Impact of Historical Revolutions

What effect did the Commercial Revolution have on people's standards of living?

How did Europe's rulers achieve absolute power?

How did the Scientific Revolution change people's view of the natural world?

How modern was the Enlightenment?

Which conditions allowed many rulers in Europe to establish absolute power?

Music often reflects cultural values. Listen to music played by Baroque composers like Bach, Vivaldi, or Handel and describe how it emphasizes harmony and order.

On a separate sheet of paper, make a chart comparing absolutism in France and Russia. Include both similarities and differences.

According to this passage, why do people give up their freedom to join society?

Select one of the people you read about in this chapter and explain the effect of his or her ideas on later generations.

Complete the graphic organizer by describing the accomplishments or beliefs of some of the people you learned about in this chapter.