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The Enlightenment - Coggle Diagram

- - - - The French Revolution, the American Revolution, and the Industrial Revolution in England all occurred during this period.
        
        Major changes such as the growth of cities, the emergence of an urban working class, a demand for cheap labour and raw materials gave birth to the ideological justification for territorial expansion and colonialism affecting world-wide historical developments
        
        The Grand Tour was a customary 18th and 19th century educational trip through Europe, with Rome
        being the primary destination.
- - - - Newton’s insistence on empirical proof for his scientific studies was transferred to the socio-political realm by thinkers promoting a rationally organised society.
      - The work of Newton and Locke further inspired Enlightenment thinkers who criticized the powers of the church and state that undermined political and intellectual freedom
        
        They conceived of individuals and societies at large as parts of physical nature.
        
        They shared the belief that society can be improved systemically through reason and common sense- which continues to influence modern day society.
      - Gravity
    - - Human beings according to Locke are born good and not cursed by “Original Sin. Locke’s ideas empowered people to take control of their own destinies
        
        Freedom
- - - - The Encyclopédie’s formal title was: Systematic Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Crafts and included historical, scientific, and technical as well as religious, moral and political theory.
        
        1751: First Volume
        1780: Last (35th) Volume
    - - personification of the Enlightenment spirit in France.
        
        He protested against dogmatic rule and encouraged freedom of thought and religion.
- - - - Thomas Gainsborough