History Exam ReviewBy: Drew Whitaker

Events

Revolution in North America. European Renaissance. Catholic reformation. 18th Century Enlightenment.

Revolution in North America

The Constitution of the Bill of Rights.› 1789.› Peace Treaty with Britain.

Constitution:› Freedom of speech granted.› Right to bare arms.› Freedom of press/assembly.

European Renaissance

New innovations in philosophy and learning.› Rebirth in thought and literature.› Also new forms of art arose.

Islamic influences on certain cultures and areas, like Greece.

Disasters hurt European areas, such as the black plague and famine.

Catholic Reformation

Council of Trent tried to create internal reformations.› Wants to purify the church.

Protestant movements were encouraged to separate into national states.

18th Century Enlightenment

French leaders were called philosophes.

Key participants: America, Scotland, England, Prussia, and Russia.

Denis Diderot wrote academic products from the philosophies and suggested further political and social revolutions.

Jean-Jeacques Rousseau, a French thinker, proposed a more radical democracy for France.

Terms

Enlightenment: to be enlightened either mentally or spiritually.

Philosophy: the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.

Renaissance: the time of the great revival of art, literature, and learning in Europe beginning in the 14th century and extending to the 17th century, marking the transition from the medieval to the modern world.

People in England

Thomas Hobbes: Leading politician in England and philosophers.› Wrote the “State of Nature”.

John Locke: Fled England in 1683 and returned after the revolution.› Focused on the enlightenment.