1. Dark Ages Ideological timeline Capitalism
Contemporary Individualist Ideas
Scientific Revolution: Some key figures include: Copernicus, Bacon, Galileo, and Newton
Enlightenment (new ideas) Some philosophers include:
Capitalism
Thomas Hobbes "Leviathan“
"war of every man against every man"
Voltaire – I may not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend, to death, your right to say it
Adam Smith "The Wealth of Nations“ – laissez faire capitalism
Contemporary Collectivist Ideas
Imperialism
Jean-Jacques Rousseau "The Social Contract"
Mercantilism
John Locke: natural rights – life, liberty, and property
Karl Marx "The Communist Manifesto"
2/6/1690
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1625
1650
1675
1700
1725
1750
1775
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1875
1900
The Renaissance
Today
Robert Owen - Utopian Socialism
Louis XIV – The Sun King
John Stuart Mill "On Liberty"
AGE of Absolutism – Divine Right of Kings
Ideological Timeline for Unit 1 of 30 level Social Studies Course:
The following is a brief description of the animations as they show up in the slide:
Dark Ages: while Medieval Times is attributed to the time period before this timeline begins – it might be helpful for students to understand the pre-existing conditions of Western Society before the significant ideological changes occurred.
Beginning with early exploration by Cabot, Magellan, Columbus and others; empires began to establish authority over colonies in order to secure access to natural resources and trade.
Mercantilism: the economic system emerging from Imperial Era where wealth was fixed and rested with the monarch of the Empire
Scientific Revolution: Scientific Exploration and research began to emerge as European thinkers began to have the freedom to suggest alternate explanations of nature than the ones that were commonly espoused by the Roman Catholic Church
The Reformation
Coffee houses
Host philosophes
Luddites - machine breakers
54057 days
Industrial Revolution – laissez faire economics in action
Leads to demands for: workers rights, unions, and workplace safety; as well as a move away from laissez –faire economics
54787 days
Enlightenment - new ideas lead to:
First Nations cultural influences
6582 days
American Revolution
9550 days
French Revolution
Haudenosaunee Confederacy:
Influenced ideas of democracy
Spreads ideas of: democracy, liberty, individual freedoms, and nationalism