From about 1480-1700‚ many individuals in Europe were accused of being witches‚ put on trial‚ prosecuted and later executed for witchcraft. This witch craze was concentrated in southwestern Germany‚ Switzerland‚ England‚ Scotland‚ Poland‚ and parts of France‚ and resulted in 100‚000 witches put on trial. The three main reasons for the persecution of these “witches” were economic greed‚ religious beliefs and social prejudices. Most of those who accused the witches as being so ultimately sought profit
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Advanced Placement European History Unit 5 – Absolutism and State-building in the 17th Century Identifications People places events ideas institutions arts Social Phenomena Witches and witchcraft- witchcraft affected many lives of Europeans in the sixteenth and seventeenth century. Witchcraft was thought to be connected with the devil therefore making witchcraft heresy. Witch trials- More than 100‚000 people were prosecuted throughout Europe for witchcraft during the sixteenth
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During the 20th century‚ many different views arose concerning the unification of a previously divided Europe. Opinions varied depending on the individuals country and heritage‚ but largely because unification could improve conditions in some countries‚ while jeopardizing the conditions in others. Those in favor of a unified Europe usually had something to gain from it‚ while those who were against it had something to lose. Many countries were tired after WW1 and WW2‚ and interested in finding
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Two of the major powers in Europe quickly took the lead in settling the New World. The first‚ Spain‚ was very interested in acquiring huge amounts of gold‚ silver‚ and other rare valuables. In fact‚ the only reason they stumbled upon America is because they were en route to the Far East in search of the "fabled wealth of the Indies." What they found turned out to be much more valuable than a shipload of gold. A new continent was discovered-- one with unbelievable potential. Spain was able to take
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AP Euro FRQ "Even though the renaissance had begun in main Italian city states by 1347‚ the rest of Europe was still basically Medieval in culture and outlook. Analyze how the Black Death put an end on to this medieval culture and hastened the development of the renaissance.” The Bubonic plague‚ also known as Black Death invaded the bodies of 50% of the English population‚ flourishing them with welts‚ 104-degree temperatures‚ bruising‚ wretched stench‚ coughing and death within 24 hours.
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DBQ After the devastation of World War I‚ the vast majority of people saw the world in a totally different light. So many people had died. The future of society seemed pessimistic and dark at best. The Big Four had come together in France to sign the Treaty of Versailles‚ officially ending the war in 1918. I agree with the statement that the Treaty of Versailles was ill-created‚ bringing about far more problems than it solved and later paving the road to World War II. Political‚ social‚ and economic
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radical Calvinist preachers. The Compromise In 1564‚ the Netherlands saw the first fusion of political and religious opposition to Regent Margaret’s government. When Philip II instructed Margaret to enforce the decrees of the Council of Trent on the Netherlands‚ William of Orange’s younger brother‚ Louis of Nassau‚ led the opposition with the support of the Calvinist-minded lesser nobility and townspeople. The opposition drafted the Compromise in which they vowed to resist the decrees of the
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People in the elite culture could participate down with the popular culture but the popular culture could not move up without exceptional transformation by education and marriage. The language of the educated became standardized in a nation; dictionaries were begun and the literacy rate rose. On the other hand‚ the popular culture was mainly oral and was much more resistant to change. Wealth produced major differences: The poor largely ate bread‚ cabbages and beans; they lived in crude shelters with
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AP EURO CHAPTER 11 TERMS Enclosure Acts: The Revolution of 1688 confirmed the ascendancy of the Parliament in England over the king. Economically‚ it meant the ascendancy of the more well to do property-owning classes. The British government was substantially in the hands of wealthy landowners‚ the “squirearchy”. Many landowners‚ seeking to increase their money incomes‚ began experimenting new and improved methods of cultivation and stock raising. An improving landlord‚ to introduce such changes
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TJ Long AP Euro DBQ Essay There were numerous responses to the plague‚ such as fear‚ greed‚ and looking for a cause. The plague is a zoonotic disease‚ one of the three rare types of diseases that is created from Yersinia Pestis‚ a part of Enterobacteriaceae. This was a devastating time for people in Europe from the late 1400s to the early 1700s and there were many responses about how the plague was affecting society during this time. This disease killed about 25 million people which caused
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