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CHAPTER 9-3 THE BIRTH OF MODERN EUROPE
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Introduction

• The Middle Ages ended gradually as cities grew
  and trade increased.
• The system of feudalism also declined.
• The Renaissance followed the Middle Ages.
• Historians trace the beginnings of the Modern
  Age in the West to the Renaissance.
• The movement of society into the Modern Age was
  complete by the time of the French Revolution and
  the Napoleonic Wars in 1815.

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The Renaissance

• The Renaissancesparked by an interest in
  education, art, and sciencebegan around 1350 in
  cities of northern Italy and spread to other
  cities of Europe. ?
• Curiosity and enthusiasm for life were at the
  heart of the Renaissance.

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The Renaissance (cont.)

• Noted Renaissance artists were Leonardo da Vinci
  and Michelangelo Buonarotti. ?

• During the Renaissance, writers began to use the
  language they spoke every day instead of Latin or
  French, the language of the educated.
• Geoffrey Chaucer and William Shakespeare wrote
  in English.
• Miguel de Cervantes wrote in Spanish.

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The Renaissance (cont.)

• The printing press with moveable type was
  invented around 1450 by Johannes Gutenberg. ?

• The printing press made books more numerous and
  less expensive, thereby encouraging more people
  to learn to read and write. ?
• Western European rulers became more powerful.

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The Protestant Reformation

• Some people during the Renaissance believed that
  Catholic Church leaders were more interested in
  wealth than religion. ?

• Others disagreed with corrupt practices of the
  Catholic Church. ?
• Because these Christians protested Catholic
  teachings, they came to be called Protestants. ?
• The movement to reform, or change, the Catholic
  Church was called the Protestant Reformation.

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The Protestant Reformation (cont.)

• Two Protestant leaders were Martin Luther, who
  organized his own new Christian Church that
  taught in German, and John Calvin, whose
  followers were called Puritans, included the
  American Pilgrims.

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The Age of Exploration
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The Age of Exploration

• By the mid-1400s, Europe began to reach out
  beyond its boundaries in a great age of discovery
  and exploration. ?

• In 1492, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of
  Spain sent an Italian navigator, Christopher
  Columbus, westward across the Atlantic searching
  for another way to Asia.

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The Age of Exploration (cont.)

• The Dutch, English, and French soon joined the
  Spanish and Portuguese in exploring and settling
  and trading with the Americas, Asia, and Africa. ?

• Eventuallyin addition to trade goodspeople,
  diseases, and ideas were distributed around the
  world in a process called the Columbian Exchange.

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Revolution
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Revolution

• A revolution is a great and often violent change.
  ?

• In America, the colonies won freedom from their
  European mother countries. ?
• In Europe, people fought for freedom from their
  kings, queens, and nobles.
• People once believed in the divine right of kings
  that kings and queens ruled by the will of God.

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Revolution (cont.)

• Toward the end of the eighteenth century, people
  came to feel that they should play a greater,
  more direct role in government. ?

• John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau believed the
  government should serve the people and protect
  them and their freedom.

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Revolution (cont.)

• In Britain, kings and queens were forced to
  accept a constitution, a plan for government that
  shared power, but gave most of it to the
  Parliament, the law making body. ?

• In the 1770s, the American colonies revolted
  against European control and became a model for
  many revolutions in Europe and the Americas. ?

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Revolution (cont.)

• The French Revolution stimulated other peoples to
  demand more personal and political control over
  their lives.