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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Chapter 13: European State Consolidation in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Chapter Overview •From the early seventeenth century through World War II‚ no region so dominated the world politically‚ militarily‚ and economically as Europe. •During this period‚ power shifted from the Mediterranean area—where Spain and Portugal had taken a lead in the conquest and early exploitation of the New World—to the states of northwest and later north-central Europe. •Five major states‚ Great Britain
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AP European History Chapter 24: The Birth of Modern European Thought Chapter Overview * The faith in science that dominated thought in the second half of the nineteenth century. * Conflict between church and state over education. * Islam and late nineteenth-century European thought. * The effect of modernism in literature and art‚ psychoanalysis‚ and the revolution of physics on intellectual life. * Racism and anti-Semitism * Feminism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth
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CHAPTER 1 A) Chapter Overview: The Renaissance‚ which occurred from the 1300s to the 1600s‚ consisted of the rise of the five major city-states‚ the rise of humanism‚ and a multitude of patronage in the arts. The Italian Renaissance differed from the Northern Renaissance in that the Italian Renaissance was more secular‚ and in the North the focus was more on church and social reforms. Later‚ during the Age of Exploration‚ technological advances paved the way for exploration and conquest. Corruption
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Unit 1: Renaissance and Reformation The Renaissance * Approximate dates: 1375 (death of Petrarch) – 1527 (sacking of Rome) * The Renaissance is highlighted by: * a rediscovery of classical learning (Greek and Roman) * beginning of science * increased diplomacy * increased secularism * new belief in the individual * Secularism: never rejects Christianity‚ however‚ rejects Church’s domination and emphasizes man’s capabilities * Begins in Italy
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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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Chapter2 essay The Renaissance in Europe made a great change to culture‚literature even the religion of it‚and there were the Italian Renaissance and the northern Renaissance‚which distincted from the Italian Renaissance.In the time of Italian Renaissance‚art and literature were the point that the people most took the most serious on;the northern renaissance focued more on the scientific and mathematic things which demonsrated by their invention of the printing press. In addtion‚the Italian Renaissance
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During the cold war from 1945 to 1960‚ America’s role in the world and identity changed as the United States grew into a world power and became increasingly involved in foreign affairs in order to contain the spread of communism. Spending on the military and defense also increased as America began sending aid to non-communist countries which had a large impact on the US economy. The US was fearful of a communist conspiracy like that of the first red scare after world war one and as the arms race
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AP Euro. Study Guide #2 Commercial Revolution: Characteristics: New Wealth Growth in overseas trade Commerce (buying and selling of goods) no longer local but global Rise in capitalism (an economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit‚ rather than by the state.) Encouraged joint-stock venture Banking system formed Nations adopt philosophy of mercantilism (belief in the benefits of profitable trading) Banking families
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Chapter 24 DBQ 1.The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes; It was causing carelessness in the city and lead to more and dusty pollution from all the work which was required to be put in. 2.Edwin Chadwick was an English social reformer‚ noted for his work to reform the Poor Laws and made conditions cleaner for the citizens. He helped sanitize the areas and made things healthier to live in. 3.The miasmic theory of disease was a theory that disease was caused
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