I only received a few copies of the Chapter 1 review today before the test. For those of you that didn't turn it in, each day it is late it will be marked down.
Furthermore, if you need to take the exam, I will be available after school tomorrow or during lunch on Thursday.
Here is the outline for Chapter 2, which I will pass out tomorrow in-class. It includes homework questions
Revolution and Enlightenment – Chapter 2 Review
Section 1: The Glorious Revolution
Big Question: What does religious freedom mean to you? How do you take advantage of this freedom?
Main Ideas
§ Absolutist rulers in Europe asserted that their power came from God, but in England Parliament expanded its power
§ Civil war broke out in England
§ England
Chapter Standards
§ Define absolutism and explain the basis for the power of absolutist monarchs.
§ Identify the causes of the Glorious Revolution in England
§ Explain the effect of the Glorious Revolution on the principle of representative government
HW: pg. 182 (1, 2, 3, 5) – due 9/16
Section 2: The Enlightenment
Big Question: How does a belief in the equality of all people logically lead to certain forms of government? Is democracy the only logical outcome of universal equality?
Main Ideas
§ The philosophers believed that the methods of scientists could eliminate unjust laws and created a better society.
§ The philosophers’’ belief in reason promoted the early social sciences of economic and political science
§ Enlightenment ideas spread through salons and an expansion of the reading public
Chapter Standards
§ Explain how the ideas of the Scientific Revolution led to the Enlightenment
§ Describe the tenets of Enlightenment thought
§ Give details about how scientific methods were applied to the social sciences
§ Recount the reasons for the spread of Enlightenment thought
HW: pg. 189 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7) – due 9/20
Section 3: The American Revolution
Big Question: What is the relationship between the struggle for individual rights and the struggle for self-government? Is it a cause-effect relationship or some other kind of relationship?
Main Ideas
§ In theory the British governed the colonies but colonial legislatures often acted independently
§ After the French and Indian War, new taxes angered colonists
§ Drawing on the ideas of John Locke, the Declaration of Independence severed the colonies’ ties with the British Crown
§ Americans won their independence from Britain
§ Americans worked to balance individual freedom with a united central government.
Chapter Standards
§ Identify the economic causes of the American Revolution
§ Link Enlightenment ideals to the philosophical basis of the American Revolution
§ Describe how the Constitution of the United States
HW: pg. 197 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) – due 9/22
Chapter Review pg. 200-201 (1-10, 23-30, 32-39) – due 9/27 (TEST DAY)
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