government. The two main forms of government were democracy and absolutism. Both of these types of government were effective in there own ways. Absolutism was the most effective type of government during that time period. Absolutism is when the ruler has complete authority over the government and the lives of the people of their nation. Many rulers had a democracy government but absolutism was more effective because the rulers had all the power and it was hard to take advantage of them instead of a democracy
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From the 15th to 19th century the European colonization affected the Native American culture in many ways‚ such as diseases‚ war‚ and enslavement. Many diseases such as smallpox and measles were the main cause of the decline in the Native American population more so than war. Although they seemed to destroy Native American culture‚ they also improved it by trade. The Native American way of life changed after trading with the Europeans. At first Native Americans wanted metal products‚ which they
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The European arrival of North America was an extremely significant leap into the future. This introduction of two entirely opposite and completely separate cultures inevitably molded and shaped our present existence. Fortunately‚ European culture prevailed because of its technological and social advancement. If the Native Americans would have driven the Europeans from the continent‚ then we would all be either nonexistent‚ or living in unlivable‚ extremely crowded‚ filthy‚ disgusting places for the
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From 1750 to 1900 there were some big changes which had an impact on every day life. Progress is defined as continuous improvement over a certain period of time. A revolution can be known as a big change. So a revolution‚ and then everything being at a standstill isn ’t progress. Furthermore you cannot improve over a period of time and have big hindrances in between; if any‚ hindrances can only be very minor. So the big question is how much consistent improvement was there from 1750 to 1900?
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issues and the rise of the different powers in Latin America. The Authors Bakewell and Escosura both wrote about the shifts in power from the Europeans to the independence of Latin America. Everything starting with the Bolivar movement‚ when Simon Bolivar wanted to free his country of the Spanish control in Venezuela. These movements showed that the Latin American people had enough of the European control in their land. They wanted to have their own freedom and power over their countries‚ making them
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3. Analyze the ways in which the cold war affected the political development of European nations from the end of the Second World War in 1945 to the construction of the Berlin wall in 1961. From 1945 to 1961‚ the cold war affected the political development of European nations by causing the formation of the Iron Curtain‚ which was the division of a free‚ democratic West and a totalitarian East. Socially‚ NATO and the COMECON were established‚ which formed the west and east into different blocs.
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Document Based Question European monarchs in the seventeenth and eighteenth century viewed themselves as absolute rulers‚ or kings and queens that believed that they controlled everything within their state’s borders. The people that were ruled by the absolute rulers believed absolutism had a different aspect than was being used by the kings and queens. This practice is known as absolutism. The people that were being ruled and the ruler or absolute monarch viewed the role of the absolute ruler differently
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The Thirty Years War had a profound impact on the European society‚ religious grounds‚ and all the surrounding countries including Luxembourg. The Thirty Years War was fought starting in 1618 lasting until 1648. The main cause leading up to the events of the war was the fact that the Holy Roman Empire was too involved in the political‚ mental attitudes‚ and religious based feelings of the peasants and people residing in the land. Another fact of tensions adding up to the war‚ was Holy Roman Emperor
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Absolutism and Constitutionalism differ in the structure of authority in their theoretical governments‚ with Absolutism giving the government power over the people‚ and Constitutionalism limiting the government’s power and‚ in turn‚ empowering the people. This difference causes Absolutism to cause people to work for their government‚ and Constitutionalism to cause government to work for its people. Absolutism posited that government should have complete power over its citizens. James I of England
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1750-1850: A brief survey Great Social Thinkers Inventions 1750-1800 1752 1755 1757 1758 1761 1769 1774 1775 1784 1785 1791 1792 1794 1796 1799 * Benjamin Franklin invents the lightening rod. * Samuel Johnson publishes the first English language dictionary * John Campbell invents the sextant. * Dolland invents a chromatic lens. * John Harrison invents the navigational clock or marine chronometer for measuring longitude. * James Watt
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