Midterm Exam. Analyze the causes for the Age of Enlightenment and change. WRITE THE EXACT
TITLE OF THE EXAM AT THE VERY TOP, and then THE followng SUBTOPICS AT THE HEAD OF
EACH ITEM YOU DISCUSS. Remember to paginate your work.
1) Demographic and labor revolution resulting from the Black Death
2) Revolution in commerce and economy, Voyages of Discovery
3) Protestant revolution and the Age of Reformation,
4) Birth of capitalism and democracy: their connectivity to each other and Protestantism, leading to
5) Change in European approach to authority, wealth and science (democracy, capitalism, separation of
church and state), leading to
6) Advent of Revolutionary Era; increase in wealth, the rule of law and science when freed from the
shackles of religion, leading to
7) Industrial Revolution and Humanism.
