PPT-Reason and Revolution

17501800 Representative Government The idea of representative government was in keeping with the longstanding English traditions of limiting royal power Natural Rights The writings of British philosopher John Locke profoundly influenced Americas founding fathers and 18th century thought Locke justified limiting royal authority and proposed that all human beings have natural rights and are entitled to political and economic freedom regardless of birth . L/O – To identify and explain the causes and effects of the Revolution. The German Revolution. In late 1918, there was . unrest . across the whole of Germany. The emperor fled for his life and a new government took control. These events are called the . 1750-1800. Representative Government . The idea of representative government was in keeping with the long-standing English traditions of limiting royal power.. Natural Rights. The writings of British philosopher John Locke profoundly influenced America's founding fathers and 18th century thought. Locke justified limiting royal authority and proposed that all human beings have natural rights and are entitled to political and economic freedom regardless of birth. . Chap 19, section 1 & 2. The Scientific Revolution marked the beginning of a dramatic shift in how people viewed the world. The medieval and early modern European outlook had been dominated by religion. As a result of this revolution, many came to see the world predominantly in secular and scientific ways. In the short term, the Scientific Revolution set the stage for the Enlightenment; its long-term repercussions can still be felt today.. ‘Two extravagances: to exclude reason, to admit only reason.’. Blaise. Pascal, 1623-62. Thanks to Richard van de . Lagemaat. , Theory of Knowledge for the IB Diploma, . Cambridge University Press. I. Scientific Discoveries. Scientific Discoveries. Two principal authorities during the Middle Ages:. Ancient philosophers. Church tradition. The Scientific Method. Recognize the inadequacy of existing knowledge to explain a given question.. Space is something absolutely uniform, and without the things placed in it, one point of space absolutely does not differ in anything from another point of space.. Now, from hence it follows (supposing space to be something in itself, besides the order of bodies among themselves) that it is impossible there should be a reason why God, preserving the same situations of bodies among themselves, should have placed them in space after one certain particular manner and not otherwise—why everything was not placed the quite contrary way, for instance, by changing east into west. . L/O – To identify and explain the causes and effects of the Revolution. The German Revolution. In late 1918, there was . unrest . across the whole of Germany. The emperor fled for his life and a new government took control. These events are called the . Ch. 18 answer key. In Search of Natural Laws. What two things did Newton’s laws show?. Newton’s laws showed that with good information people can correctly predict the movement of any falling object on Earth and they can predict the movement of the moon and the planets.. th. and 18. th. centuries who called themselves rationalists.. Rationalism. -the belief that human beings can arrive at truth by using reason, rather than by relying on the authority of the past, on religious faith, or on intuition.. #3. :. Opposition:. Name ____________________________________________________ Period _________. Thesis. . ______________________________________________. Transition. Word Examples. Support:. Support:. And How Imitation . is . T. he . Greatest Form of Flattery. The Industrial Revolution was a significant turning point in world history. During the Industrial Revolution, machines were used to manufacture goods. Causes of the French Revolution. Abuses of the old regime. (What’s a regime?). Political (leave space to explain). Social. Economic. Political Reasons. The king was an absolute monarch. The king picked people based on favoritism. Background. Treaty of Ryswick – 1695 . Africans and . engagés. for labor. 1685 – Negro codes – punishments . High mortality / low fertility. Slave population – 500,000 – most African-born. Causes of the French Revolution What brought about the French Revolution? Enlightenment thinkers ~ many lived in France under absolute monarchy ~ spoke of change granting more rights to the people….sounded good!