Here's how review will work. download the study guide for this unit. Watch each video below in order. Once everyone in class has watched the video discuss the questions below.
1. Amsterdam and Dutch Golden Age
- What are some technological innovations discussed in the clip?
- What are some connections to the study guide from this clip?
- What are some other takeaways, questions the clip raises, or comments about the clip?
2. Dutch Art
- What are some characteristics of Dutch Art during the 17th century?
- The clip discusses the religious and political art of the rest of Europe but never call's it by name, what is it?
- How did the politics and religious influences differ in the United Provinces compared to most of Europe.
- How did commercial activity influence Dutch Art and the Golden Age?
- What are the political causes of the English Civil War?
- What are some religious issues surrounding the war? How do they influence the sides?
- In what ways are the outcomes of the English Civil War antithetical to it's causes?
- discuss study guide terms and questions related to the clip.
4. Versailles
- How did Versailles reflect the centralized state under an absolute monarch?
- In what ways was French Culture the most admired around Europe? Why do you think this was the case?
- How does the nobility's role at Versailles reflect the continued policies of Richelieu and Louis XIII?
- How does Louis XIV's advice to his grandson predict the French Revolution?
- Why were the English Bill of Rights a reaction to the English Civil War and Glorious Revolution?
- What were some restrictions placed on the King?
- What influences did constitutionalism in England were adopted by the United States?
6 Check out the tweets below (you'll need to scroll to see it all). How do they reflect tolerance and the power of trade in the 17th century Netherlands??