Guided Reading 17-3
I. The Enlightenment brought important changes in art, ____________________, and literature.
A. By the 1730s, a new artistic style known as ____________________ had spread over Europe.
B. The eighteenth century was one of the greatest periods in the history of ____________________ music.
1. Johann Sebastian ____________________ was one of the greatest composters of all time.
2. Wolfgang Amadeus ____________________ was a true child prodigy of the age.
C. The eighteenth century was important in the development of the European ____________________.
II. Enlightenment thought had an effect on ____________________ life in European states.
A. Frederick II of ____________________ was well-versed in the ideas of the Enlightment.
B. Joseph II of Austria said, “Philosophy is the ____________________ of my empire”
C. Catherine II of Russia said Diderot’s ____________________ theories “would have turned everything in my kingdom upside down.”
III. The philosophes ____________________ war as a foolish waste of life and resources.
A. In 1740, a major war broke out in connection with the succession to the ____________________ throne.
B. The ____________________ Years’ War had three major areas of conflict: Europe, India, and North America.
C. The struggle between Britain and France in the rest of the world, known as the ____________________, was fought in India and North America.