PPT-Unit 3: The Enlightenment and Revolutions

During this unit you will Know the key ideas Enlightenment thinkers Revolutions in Europe and the Americas and the concept of Nationalism in Europe Understand how the ideas of Locke and Hobbes created the enlightenment and in turn how the enlightenment caused the Revolutions of the 18. Enlightenment (Age of Reason). Enlightenment thinkers believed that human progress was possible through:. the application of scientific . knowledge. & . reason. to the issues of . law. & . Enlightenment. is man's emergence from his self-imposed . mental immaturity. . This immaturity is . the inability to use one's own understanding without another's guidance. . This immaturity is . self-imposed if its cause lies not in lack of understanding but in indecision and . Lecture 2: . Historiography 2014/15. Immanuel Kant, 1724-1804 . ‘. Enlightenment is mankind’s exit from self-incurred immaturity. . . Immaturity. is the inability to make use of one’s own understanding without the guidance of another. Self-incurred is the inability if its cause lies not in the lack of understanding but rather in the lack of the resolution and the courage to use it without the guidance of another. . Mark Knights. Secular or religious Enlightenment?. Historiographical debate: . Carl Becker (. The Heavenly City of Eighteenth-Century Philosophers . 1932) asserted Enlightenment was akin to medieval Christianity. John Locke. 3 concepts of . gov’t. :. Consent of the . goverened. a social contract between a fair . gov’t. & responsible citizens. right to revolution. Locke believed Property was the most . Jonathan . Dewald. , . Europe 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World. Peter Hamilton. , ‘The Enlightenment and the Birth of Social Science’. Chris Harman, . A People’s History of the World. The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening. Late 1600s-1700s: An intellectual movement known as the Enlightenment began in Europe. Later a religious movement known as the Great Awakening started in the Colonies . Prof Mark Knights. Key questions. Why is it important for modernists to understand the Enlightenment? . What was its legacy and why is that legacy a controversial one? . Isms. : liberalism, socialism, . What were the results of Renaissance thoughts and theories. Before the Revolution. All ideas of science came from the Greeks & Bible. With new inventions came new ideas. . The Scientific Revolution= people discovering new theories about science. (1) Chronology. (2) Key . Categories of Analysis: . Ideology, Gender, Class. (3) Interpretation . What is a revolution? . Revolutionary tradition in Europe: (1)From Absolutism to Liberalism, 1789-1848. (2) From Absolutism and Liberalism to Socialism, 1871-1936. (3) From Socialism to Liberalism.. Enlightenment Thinkers Enlightenment Thinker . List his/her country and areas of interest underneath the name. Summarize… . 1. …each person’s philosophy/beliefs . 2. …how this philosopher influenced the creation of America and its government . Everything You Need To . K. now About The Enlightenment To Succeed In APUSH. www.Apushreview.com. The New Curriculum A. nd . The Enlightenment. Key Concept 2.3, I, B: “Several factors promoted Anglicization in the British colonies: the growth of autonomous political communities based on English models, the development of commercial ties and legal structures, the emergence of trans-Atlantic print culture, Protestant evangelism, religious toleration, and the spread of European Enlightenment ideas .”. The . collision of social unrest and new political ideas can lead to revolution.. Nationalism . can act as both a unifying and divisive force. .. Questions. What new ideas moved to the . rest of Europe that . Lesson #302. ENLIGHTENMENT. What WAS the Enlightenment. 1690-1789. Textbook Definition. : . a . European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. .