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Modern Age

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    enlightenment, USA
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  • Who was the first president of the United States?
    George Washington
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  • In what year did the United States declare independence from Great Britain?
    1776, 4 July
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  • What was the name of the first permanent English settlement in the Americas?
    Jamestown
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  • What was the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America?
    Mayflower
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  • What did Enlightenment thinkers believe about human nature?
    Humans are born with certain natural rights.
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  • Which Enlightenment philosopher is most famous for the idea of the "separation of powers" in government?
    Montesquieu
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  • What was the primary goal of the Enlightenment?
    To apply reason and scientific thinking to improve society
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  • The Encyclopédie, a massive collection of knowledge and ideas from Enlightenment thinkers, was edited by:
    Denis Diderot
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  • Name one person at least in connection with scientific development during the age of enlightenment.
    Copernicus, Galilei, Kepler, Newton
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  • What is Atheism?
    disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God or gods
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  • What were "salons" used for?
    by aristocrats, for: reading, performances, experiments, music, exhibitions
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  • What does the "invisible hand" stand for?
    a metaphor for the unseen forces that move the free market economy
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  • Name a French territory in America.
    Quebec, Montreal, New Orleans
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  • Who were the elite of the colonial society?
    great landowners with plantations, merchants, chief officers
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  • Who were the indentured servants?
    a form of labor in which an individual is under contract to work without a salary to repay a loan
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  • In which part of America was the plantation slaveholder farming popular?
    the South
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