Age of enlightenment and revolutions pt 1. Flashcards
Enlightenment and French + American revolutions
John Locke
Economic policy of the Renaissance
Mercantilism
Mercantilism
A state-driven economic system that values the build up of wealth with favorable balance of trade
A nation’s power is directly related to its wealth, especially in gold + silver
It maximizes the exports and minimizes the imports
Immanuel Kant
Described the focus on reason to understand human behavior an “enlightenment”
“immaturity is the inability to use one’s own understanding without the guidance of another.”
Immanuel Kant
Work by Immanuel Kant
“An Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment?” (1784)
Natural laws
Laws that govern human behavior
What angered Americans with enlightenment ideas?
The British passed Navigation Acts that colonist could only trade with them
No taxation without represenation
How did the American revolution end?
Treaty of Paris
Despot
Monarch who establishes enlightenment reforms
Thomas Hobbes
Humans are evil and need powerful government
Social contract that gives power to ruler
“Leviathan”
John Locke
Blank slate
Natural rights from birth’Limited government that is obligated to the people
People can overthrow government
“Two treatises on government”
Supported glorious revolution
Baron de Montesquieu
Checks and balances
One person has too much power = tyranny
“Spirit of laws”
Voltaire
Human nature = neutral
Freedom of speech, thought, religion
“I might not agree but I’ll defend your right to speak”
“Candice”
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Social contact/ general will
Humans good but corrupted by society
“The social contract”
Mary Wollstonecraft
“Vindication on the rights of women”
Adam smith
Laissez-faire
Humans driven by self interest
Invisible hand
“The wealth of nations”
Diderot
Encyclopedia
Jethro tull
Seed drill
Louis Pasteur
Germ theory -> pasteurization
Rabies vaccine
Robert Koch
Tuberculosis cure
Joseph Lister
Antiseptic to protect during surgery
Malthus
“An essay on the principals of population”
Stop having so many kids, or else they will die of disease or war
Malthus
“An essay on the principals of population”
Stop having so many kids, or else they will die of disease or war
Otto
Internal combustion engine
First automobile?
Benz
3 wheels
Daimler
4 wheeled automotives
Ford
Faster, cheaper cars and assembly line
Orville and Wilbur Wright
First powered flight
Morse
Telegraoh
Bell
Telephone
Marconi
Radio and signals
James Watt
Improves on Newcomens steam engine
Applicable outside the mine