POISE Thematic Review: States and Other Institutions of Power Use your notes and textbook to find SPECIFIC FACTUAL INFORMATION from each period that answers the questions. You must include ONE piece of SFI for each cell in the chart WITH explanation for how the SFI fits the statement. BE SURE TO ANSWER ALL PARTS OF EACH QUESTION: (Gray areas do not have to be filled in) YOU WILL ONLY DO PERIOD 1 AND 2 AT THIS POINT!
States and Other Institutions 1 Explain the emergence of civic humanism and new conceptions of political authority during the Renaissance as well as subsequent theories and practices that stressed the political importance and rights of the individual. 2 Explain the emergence of and theories behind the New Monarchies and absolutist monarchies, and evaluate the degree to which they were able to centralize power in their states. 3 Trace the changing relationship between states and ecclesiastical authority and the emergence of the principle of religious toleration. 4 Analyze how new political and economic theories from the 17th century and the Enlightenment challenged absolutism and shaped the development of constitutional states,
Period 1 1450-1648
Period 2 1648-1815
Period 3 1815-1914
Period 4 1914-present