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. These new ideas about liberty and reason fueled the fires of the American and French Revolutions, forever changing the relationship between people and their governments. The Modern Era and Global Security world history in one big fat notebook pdf top

Act 5: Revolutions & Enlightenment (1500 – 1900)

• New ideas: Locke, Voltaire, Rousseau → natural rights, social contract.
• Revolutions: American (1776), French (1789), Haitian, Latin American (Bolívar).
• Industrial Revolution: Steam engine, factories, urbanization, socialism/Marxism.
• Imperialism: Scramble for Africa, Opium Wars in China, British in India.

• The Crusades: Wars between Christians and Muslims for control of the Holy Land. It failed militarily but opened Europe up to trade.

• Revival of classical knowledge, humanism, and scientific discoveries
• Contributions: art, literature, and the scientific method