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Key Concept

The popularization and dissemination of the Scientific Revolution and the application of its methods to political, social, and ethical issues led to an increased, although not unchallenged, emphasis on reason in European culture.

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My Videos

Agricultural Revolution

Putting-Out System

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Important Files

Eighteenth Century Study Guide
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File Type:	pdf

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Homework Assignments

Assignment 1: Enlightened Absolutism

• MindTap: Setting the Scene
• Answer study guide questions 1-5 using:
  • Spielvogel pages 532-543
  • Enlightened Absolutism
  • Horrible Histories: Born to Rule
• Key terms 1-2
• Additional terms 1-2
• MindTap: States and Rulers in the Eighteenth Century

Assignment 2: Wars and Diplomacy

• Answer study guide questions 6-8 using:
  • Spielvogel pages 543-547
  • Crash Course: The Seven Years' War
  • Crash Course: The Amazing Life and Strange Death of Captain Cook
• Key terms 3-4
• MindTap: War and Diplomacy in the Eighteenth Century

Assignment 3: Population and Family Change

• Answer study guide questions 9-13 using:
  • Spielvogel pages 547-550
  • What Was the Agricultural Revolution?
  • What Was the Putting-Out System?

Assignment 4: Agriculture and Trade

• Answer study guide questions 14-21 using:
  • Spielvogel pages 550-553
  • What Was the Agricultural Revolution?
  • What Was the Putting-Out System?
• Key terms 5-7
• Additional terms 3-11
• MindTap: David Davies' "The Case of Labourers in Husbandry Stated and Considered"

Assignment 5: Eighteenth Century Social Order

• Answer study guide questions 22-26 using:
  • Spielvogel pages 554-560
• Additional terms 12-16
• MindTap: Eighteenth Century Society and Life

Assignment 6: Study for Test

• Review notes and study guide
• MindTap: Aspects of Change in the Eighteenth Century
• MindTap: Chapter 18 Quiz
• Practice questions on pages 562A-562B

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Interesting Articles

• The Success of Sweet Smells
• Possible 1665 'plague pit' latest unearthed link to London's storied past
• ​Historians Examine Treasure Trove of 17th-Century Letters
• The goods German citizens were forbidden to consume
• A brief history of underwear
• Dressing to Impress in the 17th Century

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Primary Sources

• Comtesse de Boigne, Memoirs
• Letters between Frederick the Great and his father
• Letter of the Baron d Breteuil
• Catherine the Great, Decree on Serfs
• Robert Clive's Account of His Victory at Plassey
• Richard Sheridan, The Rivals
• David Davies, The Case of Labourers in Husbandry Stated and Considered
• The Leeds Woolen Workers' Petition (1786)
• Statements on Poverty in France