Topic | Core questions | Core concepts |
The Renaissance | What is the Renaissance? Where did it start and why? What are the major changes made during this period in these aspects? Ways of thinking Art & architecture Literature Science
Who are they? What are they famous for? Michelangelo Leonardo da vinci William Shakespeare Galileo Copernicus Martin Luther
What are the impacts of the Renaissance?
| A general understanding of Classical civilization Humanism
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Absolutism | What is absolutism / absolute monarchy? When is the age of absolutism? Why did people at that time generally accept absolutism?
| The divine right Heredity Privilege
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The Enlightenment | What is the Enlightenment? What are the political ideas of major Enlightenment thinkers? Montesquieu Rousseau John Locke Descartes
How did/does the Enlightenment influence Europe and the world?
| Enlightenment Natural rights Equality Liberty Social contract Checks and balance Constitution Rule of law Revolution
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The Enlightenment and the American Revolution | How did the colonists unite America? How did the legislature take part in the structure of the federal government? How did the American Revolution happen? Why did the people in the Enlightenment object to absolute power? Explain one of the British acts that created economic discontent amongst the American colonists.
| Independence Discontent Absolute Power
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