improvement and political reform were possible. This movement of ideas was called the Enlightenment. Inspired by the scientific revolution‚ the Enlightenment led people to challenge the Church authority and the traditional intellectual authority. Enlightened people believed in a commercial society‚ expanding consumption‚ agricultural improvement‚ and innovative rational methods. Some among the Enlightenment‚ such as Voltaire‚ Rousseau and Montesquieu‚ caused the spirit of innovation and improvement
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would agree that these things were part of the force that propelled the French Revolution‚ I would assert that the philosophies of the Enlightenment were the dominant force that blasted late eighteenth century France into revolution . In his article‚ “The French Revolution: Ideas and Ideologies “Maurice Cranston of History Today articulates that the Enlightenment philosophies were pivotal in the revolutions inception. He writes that: “The philosophes undoubtedly provided the ideas.” Cranston goes
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the development of the metric system. By creating a uniform measure of money and weight‚ both internal and cross border trade was fairer and easier. In addition to improving the quality of life through the economy‚ Napoleon also brought upon his enlightenment views of equality to the people through the ‘Napoleonic Code’‚ which
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style was mostly associated with revolutionary movements. The style developed into a heroic subject matter‚ formal clarity‚ and impression of stability and solidity. As the style rebelled it arose from the questioning that the eighteenth century Enlightenment thought. This art work illustrates Roman tradition that honor and self-sacrifice prevailed. You can see the figures wearing
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and most rarely discussed reason is the American Enlightenment. Most people would not even know we had enlightenment. But we did. The ideas of Locke‚ Hobbes‚ Rousseau‚ liberalism‚ and republicanism took hold in the intellectual leaders of the colonies. These people increasingly saw the English government as being corrupt and diminishing American liberties. The colonists saw how they were treated as second class citizens‚ and the American enlightenment gave them ideas to turn to. You have to believe
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Huguenots-a form of Calvinists - Henry IV - Edict of Nantes(1598)-ended religious wars -Thirty Years War-started as a religious conflict - considered as the 1st global conflict - Peace of Westphalia - economics- war‚ famine‚ and plague - Ice Age-16th century social- witchcraft- tension between Protestants and Catholics India Akbar the Great religious tolerance‚ centralized government‚ extended empire encouraged arts and literature spread - illiterate himself modernized army and encouraged
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Gabryjela Foltynski Cocoli AP World History pd. 9 John Locke believed that people are born with the right to life‚ liberty‚ property and the right to choose government. These Enlightenment ideas were the main inspiration to both the French and American Revolutions. The French Revolution was an important revolution in Europe‚ preceded by the American Revolution. Both these revolution had lasting influences and unique social backgrounds creating tension with each individual revolution. Social tensions
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The Latin American Independence (1807-1824)‚ political and military movement that ended colonial rule by Spain and Portugal over Mexico‚ Central America‚ and South America and gave birth to the modern independent nations of Latin America.(Latin American history) The early 1800s radically altered the history of Latin America. Spain had progressively colonized parts of South‚ Central and North America since the early 1500s‚ exploiting the region’s natural resources‚ decimating native populations and
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powerful feelings.” Awe of nature Romantics stressed the awe of nature in art and language and the experience of sublimity through a connection with nature. Romantics rejected the rationalization of nature by the previous thinkers of the Enlightenment period. Celebration of the individual Romantics often elevated the achievements of the misunderstood‚ heroic individual outcast. Importance of imagination Romantics legitimized the individual imagination as a critical authority
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Democratic Origins and Revolutionary Writers‚ 1776-1820 Benjamin Franklin (Painting courtesy Library of Congress) Thomas Paine (Portrait courtesy Library of Congress) James Fenimore Cooper (Photo courtesy Library of Congress) The hard-fought American Revolution against Britain (1775-1783) was the first modern war of liberation against a colonial power. The triumph of American independence seemed to many at the time a divine sign that America and her people were destined for greatness
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