Renaissance Chap 2 Exam Review Flashcards
Martin Luther believed that humanism was characterized by individuality and personal freedom.
People should aim for personal religious understanding.
Ppl who left the Roman Catholic Church were known as protestants.
Nobles supported the financial savings the religious reform would bring them
Martin Luther
Luthers ideas spread by printed pamphlets
Wrote 95 theses to reform the Roman Catholic Church
Bc of them he is credited with starting the Protestant reform.
Literacy rates increasing bc of how the printing press was spreading knowledge and ideas.
Change spread through Western Europe.
The Reform Movement
Fight for religious freedom became a big thing and gave people a feeling of solidarity and freedom and pride. Countries were formed by urbanization, Resources making people wealthier,people bonded and read more, exploration lead to wealth and power.
Formation of Nations
England, Portugal, Spain, and France wanted to cut out middle men, The Silk Road was not meeting demands. The Asian trade route was disrupted and the demand for exotic goods were high. With better ships a sailing technology they set off overseas to find them.
Exploration
Desire for wealth power and communism also increased need for goods abroad.
New technology
Belief the world is spherical
Humanism ideas that encouraged people to question the teachings and explore ideas of the world.
Spread religious belief
Explorations Motives
Government policies encouraging territorial or economic expansion to other countries often by force.
Expansionism
Europeans believed that their filter was superior to others.
Their beliefs were ethnocentric
Fueled by the desire for power and wealth
Felt they had the right to take control of new lands and their inhabitants
Other inhabitants were enslaved
Imperialism
Europeans introduced things like metals, wheels, war animals like ox’s and horses, and war weapons and firearmsz and an estimated 75-90% of the First Nations were killed by European diseases.
Europeans brought
Americas introduced rubbers canoes snowshoes, tabogans, chewing gum new dyes wood pharmacetical plants. Teamsports
Ideas of personal liberation
Leadership and consensus government
Lack of emphasis on property ownership.
Americas introduce
As Europeans conquered lands they extracted resources
Influx of gold and silver led to inflation at home
Spain and Portugal became so rich they purchased all they needed from other countries
As a result England Germany and the Netherlands became manufacturingcentrea and economic giants.
Economic consequences
Importance of the individual High material standard of education Importance of education Governments based on democracy Laws that guarantees the rights and freedoms of an individual
Worldviews that developed out of this era included
