HWH: Unit 10 - Absolutism, Enlightenment & American Revolution

Course Description

This one-year course examines societal development from the Renaissance to the present with an emphasis on emerging ideologies, expansion of empires, growth of nations, and an increase of global interdependence. Students develop an understanding of current world issues and relate them to their historical, geographical, political, economic, and cultural contexts. Instructional practices incorporate integration of diversity awareness including appreciation of all cultures and their important contributions to society. The appropriate use of technology is an integral part of this course. This course fulfills the World History/Geography and the Arts/Humanities credits required for high school graduation.

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The European Ages of Absolutism, The Enlightenment &
The "American Revolution"

Review!

Review: Age of Absolutism, Enlightenment and the American Revolution
Key Humans (matching) – know who they were and where they ruled)
ex. Louis XIV - absolute monarch from Bourbon family, consolidated France with Palace of Versailles

Philip II
Louis XIV
Queen Elizabeth (Tutors)
Charles I (Stuarts)
Oliver Cromwell
Maria Theresa
Frederick the Great
Peter the Great
Catherine the Great Joseph II
Alexander Pope’s Essay on Man
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Baron de Montesquieu
Francois Marie Arouet (Voltaire)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Denis Diderot
Adam Smith
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
King George III
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Paine
Thomas Jefferson
El Greco

Key Terms (matching and/or multiple choice)

absolute monarchs
divine right
heredity
Siglo de Oro
inflation
Spanish Armada
Huguenots
bureaucrats
Palace of Versailles
alliances
balance of power
Parliament
Magna Carta
English Civil War
Kingless Decade & the Commonwealth
Glorious Revolution
Roundheads
Cavaliers
political consolidation
theocracy
English Bill of Rights
power of the purse
constitutions
limited monarchies
Thirty Years’ War
mercenaries
Peace of Westphalia
Holy Roman Empire
Westernization
Enlightenment
natural laws
sociology
salons
natural rights
state of nature
social contract (not the book, the idea)
separation of powers
checks and balances
freedom of speech
community rights vs. individual rights
physiocrats
laissez faire
free trade vs tariffs
the invisible hand
censorship
Enlightened Despots
Tsar/Czar
Revolt, Rebellion, Revolution and Resistance Movement (coup d’état)
conservatives
liberals
republicans
ultra-nationalists
autonomy
abolitionism
suffrage
nationalism
popular sovereignty

Significant Works:

Essay on Man
Leviathan
Treatises of Government
The Spirit of Laws
Encyclopedia
Discourse on Inequality
The Social Contract

Wealth of Nations

Places to know on a mapskipoo:

Spain
Portugal
France
United Kingdom [England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland]
Prussia
Austria
Russia

Short Answer: How were medieval monarchs able to consolidate power and become absolute monarchs? Citing specific evidence, how did the ideals of the Enlightenment challenge Absolute monarchies?