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Age of Revolutions

Virginia SOL WHII.4

Analyze political, socio-cultural, geographic, religious, and economic conditions leading to political unrest and revolution from 1500 to 1800 A.D.

Study WHII.4 with SOL PrepBack to Grade 10 - World History and Geography: 1500 A.D. to the Present

What students need to be able to do

  • Describe the series of wars in Europe including the French Wars of Religion, Thirty Years' War, German Peasants' War, Tudor rebellions, and Dutch Revolt.
  • Define and describe how the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment influenced the European view of the world.
  • Analyze Enlightenment themes and their influence on the political foundations of Virginia and the United States.
  • Describe the Age of Absolutism with emphasis on the development of France and Louis XIV and the Hapsburg empire and Charles V.
  • Describe the development of constitutional monarchy in Great Britain, including the English Civil War and Glorious Revolution.
  • Explain the influence of the American Revolution on the causes and effects of the French and Latin American revolutions.
  • Assess the effect of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna on political power in Europe.