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WESTERN CIVILIZATION
CHAPTER 18 & 19 KEY WORDS
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Undergraduate 2
02/17/2009

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NATURAL PHILOSOPHY

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COPERNICAN HYPOTHESIS

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IDEA THAT THE SUN NOT THE EARTH WAS THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE.

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LAW OF UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION
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SAYS THAT EVERYBODY IN THE UNIVERSE IS ATTRACTED TO EVERYBODY IN A PRECISE MATHEMATICAL EQUATION. WHERE BY THE FORCE OF ATTRACTION IS PROPORTIONAL TO THE QUANTITY OF MATTER OF THE OBJECTS AND INVERSELY PROPORTIONAL TO THE SQUATE OF THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THEM.
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PROGRESS

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 IDEA THAT THE PROPER METHOD OF DISCOVERING THE LAWS OF HUMAN EXISTENCE, IT WAS POSSIBLE FOR HUMANS TO CREATE BETTER SOCIETIES AND BETTER PEOPLE.

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PHILOSOPHES
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INTELLECTUALS IN FRANCE WHO SAID THAT THEY WERE BRINGING THE LIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE TO THEIR IGNORANT FELLOW CREATURES IN THE AGE OF ENLIGHTMENT.
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SEPARATION OF POWERS
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 IDEA THAT THE DESPOTISM COUDL BE AVOIDED WHEN PILITCAL POWERS WERE FIVIDED AND SHARED BY A VARIETY OF CLASSES AND LEGAL ESTATES HOLDING UNEQUAL RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES.
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ENLIGHTENED ABSOLUTISM
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ALBEIT VARIED OF ENLIGHTENED GOVERNING INTO THE RULE OF ABSOLUTE MONARCHS MOSTLY BY THE INSISTENCE OF PHILOSOPHES
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SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY
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SOCIAL GROUP WHOSE MEMBERS WERE LINKED TOGETHER BY COMMON INTERESTS AND SHARED VALUES
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EXPERIMENTAL METHOD
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GALILEOS GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT RATHER THAN SPECULATING WHAT MIGHT OR SHOULD HAPPEN HE CONDUCTED CONTROLLED EXPERIMENTS TO FIND OUT WHAT ACTUALLY DID HAPPEN
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CARTESIAN DUALISM
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DESCARTES VIEW OF THE WORLD 2 BASIC ENTITIES MATTER AND MIND
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ENCLOSURE
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IDEA TO ENCLOSE INDIVIDUAL SHARE OF THE PASTURES AS A WAY OF FARMING MORE EFFECTIVELY
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COTTAGE INDUSTRY
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 DOMESTIC INDUSTRY

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT WITH WAGE WORKERS AND HAND TOOLS IT PRECEDED THE EMERGENCE OF A LARGE SCALE FARM INDUSTRY

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CROP ROTATION
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FARMERS WOULD ROTATE THE TYPES OF CROPS GROWN IN EACH FIELD SO THE SOIL WOULDN'T DEPLETE OF ITS NATURAL RESOURCES
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ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE
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FORCED MIGRATION ON MILLIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS TO WORK AS SERVANTS
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PUTTING OUT SYSTEM
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18TH CENTURY RURAL INDUSTRY TERM
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DEBT PEONAGE
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SYSTEM THAT ALLOWED A PLANTER OR RANCER TO KEEP HIS WORKERS/SLAVES IN PERPETUAL DEBT BONDAGE BY PERIODICALLY ADVANCING FOOD SHELTER AND LITTLE MONEY FORM OF SERFDOM
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ECONOMIC LIBERALISM
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ADAM SMITH. BELIEF IN FAIR TRADE AND COMPETITION, BELIEF IT WOULD HELP THE RICH AND POOR
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TREATY OF PARIS
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1763 RATIFIED VICTORY ON ALL COLONIAL FRONTS
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OPEN FIELD SYSTEM
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VILLAGE FARMING DEVELOPED BY PEASENTS THE LAND WAS DIVIDED BY FENCES AND IT WAS FARMED BY THE COMMUNITY
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AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION
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PERIOD IN 17TH CENTURY WITH GREAT AGRICULTURAL PROGRESS WAS MADE AND THE FALLOW WAS GRADUALLY ELIMINATED.
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