Unit 5 , topic 1 Flashcards
Enlightenment
Intellectual movement in the 18th century advocated the use of reason to reconsider the accepted ideas and social institutions of the time.
Empiricism
Francis bacon, the reality is discerned from the senses. The only way to really know the nature of reality is through the senses.(we run scientific experiments )
John Locke
book two treatises of government, divine rights of kings where. Human beings had natural rights such as life, liberty, and happiness that were not granted by a king but by a living human being. As such it should be humans should be holding power in the Government
Social contract
The contract between people and government, where people are willing to give up some of their power to the government is willing to protect their natural rights.(Furthermore if the people also had the right to flush the Government if they where not protecting their natural rights)
Nationalism
A strong identification of a group of people who shared ethnic identity share ethnic identity and language.
what problems did this cause in Europe and across the world.
Prob bc Europe had spent centuries building up multi-ethnic empires.
Human equality also spread during this time period leading to many revolutions.
Adam smith book
Published a book called the wealth of nations, his critique of the mercantilist economy of Europe.(which required a lot of Government involvement)
laissez-faire
Adam Smith, idea in the government should take hands off and let things go(addressed specifically to the French)
Deism
there was a God and that God created all things, but is like a watchmaker and does not interfere with his creations
Conservatism
A strong belief in tradition and the shunning of ideology in favor of practical ideas(people who rejected enlightenment ideology.
Mary Wollstonecraft
Females in England wrote a vindication of the rights of women, and argued women could succeed in any profession given education.
Seneca falls convention
Was a rally for women rights including women’s suffrage (right to vote) furthermore wrote the declaration of sentiments , American declearttion including men and women created equal.
Seneca falls convention
Was a rally for women rights including women’s suffrage (right to vote) furthermore wrote the declaration of sentiments , American declearttion including men and women created equal. then argued that women should be less dependent on income and property.
abolishment movement
The abolitionist movement was an organized effort to end the practice of slavery in the United States.
How did the abolitionist movement gather steam,
Enlightenment ideal that all human beings are created with certain rights.Slave trade in the us banned in 1908 , but slave population still growing eventually lead to the civil war
