American Pageant Chapter 1 Summary
Political
1) 1756-1763 – The Seven Years’ War was the major war started by the pressured created by the competition of states and dynasties. After this battle of the great powers of Europe though, no territorial changes in Europe, Britain gained complete control over the overseas colonies of France, and Russia and Prussia become extremely powerful forces in European affairs.
2) 1763 – The Treaty of Paris was the agreement made that concluded the peace negotiations of the French and Indian War. In these negotiations, Britain did not insist on retaining all its conquests, and its war-weary government was prepared to return specific colonies to France in exchange for an end to the violence.
3) The Mughal Empire was once a mighty kingdom, but it …show more content…
This belief system was mostly used by Pierre Bayle, who used it to gain a better understanding of the religious beliefs and persecutions of the past of Louis XIV.
Social
1) Chattels were what the Russian and Polish serfs were considered since their status greatly differed from that of a slave. These “pieces of properties” were sold or traded at their lords’ discretion, independent of the land they lived on or their family ties.
2) Seigneurialism was the system where most French, German, Spanish, and Italian peasants lived under the authority of a local noble. With this system, the peasants owed these lords various dues and obligations on their land, even if the peasants otherwise owned it.
3) Population growth occurred all around Europe, like when Prussia’s and Sweden’s population doubled and when Spain’s population grew from 7.5 million to about 11.5 million. This was almost definitely the effect of a fall in death rates, due to a better food supply, and a rise in birthrates, due to more families being …show more content…
This book explained Voltaire’s belief that religious superstition inevitably breeds fanaticism and result in bloody episodes like the Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.
4) 1776-1788 – The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire was an Enlightenment book written by the historian, Edward Gibbon, about religious views from the “Dark Ages” and their current time period. This particular book declared that Christianity had eclipsed a Roman civilization that had sought to live according to reason rather than myths.
5) Jean-Jacques Rousseau was arguably the most original and influential eighteenth-century thinker that stood self-consciously outside the coterie of the philosophes. This innovator will mainly deal with the issues of moral freedom, oppressive societies, and what the basis of morality is, which he believed was conscience.
Technological
1) In Britain, the enclosure of agrarian property in villages was ordered by an act of Parliament so large landowners could fence in their land and manage it at their discretion. This was used as an alternative for people who wished to form compact farms and apply new
1) 1756-1763 – The Seven Years’ War was the major war started by the pressured created by the competition of states and dynasties. After this battle of the great powers of Europe though, no territorial changes in Europe, Britain gained complete control over the overseas colonies of France, and Russia and Prussia become extremely powerful forces in European affairs.
2) 1763 – The Treaty of Paris was the agreement made that concluded the peace negotiations of the French and Indian War. In these negotiations, Britain did not insist on retaining all its conquests, and its war-weary government was prepared to return specific colonies to France in exchange for an end to the violence.
3) The Mughal Empire was once a mighty kingdom, but it …show more content…
This belief system was mostly used by Pierre Bayle, who used it to gain a better understanding of the religious beliefs and persecutions of the past of Louis XIV.
Social
1) Chattels were what the Russian and Polish serfs were considered since their status greatly differed from that of a slave. These “pieces of properties” were sold or traded at their lords’ discretion, independent of the land they lived on or their family ties.
2) Seigneurialism was the system where most French, German, Spanish, and Italian peasants lived under the authority of a local noble. With this system, the peasants owed these lords various dues and obligations on their land, even if the peasants otherwise owned it.
3) Population growth occurred all around Europe, like when Prussia’s and Sweden’s population doubled and when Spain’s population grew from 7.5 million to about 11.5 million. This was almost definitely the effect of a fall in death rates, due to a better food supply, and a rise in birthrates, due to more families being …show more content…
This book explained Voltaire’s belief that religious superstition inevitably breeds fanaticism and result in bloody episodes like the Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.
4) 1776-1788 – The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire was an Enlightenment book written by the historian, Edward Gibbon, about religious views from the “Dark Ages” and their current time period. This particular book declared that Christianity had eclipsed a Roman civilization that had sought to live according to reason rather than myths.
5) Jean-Jacques Rousseau was arguably the most original and influential eighteenth-century thinker that stood self-consciously outside the coterie of the philosophes. This innovator will mainly deal with the issues of moral freedom, oppressive societies, and what the basis of morality is, which he believed was conscience.
Technological
1) In Britain, the enclosure of agrarian property in villages was ordered by an act of Parliament so large landowners could fence in their land and manage it at their discretion. This was used as an alternative for people who wished to form compact farms and apply new