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AP Euro - Enlightenment

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Royal Society   show
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Enlightenment   show
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Deism   show
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John Locke, Two Treaties of Civil Government   show
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Essay Concerning Human Understanding   show
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show The human mind was born as a blank slate and registered input from the senses passively  
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show Committed to the fundamental reform of society By 1775, much of western Europe's society educated elite had embraced the Enlightenment  
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show Perhaps the most influential of all Enlightenment philosophers Challenged traditional Catholic theology His influential social criticism inspired many to call for change, setting the stage for the French Revolution  
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show Crush the Infamous King  
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show (1689-1755) Member of the French nobility; hated the absolutism of Louis XIV. Book(1748): called for separation of powers in government into three branches Goal: prevent tyranny and promote liberty  
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Checks and Balances   show
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show (1712-1778) Social Contract Though considered part of the Enlightenment, more accurately seen as a founder of the Romantic Movement. Believed man in a simpler state of nature was good a noble savage"and was corrupted by the materialism of civilization.  
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show Believed that too much of an emphasis on property, and not enough consideration of people, was a root cause of social injustice. General Will  
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General Will   show
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show State of nature Was corrupted by the materialism of civilization.  
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show Perhaps the greatest and most representative work of the philosophes This was (completed in 1765)  
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Marquis de Beccaria   show
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Francois Quesnay   show
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Physiocrats   show
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show 1727-1790 Considered the “Bible” of capitalism. Refined and expanded laissez-faire philosophy of the physiocrats. Believed the economy is governed by the natural laws of supply and demand.  
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Salon Movement   show
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show (1759-1797) promoted political & educational equality for women  
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show (1723-89) System of Nature Argued humans were essentially like machines, completely determined by outside forces (determinism). His staunch atheism, determinism and attacks on Christianity undermined the Enlightenment  
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David Hume   show
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show (1743-1794) Progress of the Human Mind His utopian ideas also undermined the legitimacy of Enlightenment ideas. Identified 9 stages of human progress that had already occurred and predicted the 10th stage would bring perfection.  
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Immanuel Kant   show
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show The political outgrowth of the Enlightenment Belief in laissez faire capitalism Belief in progress human dignity and human happiness Religious toleration, freedom of speech & the press, just punishments for crimes, and equal treatment before the law  
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German pietism   show
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show Taught need for spiritual regeneration and a moral life that would demonstrate one’s having been “born-again”.  
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show (1703-91): Founder of Methodism  
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Jansenism   show
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Enlightened Despotism   show
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show One of the greatest rulers in German history Son of Fredrick William I who gave him a strong military education Profoundly influenced by the Enlightenment  
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show (1740-1748) Frederick invaded and annexed Silesia, part of the Austrian Hapsburg empire Frederick violated Austria’s Pragmatic Sanction  
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show Was invaded and annexed by Frederick part of the Austrian Hapsburg empire  
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show Cause: Maria Teresa sought to regain Silesia from Prussia and gained Russia and France as allies. Goal of Austria, Russia and France was to conquer Prussia and divide its territories among the winners  
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Diplomatic Revolution of 1756   show
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Treaty of Paris   show
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show Frederick the Great claimed himself to be.  
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Catherine the Great   show
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Pugachev Rebellion   show
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show As a result of several Eastern European military conflicts, the map of Europe had to be withdrawn, three times to be exact. This reorganization of territory was at the expense of a nation which was ultimately erased from the map of Europe.  
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show Required unanimous agreement for the government to act.  
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Maria Theresa   show
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show Issued by Leopold and agreed to by the Great Powers that the Habsburg Empire would remain intact under his daughter’s rule  
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Joseph II   show
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Madame de Geoffrin   show
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Madame de Staël   show
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John Harrison, chronometer   show
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