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Significant changes in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries included population growth, the agricultural revolution, urbanization, and the rise of industrialists, bankers, and merchants. The Enlightenment movement spread throughout Europe, focusing on rejecting authority, advocating for natural rights, promoting education, and supporting economic freedom without government intervention.

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  • The 17th and 18th centuries in Europe saw significant changes like population growth, an agricultural revolution, and the rise of industrialists, bankers, and merchants due to new machines, leading to urbanization.
  • The Enlightenment movement, originating in England and peaking in France, spread across Europe, promoting natural rights, challenging authority, advocating for education, and emphasizing personal progress through individual exploration and discovery.

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  • What were the significant changes in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries?

    Population growth, agricultural revolution, urbanization, industrialization, rise of new machines.

  • Where did the Enlightenment movement originate and what were its core principles?

    Originated in England, peaked in France, based on logic, progress, rejection of authority.

  • How did the Enlightenment influence political developments in Europe?

    Advocated for natural rights, empowerment of bourgeoisie, social contract concept.

  • What were the views of Enlighteners on religion?

    Diverse views, deism, secularism, criticism of Catholic Church.

  • What did the Enlightenment emphasize regarding education and economic functioning?

    Importance of education for personal progress, individual exploration, natural economic functioning.

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"Europe's Enlightenment Era: Progress and Change"

  • Significant changes occurred in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries, including population growth, the agricultural revolution, the rise of new machines in production leading to urbanization, and the emergence of industrialists, bankers, and merchants.
  • The Enlightenment movement originated in England in the late 17th century, peaked in France in the 18th century, and spread throughout Europe, based on the rejection of authority, criticism of existing knowledge, and the belief in logic and progress.
  • The Enlightenment influenced political developments by advocating for natural rights, including life, equality, freedom of thought, and property, leading to the empowerment of the bourgeoisie and the concept of the social contract.
  • Enlighteners held diverse views on religion, with many adopting deism and supporting secularism, while criticizing the Catholic Church for fanaticism.
  • The Enlightenment emphasized the importance of education for personal progress, with an approach that encouraged individual exploration and discovery, as well as advocating for natural economic functioning without government intervention, contrasting with mercantilism.
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