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Topic: Scientific Revolution
10 Important Things:
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What kind of revolution was the scientific revolution? (What changed because of it?)
The Scientific Method: What is it, how is it used, how is it different from before
Compare and Contrast the Heliocentric and Geocentric Theories
Important People and what they did: Tycho Brahe, Nicolaus Copernicus, Johannes
Kepler, Galileo Galilei
5) Isaac Newton and his law of gravity
6) Causes of the Scientific Revolution
7) Identify effects of the Scientific Revolution (Things that happened because of it)
8) The Response of the Church to the Scientific Revolution
9) Benefits from the Scientific Revolution
10) Negative impacts of the Scientific Revolution
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Topic: Enlightenment
10 Important Things:
1) Overall: What was the Enlightenment? (Definition and another name for the
“Enlightenment)
2) What caused (or influenced) the Enlightenment to begin?
3) Thomas Hobbes and his views on people and government
4) John Locke and his views on people and government
5) Explain the concept of “natural rights” by John Locke
6) Explain the concept of a “social contract” between people and government
7) Important People and what they believed in: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Baron de
Montesquieu, Voltaire, Adam Smith
8) How did the Enlightenment influence kings? (What is an “Enlightened Despot”)
9) Explain what a “salon” was (not the hair place) and discuss what “philosophes” would
do there.
10) Explain why the Enlightenment would lead to revolutions around the world such as the
French Revolution and American Revolution.
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Topic: American Revolution
10 Important Things:
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Identify any ideas from the Enlightenment that inspired the American Revolution
What was the Stamp Act and why did colonists oppose it?
British tax policies that led to the American Revolution
How did the Enlightenment inspire the writing of the “Declaration of Independence”
(Hint: John Locke’s ideas)
5) George Washington and his role in the war
6) How did French support in the war help the American colonists to win?
7) How did Baron de Montesquieu’s ideas on “checks and balances” influence the creation
of a “federal system” of government?
8) How do the Bill of Rights show the idea of “natural rights”?
9) How did French contribution in the American Revolution later lead to their own
Revolution?
10) The purpose of government according to the Constitution. (Why does government
exist?)
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Topic: French Revolution
10 Important Things:
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What was the “Old Order” or “Old Regime” in France and how did it work?
1st, 2nd, and 3rd Estates: Who was part of each? What rights did each group have?
Identify any Enlightenment ideas that inspired the French Revolution to begin.
Why was France in a financial crisis? How did it contribute to the beginning of the
revolution?
5) The purpose of the “Estates General” meeting. What was the end result of the
meeting?
6) The storming of the Bastille. (The Beginning of the French Revolution)
7) Compare and Contrast the “Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen” to the
“Declaration of Independence”.
8) Explain how the revolution became more radical led by Maximilien Robespierre.
9) The Reign of Terror and the use of the “guillotine”.
10) The Ending of the Reign of Terror with the execution of Maximilien Robespierre.
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Topic: Industrial Revolution
10 Important Things:
1) What kind of revolution was this? (What changed?)
2) What are the “factors of success” that made the industrial revolution happen in Great
Britain?
3) How did new inventions change the “cottage industry” (Look for Eli Whitney, James
Hargreaves, Richard Arkwright, and John Kay and their inventions)
4) What is a factory? How did it help to increase the amount of goods that could be
produced?
5) James Watt and the invention of the steam engine.
6) How did “coal” and “steam engines” contribute to the industrial revolution?
7) Describe how the industrial revolution led to the growth of cities.
8) Describe the working conditions in a factory during this time.
9) How did the “assembly line”, “mass production”, and “interchangeable parts”, lead to
an increase in the amount of goods that could be produced?
10) The beginning of “Capitalism” and entrepreneurs because of the Industrial Revolution.
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Topic: Latin Revolutions
10 Important Things: One sentence and two pictures for each. / Una frase y dos fotografías de cada uno.
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Toussaint L’Ouverture
Haiti becomes independent / Haití se independiza
Miguel Hidalgo
Jose Maria Morelos and the Mexican Revolution / José María Morelos y la Revolución
Mexicana
5) Simon Bolivar
6) Simon Bolivar liberating Spain’s colonies / Simon Bolivar Liberar las colonias de España
7) Jose De Martin
8) Jose De Martin liberating Argentina / Jose De Martin Liberando Argentina.
9) Causes of Latin revolutions in Central and South America. / Las Causas de las
revoluciones Latina en América central y del Sur.
10) Effects of Latin revolutions in Central and South America. / Efectos de las revoluciones
Latina en América central y del Sur.