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Chapter 8: Independence
1. Read chapter 5 and 6 of your e-book and then develop your comparative table, consider the
following events in the 18th and 19th centuries:
a) Enlightenment
b)French Revolution
c) US Independence
2. Study the topics in the module, analyze available resources, and prepare to briefly describe each
of the events from your point of view. You will need to describe in detail the aspects you want to
movement s cultural,
(Definition economic
political
aspects)
Enlightenm It was the The It made lots Denis Paris, They thinkers
Revolution. promoted
self-interest
and greed.
French It was a The rigor of Rise of Marquis Remains The ideas of
opposers of economic
November
of 1799.
the Thirteen French and and new Adams, Park, the legal
Colonies. mercantilism.
First
Continental
Congress.
Latin It was the Accumulati Independen Miguel Port of There was
to 1824. speaking
Nahuatl or
maya. The
catholic
religion
(monotheist)
instead of
polytheism.
Latin It was the They saw the The territories Simón Machu The creation of