the principle of reason. Advocating for different rights, Voltaire's various works reflected Enlightenment thought through nature.

The Enlightenment

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Salon
Enlightenment
Deism
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Montesquieu

Kinberg, Nicholas Michael Chakmakian AP European History 13 May 2015 Chapter 7 Outline Enlightenment 1762,Parlementof Toulouse, France convicted Jean Calas of murdering son Was Protestant in region where Catholic-Protestant tensions ran hi. Witnesses claimed that Calas wanted to break with fam./convert to Catholicism, convinced magistrates that Calas killed son to prevent conversion Calas was tortured twiceto force confession/ID accomplices Calas maintained innocence; 2 yrs. Later,Parlementreversed verdict, declared him not guilty, offered fam.compensation Francois MarieArouet (Voltaire) was appalled Was famous Enlightenment thinker; writer, cleared Calas' name; contacted friends, hired lawyers for fam., wrote briefs, letters, essays to bring case to public

Europe

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Early Modern period
Age of Enlightenment
Early modern Europe
Voltaire

Chapter?23: The Transformation of Europe Chapter Outline The fragmentation of western Christendom The Protestant Reformation Martin Luther (1483-1546) attacked the sale of indulgences, 1517 Attacked corruption in the Roman Catholic Church; called for reform Argument reproduced with printing presses and widely read Enthusiastic popular response from lay Christians, princes, and many cities By mid-sixteenth century, half the German people adopted Lutheran Christianity Reform spread outside Germany Protestant movements popular in Swiss cities, Low Countries English Reformation sparked by King Henry VIII's desire for divorce John Calvin, French convert to Protestantism Organized model Protestant community in Geneva in the 1530s

frq - renaissance

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Italian Renaissance
Renaissance
Humanism
Secularism
Individualism

Abigail Wright Reger 1 31/8/14 AP European History FRQ - Renaissance Once Italian Renaissance begins, the ideas and conceptions of individuals in society changes drastically from previous thoughts. During the Middle Ages, people were focused only on life after death, Christian humility, and that the ruler?s role in society was to rule only by following basic Christian principles. People who changed this way of thinking were called humanists. Three ways that the Renaissance revolutionized the ideas of individuals was through the ideas of secularism, individualism, and the ruler?s role in society.

Key Figures in European History Flashcard Format

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Edmund Burke
religion

Adam Smith (1723-1790) 1. Scottish economist who wrote "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations" 2. Opposed mercantilist policies 3. Advocated free trade and "the Invisible Hand of competition" Albert Camus (1913-1960) and Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) 1. French existentialist philosophers and writers 2. Questioned the efficacy of reason and science to understand the human situation 3. Believed that God, reason, and progress are myths, and that humans live in a hostile world, alone and isolated Albert Einstein (1879-1955) 1. German physicist whose theory of special relativity undermined Newtonian physics 2. Challenged traditional concepts of time, space, and motion 3. Contributed to the view that humans live in a

Crash Course 7

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confucianism
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Divine command theory
Mandate of Heaven
Confucius
Emperor of China
Tian
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religion
behavior
Human development
Interpersonal relationships
Love
Psychoanalysis
Attachment theory
Ethology
Personal life
Technology
Disaster

CRASH COURSE HISTORY RESPONSE FORM #7 TOPIC/TITLE: The Mandate of Heaven and Confucius NAME: Casey Murphy PERIOD: 2W LIST TWO NEW FACTS YOU LEARNED: a) In the first 3-4 minutes *China had the first centralized government *Lasted in the same form from 150 B.C.E. ? 1911 C.E. b) In the middle *Confucius was a minor official who lived during the Warring States Period *Most important relationship is between father and son c) In the last 3-4 minutes *Junzi is the superior man that all other men try to become *To maintain the mandate of heaven the emperor had to behave properly

Great Awakening vs Enlightenment

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Christina Xu Jenny Zhi The Great Awakening vs. Enlightenment The Great Awakening Brought spirit of religious fervor to colonies along with the belief that everyone has the potential to break away from his/her past and start a future with God Important figures John and Charles Wesley- founders of Methodism, traveled to Georgia and other colonies in 1730?s to preach George Whitfield- promoted religious revivalism, sparked beginning of Great Awakening Jonathon Edwards- preached Puritan ideas, attacked easy salvation Enlightenment Belief that reason, not just faith, creates progress in advanced knowledge. People didn?t always have to turn to God with their problems, could use moral sense. Important figures

colonial history vocabulary

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Mayflower
religion

Colonial History (1600-1763) 1. Separatist vs. non-Separatist Puritans: Radical Calvinists against the Church of England; Separatists (Pilgrims) argued for a break?from the Church of England, led the Mayflower, and established the settlement at Plymouth 2. Northwest Passage: believed to provide shortcut from Atlantic to Pacific, searched for by Giovanni de Verrazano for Francis I in the race to Asian wealth 3. Conversion Experience: required of members of the Puritan Church; took the place of baptism required by the Catholic Church 4. Social Reciprocity: society naturally punishes criminals indiscriminately 5. Church of England: Protestant church led by the king of England, independent of Catholic Church; tended toward Catholicism during reign of Catholic royalty

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