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Presentation Guided Notes: Colonialism, Mercantilism &

the Enlightenment

Slide names and graphics Instructions: Define the terms & answer the

questions .

European Competition & Colonialism is when a country controls

Colonialism another country _____________ in order to

occupy it with _____________ and exploit it

economically.

Why do you think a country might want or

need colonies?

Mercantilism & The Navigation Under Mercantilism, colonies could not buy

Acts ________ _______ from other nations or

produce it themselves.

Do you think everyone benefited from

mercantilism?

What do you think a colony might actually

get out of a mercantile agreement?

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Salutary Neglect 1706 - 1763 What is Salutary Neglect?

Under Salutary Neglect, Britain gave the

colonies __________ and avoided strict

enforcement of _________ and ___________.

Why do you think Britain gave the colonies

autonomy and exemption from Mercantilism?

Why might Britain decide to end Salutary

Neglect?

The Age of Enlightenment What do you see in the picture?

What role might women have played in the

Age of Enlightenment?

How might this be different than in the past?

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New Ideas How might the Scientific Revolution have

made the Age of Enlightenment possible?

How might ideas like liberty, constitutional

government and the separation of church

and state affect European monarchs and the

Church? How might they react to

Enlightenment Ideals?

Age of Enlightenment Instructions: Draw a line to connect the

Thinkers. thinkers portrait, name and major idea.

1.John Locke A. Invented Social

Contract Theory

2.Thomas Hobbes B.Used term

general will

3.Rousseau C.Life, health,

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liberty & property

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Crash Course: Hobbes and Contractarianism

Instructions: Fill in the blanks and answer questions during breaks or in groups

after the end of the video.

The State of ______________ is when there are no rules to govern our behaviour. In

this state you have an abundance of freedom but you do not have any

______________.

In a social contract, people trade their ________________ for _________________.

Hobbes believed anytime you had free, self interested, rational individuals then

_________________ would naturally emerge.

Contractarians believe that ______________ acts are those that do not violate the free

and rational agreements that we have made.

__________________ contracts are agreements that weve never agreed to, but sort of

find ourselves in.

According to Hobbes, ____________ imply _____________. So when you benefit from a

social contract you are also expected to pay in.

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In the Prisoner's Dilemma would you keep quiet or tell?

______________ is where you break the contract youre in - explicit or implicit - and

you decide to look after your own interests, instead of cooperating.

According to Contractarianism in order for a contract to be valid the contractors

have to be _________

According to Contractarianism is slavery a right act?

According to Contractarianism, there is nothing particularly real about morality. It

becomes real when people agree to the rules. Do you agree?

That according to contractarianism morality can change. If, as a group, we change

our minds, we simply modify the contract. Two examples of this are; explicitly when

we change _______ and, implicitly, with shifting social ____________.