Roots of the Enlightenment
Major Enlightenment thinkers
The Enlightenment and religion
The Enlightenment and politics
Limitations of the Enlightenment

The Enlightenment's global influence
Primary sources
John Locke, Two Treatises of Government (1689)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract (1762)
Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792)
Key figures
Key events summary
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Vocabulary
Unit 5 topics
Unit 5 overview5.10Comparison in the Age of Revolutions5.1The Enlightenment5.2Nationalism and Revolutions in the Period from 1750 to 19005.3Industrial Revolution Begins5.4Industrialization Spreads in the Period from 1750 to 19005.5Technology of the Industrial Age5.6Industrialization: Government's Role from 1750 to 19005.7Economic Developments and Their Social Impact in the Period from 1750 to 19005.8Reactions to the Industrial Economy from 1750 to 19005.9Society and the Industrial Age