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1750
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1900
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People to Know
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Vocabulary
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Quizizz™
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Nearpod™
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Unit Guide
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For over a millennium, the world accepted the view of a finite universe being unchanging and all knowledge made available through religious teachings. However, the Renaissance, Age of Exploration, and Reformation challenged these views of the world forcing people to reexamine everything they thought they knew.
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As Enlightenment ideas developed, they spread throughout Europe and across the Atlantic with tremendous political consequences. The political effects of the Enlightenment sparked revolutions and ignited nationalist fervor in every region where it was introduced in an attempt to create better and more enlightened societies.
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The period from 1750-1900 saw a dramatic change in the socioeconomic conditions of the world as merchant economies and societies based on agrarian trade fell to industrial economies and societies based on industry and manufacturing, changing the world more than any other event in history.
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As the Industrial Revolution grew into a global phenomenon that abandoned mercantilism for capitalism, the influence of western society came with it as some countries embraced this new reality to gain wealth and power while others were resistant to western-influenced industry choosing to preserve traditional values and culture.
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The Industrial Revolution brought about extensive change to those nations that embraced it leading to higher standards of living for many, but it was not without flaws that provided for the growing inhumanity of industrial work that saw few prosper at the expense of the many. In response, many reacted and sought a change to the growing changes of industry.
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