AP European History/Neiffer A.

Mercantilism develops c) Essay on Human

Review Outline B. Evolution of the British-French Rivalry Understanding
C. Spanish colonial system d) tabula rasa

The 18th Century is

i. Colonial government ii. Voltaire
ii. Regulation of trade a) Religious tolerance
a) Casa de Contratacion b) “Crush the infamous thing!”
Awesome! b) Consulado
c) flota system
c) Candid
d) Enlightened Despotism
iii. Spanish rule in the Western iii. Baron de Montesquieu
Hemisphere a) Spirit of Laws
I. The 18th Century: The Last Stand of the “Old a) peninsulares b) checks and balances
Regime” b) creoles c) impact
A. Aristocracy and privilege D. Evolution of Slavery iv. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
i. British Nobility i. Increase of slavery with new a) Social Contract
ii. French Nobility models b) general will
iii. Polish Nobility ii. Experience of slaves c) state of nature
iv. Austria and Hungary a) The Atlantic Passage/Middle d) Emile
v. Prussia Passage v. Denis Diderot
vi. Russia b) prejudice a) The Encyclopedia
B. Aristocratic resurgence E. War of Spanish Succession b) impact
C. The peasants and serfs i. Cause vi. Marquis di Beccaria
i. corvee ii. Treaty of Utrecht a) On Crimes and
ii. robot F. War of Jenkins' Ear Punishments
iii. barshchina i. Cause b) Influence on the
iv. peasant rebellion ii. Results Enlightened Despots
D. Studies in contrast: The English Game G. War of Austrian Succession vii. Enlightenment and economics
Laws i. Cause a) Francois Quesnay
II. Agricultural Revolution ii. Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle b) Adam Smith
A. Pre-1700 Agriculture H. Seven Years' War viii. Women and the Enlightenment
i. Standard of living i. Cause a) Salons
ii. Open field system ii. War in North America (The b) Mary Wollestonecraft
B. Dutch lead the agricultural revolution French and Indian War) ix. Later Enlightenment Writers
i. Enclosure, crop rotation, draining iii. William Pit a) Hume
wetlands iv. Entrance of Spain b) Kant
ii. Cornelius Vermuyden v. Treat of Paris x. Jewish thinkers in the
C. England I. The American Revolution Enlightenment
i. Charles Townsend i. Cause a) Baruch Spinoza
ii. New livestock technique ii. Treaty of Paris b) Mendelssohn
iii. Jethro Tull V. Culture of the 18th Century D. Classical Liberalism
iv. Robert Bakewell A. Family before 1750 E. Emergence of print culture
D. Columbian Exchange B. Family after 1750 i. Increase in print volume
E. Enclosure movement i. Marriage law/marriage ii. Libraries
i. Origin expectations iii. Increase in non-religious books
ii. Commercialization of agriculture ii. Changes in the childbirth F. Enlightened Despotism
iii. Corn Laws of 1816 iii. Increase in illegitimate births after i. Frederick the Great
iv. Heavy impact on peasants 1750 a) Background
v. Impact on women C. Childcare and nursing b) Wars
vi. Impact on social classes i. Breastfeeding/wet nursing • War of Austrian
F. Population Explosion ii. Infantacide Succession
i. Pre-industrial urbanization iii. Foundling hospitals • Seven Years' War
ii. Impact on social classes iv. Child-rearing • Diplomatic Revolutions
iii. Urban riots D. Education c) First servant of the state
III. Proto-Industrialization E. Increased life expectancy d) Reforms
A. Putting-out system i. Improvement of diet e) Serfdom
B. Proto-Industrialization → Cottage ii. Edward Jenner/Small Pox ii. Catherine the Great
Industry iii. Hospital reform a) Background
C. Textiles lead the war F. Religious developments b) Pugachev Rebellion
D. Results i. Pietism c) Reforms
E. Inventions ii. Methodism (John Wesley) d) Shortcomings
i. John Kay → flying shuttle iii. Jewish populations e) Partition of Poland
ii. James Hargreaves → spinning a) Movement throughout iii. Maria Theresa
jenny Europe a) Reforms
iii. Richard Arkwright → water frame b) ghettos iv. Joseph II
iv. Samuel Crompton → spinning VI. The Enlightenment a) Reforms
mule A. Definition b) Post Joseph II
F. The Steam Engine B. Deism
i. Thomas Newcomen C. Prominent writers
ii. James Watt i. John Locke
G. Iron Production a) State of nature
i. Henry Cort b) natural rights
IV. The Colonial Wars