AP World History Flashcards
From the textbook (The Earth and Its People) Ch. 21 covering the years of 1750-1850, and covers The Revolutionary changes in the Atlantic World.
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| 312340634 | Enlightenment | Thinkers sought to apply methods and questions of the Scientific Revolution to the study of human society. | 0 | |
| 312340635 | John Locke | Argued that governments were created to protect the people; and he emphasized the importance of individual rights. | 1 | |
| 312401531 | Jean Jacque Rousseau | Stated that the will power of people was sacred; he believed that people would act collectively on the basis of their shared historical experiences. | 2 | |
| 312401532 | Women in the Enlightenment | They purchased and discussed the writings of the enlightenment thinkers, and in the case of the wealthy Parisian women, making their homes into "book clubs" or "salons." | 3 | |
| 312401533 | Middle Class in the Enlightenment | Many European intellectuals saw the Americas as a new, uncorrupted place in which material and social progress would come more quickly in Europe. | 4 | |
| 312401534 | Benjamin Franklin | Symbolized the natural genius and the vast potential of America; his intellectual and scientific accomplishments and his political career offered proof that in America where society was free of the chains of inherited privilage, genius could thrive. | 5 | |
| 312401535 | Stamp Act | In 1765, the British government tried to raise new revenue from the american colonies through a series of fiscal reforms and new taxes including a number of a new commercial regulations. | 6 | |
| 312401536 | Boston Massacre | In 1770, | 7 |