1750-1914

1750-1914 Review • Political Philosophy of the Enlightenment: -challenged regimes that did not grant full religious freedom or that insisted on aristocratic privilege • Causes of American Revolution: -“taxation without representation” -restriction on free movement into frontier areas • American Rev. Dates -1765: Stamp Act -1775-1783: American Rev. -1776- Declaration of Independence signed (?) • Causes of French Rev. -French govt. debt -social inequality -Enlightenment ideas • ID SIG: Bastille -Political prison. -Parisians attacked itFrench Rev. -symbol of French Rev • Final phases of French Rev -Victory of Napolean Bonaparte (1799) • Conference @ Vienna -territorial adjustments -returned monarchy to France • Steam Engine: -Inventor- James Watt