Global 9 Name__________________Mr. Krueger Final Units Notes

Absolutism• Divine Right: belief that kings were

allowed rule by God (Mandate of Heaven?)

• absolutism: kings rule with absolute power

• The Prince: book by Machiavelli, should rule with fear, not love

• Examples of Absolute Rulers: Ferdinand and Isabella (Spain), Louis XIV (France), Peter the Great (Russia)

• England: Magna Carta – limited monarchy and created Parliament; English Civil War – Charles I abolished Parliament and then executed; Restoration – Charles II invited back, but brother took over (Catholic); Glorious Revolution – William and Mary (Protestant) took the throne but signed English Bill of Rights

Exploration• Why Explore: 3 Gs…Gold, Glory, God

• Technology: Compass, Rudder (China); astrolabe, (Muslim); Caravel (Europe)

• Imperialism: Powerful nations taking over weaker nations and dominating way of life

• Treaty of Tordesillas: division of new world between Spain and Portugal

• Encomienda system: gave Spanish colonists land and the right to use natives as workers

• Maya: Yucatan Peninsula, farmers

• Aztec: Central Mexico, warriors

• Inca: Peru, highly organized government

• mercantalism: colonies make money for the mother country

Revolutions• Scientific Revolution: a change in the

way people looked for answers to life’s questions

• Scientists: Galileo (sun is center – Heliocentric), Newton (gravity), Descartes (scientific method)

• Enlightenment: applying natural laws – not divine belief – to political ideas

• Enlightened writers and thinkers: Locke (people have rights - life, liberty, property), Montesquieu (separation of powers – branches of government), Rousseau (social contract – popular sovereignty)

Africa

Europe

West Indies

Slaves on “Middle Passage”

Treaty of Tordesillas line

Raw materials & plantation cash crops

Cheap trade

products

• Triangular Trade: used colonies to generate money for European traders

• Columbian Exchange: global exchange of natural and cultural products (food, animals, languages, technology and ideas)

Global 9 Name__________________Mr. Krueger Final Units Notes

Absolutism• Divine Right:

• absolutism:

• The Prince:

• Examples of Absolute Rulers:

• England: __________ – limited monarchy and created _________; _____________ – Charles I abolished Parliament and then executed; ___________ – Charles II invited back, but brother took over (Catholic); ___________________ – William and Mary (Protestant) took the throne but signed English __________________

Exploration• Why Explore:

• Technology:

• Imperialism:

• Treaty of Tordesillas:

• Encomienda system:

• Maya:

• Aztec:

• Inca:

• mercantalism:

Revolutions• Scientific Revolution:

• Scientists:

_____________ (sun is center)

_____________ (gravity)

_____________ (scientific method)

• Enlightenment:

• Enlightened writers and thinkers:

______________ (people have rights)

______________ (separation of powers)

________________ (social contract)

Africa

Europe

West Indies

• Triangular Trade:

• Columbian Exchange:

Exploration• Why Explore: 3 Gs…Gold, Glory, God• Technology: Compass, Rudder (China);

astrolabe, (Muslim); Caravel (Europe)• Imperialism: Powerful nations taking over

weaker nations and dominating way of life• Treaty of Tordesillas: division of new world

between Spain and Portugal• Encomienda system: gave Spanish colonists

land and the right to use natives as workers• Maya: Yucatan Peninsula, farmers• Aztec: Central Mexico, warriors• Inca: Peru, highly organized government• mercantalism: colonies make money for the

mother country

Africa

Europe

West Indies

Slaves on “Middle Passage”

Treaty of Tordesillas line

Raw materials & plantation cash crops

Cheap trade

products

• Triangular Trade: used colonies to generate money for European traders

• Columbian Exchange: global exchange of natural and cultural products (food, animals, languages, technology and ideas)

Absolutism• Divine Right: belief that kings were allowed

rule by God (Mandate of Heaven?)

• absolutism: kings rule with absolute power

• The Prince: book by Machiavelli, should rule with fear, not love

• Examples of Absolute Rulers: Ferdinand and Isabella (Spain), Louis XIV (France), Peter the Great (Russia)

• England: Magna Carta – limited monarchy and created Parliament; English Civil War – Charles I abolished Parliament and then executed; Restoration – Charles II invited back, but brother took over (Catholic); Glorious Revolution – William and Mary (Protestant) took the throne but signed English Bill of Rights

Revolutions• Scientific Revolution: a change in the way

people looked for answers to life’s questions

• Scientists:

Galileo (sun is center)

Newton (gravity)

Descartes (scientific method)

• Enlightenment: applying natural laws – not divine belief – to political ideas

• Enlightened writers and thinkers:

Locke (all people have rights)

Montesquieu (separation of powers)

Rousseau (social contract)

Life, liberty, property

Branches of Govt

Popular sovereignty

Heliocentric