Chapter17 Targets

World History Pre-AP – Duez

NAME________________________________ PD: Chapter 17: Revolution and Enlightenment, 1550–1800 Time: 2 Weeks Big Ideas and Questions: 1. The scientific revolution led to a larger and more profound ‘intellectual movement’ – the Enlightenment. 2. The Enlightenment provided the philosophical foundation for the American Revolution (and later the French Revolution). 3. What was the impact on the world when a tiny American colonial uprising led to the toppling of the greatest power on the planet – England?

Student-Friendly Learning Target Statements Section 1: The Scientific Revolution

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Sixteenth-century Europeans began to question the scientific assumptions of the ancient authorities and to develop new theories about the universe.

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Nicholas Copernicus, Johannes Kepler, and Galileo Galilei revolutionized astronomy. Equally revolutionary were Isaac Newton's explanations of gravity and the movement of the planets. Geocentric Rationalism

Inductive reasoning

Isaac Newton

Maria Winkelmann

Francis Bacon

Johannes Kepler

Galileo Galilei

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The Scientific Revolution gave rise to the Enlightenment, an eighteenth-century movement that stressed the role of philosophy and reason in improving society.

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Enlightenment intellectuals, known as philosophes, were chiefly social reformers from the nobility and the middle class. They often met in the salons of the upper classes to discuss the ideas of such giants as Montesquieu, Voltaire, and Diderot.

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The later Enlightenment produced social thinkers such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau and an early advocate of women's rights, Mary Wollstonecraft. Salon gatherings, along with the growth of book and magazine publishing, helped spread Enlightenment ideas among a broad audience. Philosophe

Separation of powers

Deism

Laissez-faire

Social contract

Salon

John Locke

Montesquieu

Voltaire

Adam Smith

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

MaryWollstonecraft

Section 4: Colonial Empires and the American Revolution

Scientific method

Rene Descartes

Denis Diderot

Section 3: The Impact of the Enlightenment

Heliocentric

Nicholas Copernicus & Copernican Universe Robert Boyle

Ptolemy

Section 2: The Enlightenment

Ptolemaic system

Margaret Cavendish

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The Enlightenment influenced both art and politics. The baroque and neoclassical styles of art endured, while a more delicate style, called rococo, emerged.

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The work1s of Bach, Handel, Haydn, and Mozart represented one of the greatest periods in European music. Novels attracted a middle-class audience.

Enlightened absolutism

Bach

Handel

Haydn

Mozart

Frederick the Great

Maria Theresa

Catherine the Great

Robert Walpole

Metizo

Mulatto

Federal system

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In North America, British control over its colonies began to unravel over issues of taxation. Multiple crises led the Americans to declare their independence in 1776 and to fight Britain until its defeat in 1783.

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The Articles of Confederation that formed the United States were soon replaced with a Constitution, which created a stronger central government. The Bill of Rights added important freedoms derived from the natural rights expressed by the philosophes.

Questions are due on Tuesday, February 24th 1. R.C. P. 512 2. P. 513 Chart Skills #2 3. R.C. P. 516 4. R.C. P. 517 5. R.C. P. 521 6. R.C. P. 522 7. P. 525 #7 8. P. 534 #7

Vocabulary Quiz on Friday February 27th Test is Tuesday, March 3rd.

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