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GOV 25.23 USA – Founding Father: Benjamin Franklin
“Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.”
“It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.”
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GOV 25.22 USA – Founding Father: George Washington
“My brave fellows, you have done all I asked you to do, and more than can be reasonably expected; but your country is at stake, your wives, your houses and all that you hold dear. You have worn yourselves out with fatigues and hardships, but we know not how to spare you. If you will consent to stay one month longer, you will render that service to the cause of liberty, and to your country, which you probably can never do under any other circumstances.”
“We have abundant reason to rejoice, that, in this land, the light of truth and reason has triumphed over the power of bigotry and superstition, and that every person may here worship God according to the dictates of his own heart.”
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GOV 25.19 Freeman-pedia: Dozendates Review 1776
You DO NOT have to know any dates for AP World Modern. BUT, Ben Freeman would argue knowing certain major events can give you an idea of the major themes and flow of the course.
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GOV 25.18 USA – So What Was 1776?
Was it one or more of the following?
A Revolt?
A Secession? An American Revolution? An American Independence?
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GOV 25.15 USA – Too Late to Apologize: A Declaration
Once the movement for Independence was set in motion, England came to reassert its control on the North American colonies. There was no turning back…. it was too late to apologize.
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GOV 25.14 Enlightenment to REVOLUTION Review
Summary
The Enlightenment, sometimes called the Age of Reason, sought to shine the “light” of reason on traditional ideas about government and society. Enlightenment thinkers promoted goals of material well-being, social justice, and worldly happiness. Their ideas about government and society stood in sharp contrast to the old principles of divine-right rule, a rigid social hierarchy, and the promise of a better life in heaven. Since the 1700s, Enlightenment ideas have spread, creating upheaval as they challenge established traditions around the world.
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GOV 25.13 Enlightenment Thinker – Adam Smith and What is Laissez faire?
Adam Smith (1723 – 1790) was a Scottish economist, philosopher and author as well as a moral philosopher, a pioneer of political economy and a key figure during the Scottish Enlightenment, also known as ”The Father of Economics” or ”The Father of Capitalism”.
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GOV 25.12 Enlightenment Thinker – Denis Diderot
Denis Diderot (1713 -1784) French man of letters and philosopher who, from 1745 to 1772, served as chief editor of the Encyclopédie, one of the principal works of the Age of Enlightenment.
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GOV 25.11 Enlightenment Thinker – Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Genevan philosopher, writer and composer. (1712–1778)
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GOV 25.9 Enlightenment Thinker – Baron de Montesquieu
Philosopher, Government Official, Legal Professional, Writer (1689–1755)
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GOV 25.8 Enlightenment Thinker – Thomas Hobbes
Academic, Philosopher, Political Scientist, Journalist, Historian (1588–1679)
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GOV 25.7 Enlightenment Thinker – John Locke
Philosopher (1632–1704)
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GOV 25.5 The Enlightenment and Music – Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period.
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GOV 25.4 The Enlightenment and Music – George Frideric Handel
Baroque composer George Handel was born February 23, 1685, in Halle, Germany. In 1704 Handel made his debut as an opera composer with Almira. He produced several operas with the Royal Academy of Music before forming the New Royal Academy of Music in 1727. When Italian operas fell out of fashion, he started composing oratorios, including Messiah. George Handel died April 14, 1759, in London, England
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GOV 25.3 The Enlightenment and Music – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Composer, Pianist (1756–1791)
A prolific artist, Austrian composer Wolfgang Mozart created a string of operas, concertos, symphonies and sonatas that profoundly shaped classical music.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart learned the piano at the age of three, and soon developed his skills in all musical forms. Widely recognized as one of the greatest composers of all time, he produced over 600 works.
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GOV 25.2 The Age of Enlightenment (ROAD MAP!)
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GOV 24.51 Russian Revolution – Karl Marx
Karl Marx (1818-1883), philosopher and German politician.
“Proletarier aller Länder vereinigt Euch!”
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AP 24.754 Khan – Capitalism, Socialism, and Communism (Compare and Contrast)
The Industrial Revolution created economic, political, and social transformations in Europe.
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AP 24.752 So What is Communism?
Com·mu·nism (noun)
– a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
– doctrine based on revolutionary Marxian socialism and Marxism-Leninism that was the official ideology of the U.S.S.R.
– a totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production
– a final stage of society in Marxist theory in which the state has withered away and economic goods are distributed equitably
– communist systems collectively eliminating of private property
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AP 24.750 What Is Socialism?
Socialism (noun)
– a political and economic theory (policy or practice) of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
– (in Marxist theory) a transitional social state between the overthrow of capitalism and the realization of communism.
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AP 24.749 Karl Marx
Karl Marx (1818-1883), philosopher and German politician.
“Proletarier aller Länder vereinigt Euch!”
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AP 23.327 Absolutism – France (Versailles)
Before the French Revolution
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