HISTORY TEST 2 *Chapters 4‚ 6‚ & 7 18TH CENTURY (1700s) The population of Europe nearly doubled in the 18th century. After 1740‚ the climate changed and it got warmer‚ so fewer people died from exposure. The death rate went down‚ the birth rate went up (because the amount of food went up). The potato is the fourth of the great starches and was very good nutrition during this time. Made people stronger and healthier and the population grew. Farmlands grew. Swamps were drained and turned
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CHY4U: World History The Enlightenment: 1700-1789 Chapter Overview European politics‚ philosophy‚ science and communications were radically reoriented during the course of the "long 18th century" as part of a movement referred to by its participants as the Age of Reason‚ or simply the Enlightenment. Enlightenment thinkers in Britain‚ in France and throughout Europe questioned traditional authority and embraced the notion that humanity could be improved through rational change. The Enlightenment
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FRENCH REVOLUTION Q.1) Explain the following terms:- a) Guillotine Ans) The guillotine is a device consisting of two poles and a blade with which a person is beheaded. It was named after Dr .Guillotine who invented it. b) Subsistence crisis Ans) the population of France rose from about 23 million in 1715 to 2 8million in 1789.This led to a rapid increase in the demand for food grains. Production of grains could not keep pace with the demand. So the price of bread which
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I. Popular sovereignty and political upheaval A. Enlightened and revolutionary ideas 1. Popular sovereignty: relocating sovereignty in the people a. Traditionally monarchs claimed a "divine right" to rule b. The Enlightenment challenged this right‚ made the monarch responsible to the people c. John Locke’s theory of contractual government: authority comes from the consent of the governed 2. Freedom and equality: important values of
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Napoleon From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia For other uses‚ see Napoleon (disambiguation). Napoleon I The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries‚ by Jacques-Louis David‚ 1812 Emperor of the French Reign 18 May 1804 – 11 April 1814 20 March 1815 – 22 June 1815 Coronation 2 December 1804 Predecessor None (himself as First Consul of the French First Republic; previous ruling monarch was Louis XVI) Successor Louis XVIII (de jure in 1814) King of Italy Reign 17 March 1805 –
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CHAPTER 21 Revolutionary Changes in the Atlantic World‚ 1750–1850 I. Prelude to Revolution: The Eighteenth-Century Crisis A. Colonial Wars and Fiscal Crises 1. Rivalry among the European powers intensified in the early 1600s as the Dutch Attacked Spanish and Portuguese possessions in the Americas and in Asia. In the 1600s and 1700s the British then checked Dutch commercial and colonial ambitions and went on to defeat France in the Seven Years War (1756–1763)
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Block: B Socials9 Study Guide: Final Exam Multiple choice sections: Chapter six: 1-20 1. Coniferous trees: Coniferous trees have small‚ waxy and usually narrow leaves (needles or flat scales). ’Coniferous’ means that it is a cone-bearing tree. 2. Appalachian region: Some of the landforms found in this region are low mountains‚ flat uplands‚ forests‚ rocky cliffs‚ and many islands. Climate can be described as cool and wet for most of the year. Variety of vegetation that grows in the Appalachian
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toward introspection. The Romantic era can be considered as indicative of an age of crisis. The French Revolution entered its radical phase in August 1792‚ which started the fear of political disaster that spread like wide fire. King killing‚ Robespierre‚ the Reign of Terror‚ and the Napoleonic armies all signaled chaos‚ which would dominate European political and cultural life for the next quarter of a
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seen as a threat to the new revolution were sent to the Guillotine. In the course of this Reign of Terror this ungodly regime managed to execute thousands of men who were considered as having the potential to stand up against the regime‚” (Reign). Robespierre‚ the main leader of the Terror‚ led it by accusing and executing people (in most cases) for being aristocrats or for being part of counter-revolutions. In the novel‚ the reader gets a good sense of this through the trial and verdict of Charles Darnay
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Macbeth‚ written by playwright William Shakespeare‚ is one of the most famous and beloved plays of all time. The play‚ a tragedy revolving around the tragic hero Macbeth‚ is about a regicide and its aftermath taking place in Scotland. The play begins with Macbeth along with his best friend and fellow nobleman‚ Banquo‚ successfully defeating two separate armies from Ireland and Norway respectively. On their journey home‚ Macbeth and Banquo encounter three witches who make prophecies to them. Macbeth
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