The Beginning of Modern Times Chapter 9 Section 3 (Pages 245-249)
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Transcript of The Beginning of Modern Times Chapter 9 Section 3 (Pages 245-249)
Renaissance1350-1815
1. Begins in 1350 • interest in education, art and science• N. Italy then spread through Europe• Revisited classical Greece and Rome• Curiosity and enthusiasm at the heart
Artists• Focus on the beauty of life
– Leonardo da Vinci
• Mona Lisa
• The Last Supper
– Michelangelo Buonarotti
• Statue of David
• Painted the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican
The Printing Press
• Invented in 1450 by Johannes Gutenberg• Father of printing in the western world.• Larger access to books = people encouraged to
read and write• Started to write in local language, not Greek or
Latin
Nationhood
Henry the VII and VIII in England,
Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain; united Spain, drove out the Moors
Louis XIV of France
Protestant Revolution• Reform = Change• Protestant- Protested many of the Catholic Churches
teachings– Priests more interested in wealth, not God– Indulgences= Wrong
• Sold documents freeing owners from sin
Martin Luther• A German priest, one of
the first to challenge the Church
• 1520- Pope kicked him out of the Church
• Started own church (Lutherans)
–Spoke in German not Latin
Reformation
• John Calvin– Early Protestant
Leader
• England=Puritan– Wanted religious
freedom– Freedom in America to
practice own religion
• Split caused many years of religious wars
Age of Exploration
• Began in the mid-1400’s– Europeans wanted to trade more,
explored the world• Portuguese sailed to S. Africa and
to India• Spain looked for a faster way to the
East.– Christopher Columbus sailed west. – Landed in Americas by mistake– Thought he was in India, called the
people Indians.– Dutch, French, English traders
followed.
Age of Exploration
• Columbian Exchange- the trade of products and ideas between the Old World (Europe) and the New World (America)
Age of Exploration
• Ideas Spread– Religion– Governments– Technology– Slavery
• 20 million Africans taken to Americas• Most worked on plantations• Outlawed early to mid 1800s
Age of Exploration
• From Europe to America– Live stock – cotton – sugar – wheat– ideas – people
• Disease killed 90% of the NA pop; small pox, measles, cholera, tuberculosis
Age of Exploration
• From Americas to Europe – Corn – tobacco– potatoes – tomatoes – chocolate – turkey
Age of Revolution
• With the printing press, ideas could spread faster and cheaper
• First modern revolution was with the 13 Colonies in America; spread to Europe
Age of Revolution
• Overthrew centuries rules of kings and emperors
• Ended Divine Rule of the King- Kings rule by the will of God
Age of Revolution
• Rule of the people– Idea that people can rule themselves– People should have a greater role in gov.
• Philosophers– John Locke and Jean Rousseau
• Studied the nature of man and gov.• Old thought= People are here to serve the gov.
(Kings and emperors)• New thought= Gov. is here to serve the people
(protect their freedoms)