AP EUROPEAN HISTORY 1st SEMESTER EXAM CHAPTER 13: RENAISSANCE 1. Which Italian city-state dominated the renaissance until the 15th century? Florence 2. A major difference between Italian and Northern Renaissance was that the Italian renaissance was more secular. 3. The characteristics of Italian Renaissance art are curvilinear rhythms‚ rich color‚ and detail. 4. Upper class women during the Italian Renaissance declined in status. 5. A major difference between
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KEY POINTS: Chapter 17 Essential Question: What new ideas arose in this time period that forever changed European society? Identify: Humanism – focus on humankind as center of intellectual & artistic endeavor; superiority of classical forms over medieval styles Martin Luther – German monk initiated Protestant Reformation 1571; 95 theses‚ emphasized primacy of faith over works stressed in Catholic Church‚ accepted state control of Church Jean Calvin – 16th century French Protestant stress predestination;
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Discuss the social and political ideas of Alexander Herzen Often named “the founder of Russian Socialism” (Chubarov 1999‚ Page 64)‚ Alexander Herzen was an important part of the early Russian revolutionary movement‚ and later an influence upon the revolutionaries of 1905 and 1917. He was a strong advocate of free speech as well as being critical of the European Bourgeoisie‚ the inequality of serfdom and the autocracy of the Tsar and the Romanovs‟. His beliefs began in the radical Westernisers who
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traditions xii. Societies were formed made devoted to redemption of the human race xiii. In New England‚ reform movement began as an effort to defend Calvinism against liberal views. xiv. Reverend Timothy Dwight fought back Deism by preaching to Yale. xv. Calvinism stressed on original sin and predestination. xvi. Nathaniel Taylor – Theologian of neo-Calvinism‚ also held forth at Yale (Dwight’s Pupil) xvii. Congregational ministers reshaped Puritanism
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39. Importance of Journals and newspapers- 40. Pontiacs Rebellion- After the French and Indian War‚ colonists began moving westward and settling on Indian land. This migration led to Pontiac’s Rebellion in 1763‚ when a large number of Indian tribes banded together under the Ottawa chief Pontiac to keep the colonists from taking over their land. Pontiac’s Rebellion led to Britain’s Proclamation of 1763‚ which stated that colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. added by
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Aquinas’ Five Proofs What real evidence can be supplied for God’s existence? St. Thomas‚ in his Summa Theologica‚ sets forth five separate proofs for the existence of God‚ Unlike St. Anselm’s proof‚ which deals with pure concepts‚ St. Thomas’ proofs rely on the world of our experience-what we can see around us. In these proofs we can easily see the influence of Aristotle and his doctrine of the Four Causes. l) The Proof from Motion. We observe motion all around us. Whatever is in motion now
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Chapter 4: Slavery‚ Freedom‚ and the Struggle for Empire‚ to 1763 I. Olaudah Equiano II. Slavery and the Empire A. The Triangular Trades 1. A series of triangular trade routes crisscrossed the Atlantic. 2. Colonial merchants all profited from the slave trade. 3. Slavery became connected with the color black and liberty with the color white. B. Africa and the Slave Trade 1. With the exception of the king of Benin‚ most African rulers took part in the slave trade‚ gaining guns and textiles
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External World Skepticism ‘’Locke and Descartes have very different ideas about how to defeat external world skepticism.’’ Whose views are more valid about the realiability of sense perception for understanding the external world? The knowledge‚ the idea of the existence of external world and the way it is perceived by human being has been controvesy issue for centruies. Descartes and Locke also two very important name who proposed some viewpoint‚ even it can be said some theories‚ on the
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Marvels in Manufacturing * War of 1812 prompted a boom of American factories and the use of American products as opposed to British imports. * The surplus in American manufacturing dropped following the Treaty of Ghent in 1815. * The British manufacturers sold their products to Americans at very low prices. * Congress passed the Tariff of 1816 in order to protect the American manufacturers. * 1798-Eli Whitney came up with the idea of machines making each part of the musket
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AP US HISTORY ELMORE FALL 2007 UNIT THREE: THE BIRTH OF A NEW COUNTRY The US Constitution is one of the most influential documents in the history of modern governance. The system of government established by the writers of this document not only reflected and helped to ensure the hopes and desires of many citizens of the newly independent American state‚ but‚ perhaps more importantly‚ this system has served as a dramatic symbol for those people throughout the world who have struggled
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