Enlightenment
Explain the Enlightenment
Encouraged people to use reason instead of superstition or tradition.
Promoted education, science, and progress for all humanity.
Spread the ideas of freedom, equality, and human rights.
Criticized absolutism and religious intolerance.
How many stars did the American flag used to have?
13
Which war saw concentration camps and the Holocaust?
World War II
what was the the Encyclopedia?
Collected knowledge about science, philosophy, art, and society.
New England colonies, middle colonies, and southern colonies
What year did World War II end?
1945
What was Enlightened Despotism?
Some monarchs adopted Enlightenment ideas while keeping their power.
What colony was founded first? when?
Virginia in 1607
When did WW1 start, and when did it finish?
1914-1918
what did the Enlightenment inspire?
The American Revolution (1776)
The French Revolution (1789)
Mexican War of independece (1810)
What activity did the New England colonies specialize in?
Fishing and fur trading
What was the Cold War mainly about?
Rivalry between the USA and USSR
Who were the key thinkers of the Enlightenment?
John locke, Montesquieu, Voltaire, and Rousseau.
In what year did the thirteen colonies become independent from Britain?
July 4, 1776
When did the French Revolution begin?
1789