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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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Enlightenment Overview

Voltaire

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Important Files

Enlightenment Study Guide
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File Type:	pdf

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Homework Assignments

Assignment 1: The Early Enlightenment

• MindTap: Setting the Scene
• Answer study guide questions 1-4 using:
  • Spielvogel pages 502-510
  • What Was the Enlightenment?
  • Who Was Voltaire?
• Key terms 1-9
• Additional terms 1-6

Assignment 2: The Later Enlightenment

• Answer study guide questions 5-8 using:
  • Spielvogel pages 510-516
  • Who Was Rousseau?
• Key terms 10-12
• Additional terms 7--8
• MindTap: Rousseau's Social Contract and Enlightenment Thought

Assignment 3: Enlightenment Culture and Society

• Answer study guide questions 9-13 using:
  • Spielvogel pages 516-524
• Key terms 13-14
• Additional terms 9-21

Assignment 4: Enlightenment and Religion

• Answer study guide questions 14-15 using:
  • Spielvogel pages 524-528

Assignment 5: Study for test

• Review notes and study guide
• MindTap: Overlapping Developments during the Seventeenth Century
• MindTap: Chapter 17 Quiz
• Practice questions on pages 530A-530B
• Watch my live review session

Primary Sources

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile - page 514
• Mary Wollstonecraft, Vindication of the Rights of Woman - page 514
• Images of Women and the Enlightenment Salon - page 515
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract - page 512
• Voltaire, The Ignorant Philosopher - page 509
• Voltaire, Candide - page 509