Modern History 112 Assignment #2

Enlightenment to Revolution

Using Modern Western Civilization and any other necessary resources, answer the following questions with complete thoughts and support. Sentences and paragraphs are expected.

From Enlightenment to Revolution 1638 – 1815

1. What characterized the belief in the “Age of Enlightenment”? (p.5) /2
2. Who believed in this “Age of Enlightenment”? (p.5) /2
3. How and why did scientists begin to question the purpose of government? (p.5) How did “the people” react? /5

Absolutism in the Age of Reason

4. What changes occurred n the 16^th and 17^th centuries that formed the fundamental characteristics of modern Western civilization? /8
5. Explain absolute monarchs, such as James I of England. (p.10) /5
6. How did Louis XIV of France epitomize absolute monarch ideals? (p. 10- 14) /12
7. Briefly, define mercantilism, its development and subsequent decline. (p.15) /8

The Age of Reason: The Enlightenment to 1789

8. Discuss the impact of the scientific revolution. (p. 41-42) /8