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Step 4: Put it All Together

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PUT IT ALL TOGETHER

Now, take a step back and try to explain the big picture. Remember to use specific examples from the chapter in your answers.

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MARRIAGE, FAMILY, AND CHILDHOOD How did social and economic changes contribute to new patterns of marriage and illegitimacy in the eighteenth century? Why did states become more involved in education in the eighteenth century?	POPULAR CULTURE AND CONSUMERISM How did the growth of literacy alter popular culture? How did the emergence of a culture of consumption change notions of individuality and self-expression?
RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY AND BELIEFS What role did the state play in eighteenth-century religion? What explains the emergence of eighteenth-century religious revival movements? What kinds of changes in European religious life did revivalists hope to spark?	MAKE CONNECTIONS Compare and contrast European family life in 1600 and 1800. What had changed? What had stayed the same? What connections can you make between contemporary social and cultural norms and the social and cultural developments and trends outlined in this chapter?