protectorate of the New World to Spain. The subsequent attempt to rationalize and justify administrative dominance in lands with complex indigenous cultures (Inca and Aztec) led to much debate and to attempts to reconcile European political ideas with "new world" social and economic conditions. The trans-Atlantic encounter gave impetus to the development of international law‚ comparative ethnology‚ and theories of cultural development. By 1520‚ "New Spain" comprised two viceroyalties‚ in Mexico City and
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1700’s‚ the British Colonies were in a state of salutary neglect. Thereafter‚ the British executed the Navigation Acts‚ though loosely enforced‚ they were created in order to regulate trade between the Colonies and the mother country. The relationship between Britain and it’s colonies was a civil one up until it was greatly reformed with the events of the French and Indian War. The war significantly affected the economic‚ political‚ and economic relationship between the colonies and the mother country
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During the 1860s and the 1870s‚ Americans faced a social crisis that literally divided the nation to two. Social developments and constitutional changes that occurred within this time frame amounted to a devastating separation of people. The first major crisis‚ the Civil War‚ divided the nation sectionally and what ensued afterward‚ the Reconstruction‚ divided the nation completely. The Civil War lasted four years‚ from April of 1861 to April of 1865. It physically separated the nation into two
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The First World War impacted significantly on the homefronts of the participating nations in many different social‚ political and economic areas. There was a widespread restructuring of primary industry with a large orientation towards militarism. There was massive political change where new systems of power were introduced that gave governments a range of new powers including the control over industry. The civilian population had severe restrictions placed upon their rights and liberties due to
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Discuss the relationship between religion and politics in the French Wars of Religion Religion and politics are often kept separate for the sole reason that if one group controlled both‚ they would be far too powerful. In the French Wars of Religion‚ religion and politics were not kept separate resulting in a massive civil war throughout all of France. The power struggle originated between the Catholics and the Huguenots when Protestantism rapidly expanded in France and continued as both sides
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campaign for civil liberties and the dynamics of disorder in inter-war Britain. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship the Metropolitan and provincial police forces had with groups fighting for the protection of civil liberties in Britain during the inter-war period‚ principally the NCCL‚ the CPGB and NUWM‚ the Board of Deputies and other Jewish organisations in relation to police mistrust of the political left. Further‚ its purpose would be to consider how this can illuminate
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the North and South colonies the populations grew phenomenally. Colonists of all different backgrounds lived in varied environments under thirteen different colonial governments. “[In the south] slaves made the most striking racial composition of the population. Slavery became the defining characteristic of the southern colonies during the eighteenth century‚ shaping the region’s economy‚ society and politics.” The economic‚ political‚ and cultural differences between the colonies of the North and
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Questions 1. In what ways did the ideas of the Enlightenment contribute to Atlantic Revolutions? Human political and social arrangements could be engineered and improved by human action. Liberty‚ equality‚ free trade‚ religious tolerance‚ republicanism‚ rationality‚ popular sovereignty‚ natural rights‚ consent of the goverened and social contracts provided the underpinnings of the revolutions. 2. What was revolutionary about the American Revolution? Marked a decisive political change Sought
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World History on File: American & French Revolution 1. What taxes were placed on the Colonists? Do you think the British had the right to tax the Colonists? Why? Some taxes that were placed on the Americans involved stamps‚ sugar‚ tea‚ imported goods‚ and more. I don’t believe the British had the right to tax the colonies. This is because the colonies had no say in parliament and could do nothing to stop the taxes. 2. Which event do you believe was the biggest cause of the American Revolution? Why? I
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a) Influential document in founding the social welfare system of Great Britain‚ 1942‚ Chaired by William Bevridge 2) Backbenchers a) Do not have any real policy making power‚ but provide services to the constituents and allow for a link between parliament and the citizenry 3) Tony Blair a) Parliament member who served as prime minister from 1997 to 2007‚ youngest prime minister‚ part of the Labour Party‚ Founded The Third Way 4) British Broadcasting corporation a) Largest broadcaster in the world
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