Study Guide for Chapter 18 - The
Enlightenment and the American Revolution
Terms
and People to Know
Ch
18 Sec 1 (pgs 454 460)
Persian
Letters Baron de Montesquieu salons The Enlightenment
Joseph Priestly Antoine
Lavoisier Edward Jenner natural
laws Thomas Hobbes social contract Leviathan John Locke Two Treatises on Government natural rights The Spirit of the Laws philisophes
Voltaire Candide Denis Dederot Encyclopedia Jean Jacques Rousseau The Social Contract Mary Wollstonecraft physiocrats laissez faire free market
Adam Smith The Wealth of Nations
Ch
18 Sec 2 (pgs 461-465)
The
Age of Reason salons Madame Geoffrin enlightened despots Frederick the Great Catherine the Great
Joseph
II ( Austria) baroque rococo
Bach Handel Mozart
Rembrandt Daniel Defoe
Samuel Richardson
Ch
18 Sec 3 (pgs 466 469)
Act
of Union constitutional
government Tories and Whigs The cabinet George I prime
minister
Robert
Walpole House of Commons House of Lords George III
Ch
18 Sec 4 ( pgs 470 473)
Common
Sense Thomas Paine
Navigation Acts Boston
Massacre
Boston
Tea Party
The
Battle of Saratoga Valley Forge Treaty of Paris ( 1781) Yorktown Articles of Confederation
The
United States Constitution Federal
Republic Legislative, Judicial,
Executive The Bill of Rights
limited
freedom
Ideas
to understand
How were the ideas of government and the
economy linked to the Enlightenment and the Scientific
Revolution?
How did the ideas of the Enlightenment affect government, the arts, and
peoples daily lives?
Why and how did Britain emerge as a global
power in the 1700s?
What were the new political institutions
and political parties that emerged in Britain in th 1700s.
How were the 13 English colonies part of a
global empire and why did they eventually resent British rule?
How did the ideas of the Enlightenment influence the Americas and what was the
global impact of the American Revolution?
Essay
Questions ( give specific examples to support your statements )
1. Describe and explain the ideas of the
Enlightenment and the European political thinkers, their works, and how they
influenced the world. ( Be specific and support your statements with facts )
2. Describe and explain the ideas of the
Enlightenment and the affects it had on daily life, political leaders, and the
arts. (Be specific and give at least three examples)
3. Describe and explain the rise of Britain
as a global power and the changes that occurred in the government and the birth
of political parties.
4. Describe and explain the role the
Enlightenment had on the American Revolution and the events leading to the
birth of the republic.