Unit 3 & 1450-1750 Transformation of the West

Flashcards for reviewing Unit 3 & 1450-1750 Transformation of the West

Western civilizations started changing around 1450-1750,becoming more commercially active, laying out growing manufacturing sector, experiencing changes in government powers, and undergoing shifts in .

beliefs and science

The Renaissance and describe key phases of change in Western civilizations during the period of 1450-1750.

Enlightenment

's 95 theses in 1517 marked the beginning of the Protestant Reformation.

Luther

The Glorious Revolution in Britain led to a parliamentary monarchy, some religious toleration, and political writing of .

John Locke

The Italian Renaissance started the move away from patterns and was largely an artistic movement that encouraged people to re-explore and reconsider everything said to be true.

traditional

Northern humanists blended their interests with continued Christian .

devotion

During the Renaissance, city-state leaders experimented with new political forms and functions, focusing more on the well-being of citizens rather than .

divine guidance or basis of heredity

The Northern Renaissance, focused in France, the low countries, Germany, and England after 1450, provided some political change towards .

greater state powers

The Protestant Reformation was a period in time where Europeans broke away from the Catholic Church and formed new Christian churches, led by .

Martin Luther and John Calvin

The commercial revolution led to price due to massive import of gold and silver from Spain's new Latin colonies.

inflation

The end of Christian unity in the West led to religious wars, including the Thirty Years War, which ended with the treaty in which some states and cities chose one religion, some .

another

During the Scientific Revolution, publicized Copernicus' findings and added his own, motivating people to be curious about science.

Galileo

During the rise of absolute monarchies, France started professionalizing the army, giving formal training to officers, and creating military hospitals and .

pensions

Parliamentary ideas made people like JOHN LOCKE argue that power came from the people not from the to royal rule

divine right

Enlightenment thinkers attacked the Catholic Church as they did not tolerate .

diversity

Capitalism, the investment of funds in hopes of greater profits, spread from trading ventures to the production of goods, leading people to specialize in metal and products.

textile