How did Enlightenment thinkers (the philosophes) put their ideas into action? In other words, what actions, projects, methods did they create to try to reform society?

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Chapter 17 begins with a discussion of the “Atlantic System,” a trade network connecting the Americas, West Africa and Western Europe with the wider global economy. One constant feature of the Atlantic System was slavery, the labor force behind the commodities that dominated this trade. Read the section called “The Atlantic System and the World Economy” on pages 448-454 and describe the relationship between slavery and consumerism in this era.
What were the major issues in the early decades of the Enlightenment?
How did Enlightenment thinkers (the philosophes) put their ideas into action? In other words, what actions, projects, methods did they create to try to reform society?
If you like, you could consider one of the following questions in your reflection: What was Equiano’s impression of the white men on the ship? What message do you think Equiano wanted to convey to his readers
Why was this pandemic (Flu) forgotten for almost a century?
Why was Craig Garthwaite, an American economist, researching it in 2008? What did he discover about the long-term effects of the 1918 Flu?
What impact did the Bubonic Plague have on European society? For example, what impact did it have on labor? On government?
How did Europeans try to combat the Plague?
What impact did these diseases (smallpox, measles, cholera, typhoid) have on the indigenous societies of the Americas?
The author discusses Hawaii, specifically. How was Hawaii’s history shaped by these diseases?
He ends the section with this statement: “Past societies mourned the loss of collective memory caused by epidemics. Ours may not, at least at first.” What do you think he means by this?

Here, the author talks about the 2003 SARS epidemic in Hong Kong. What can we learn from Hong Kong’s response to that crisis?
2. There is no right or wrong answer. If you like, you can even consider the meaning of the article’s title, “How Microbes Write History.” What do you think this means?
Can you find examples of how the revolution expanded political rights in France?
What was the Terror and why did it emerge?
In your opinion, what was Napoleon’s most significant domestic accomplishment? (In other words, provide an example of something he accomplished inside France). What was his most significant accomplishment outside of France? (In other words, provide an example of something he accomplished outside of France).

What is the purpose of this document? What rights are listed? How do these rights reflect the political ideas of the Enlightenment? . ( “Establishing Rights: National Assembly, The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen”(1789) )

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