Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 18, Lesson 2: Ideas in Action (pp. 480-485)
I. Attempts at Reform
B. From 1740 to 1786, Frederick the Great made important changes in Prussia.
C. Catherine the Great of Russia and Joseph II of Austria also attempted modernizations and reforms.
D. Most of the monarchs' reforms eventually failed.
II. Influences in America
B. Americans rejected British rule on the grounds that the rights of American colonists were being violated.
C. The Declaration of Independence drew upon the ideas of John Locke.
B. On July 14, 1789, the people of Paris stormed a prison called the Bastille.
C. The execution of Louis XIV in 1792 was followed by the Reign of Terror.
D. The revolutionary period ended when Napoleon Bonaparte seized control of the government in 1799.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. Several European monarchs adopted Enlightenment ideals.
A. Colonists in North America successfully adopted Enlightenment ideas.
III. The French Revolution
A. In France, the poor were heavily taxed and short of food. There was high unemployment.
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