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Objectives

1. Describe The Atlantic system and evaluate the impact it had on Europe

2. Identify new patterns that emerged in rural and urban life and assess their impact on society

3. Evaluate how the growth of a literate, middle-class public changed European society

4. Describe how international affairs and domestic policies changed in the early 18^th century

5. Identify principles and issues that characterized the early Enlightenment

Topic A: The Atlantic System and the World Economy (667)

1. Slavery and the Atlantic System  667–672

2. World Trade and Settlement  673–675

3. The Birth of Consumer Society  675–676

Topic B: New Social and Cultural Patterns (676)

1. Agricultural Revolution  676–678

2. Social Life in the Cities  678–680

3. The Growth of a Literate Public  680

4. New Tastes in the Arts   680–683

5. Religious Revivals  683

Topic C: Consolidation of the European State System 683)

1. The Limits of French Absolutism  684–686

2. British Rise and Dutch Decline  686–688

3. Russia’s Emergence as a European Power  688–690

4. The Balance of Power in the East  690–692

5. The Power of Diplomacy and the Importance of Numbers  692–693

6. Public Hygiene and Health Care  693–695

Topic D: The Birth of the Enlightenment (695)

1. Popularization of Science and Challenges to Religion  695–698

2. Travel Literature and the Challenge to Custom and Tradition  698–700

3. Raising the Woman Question  700–701