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    Through the ingenious works of poetry the role of nature has imprinted the 18th and 19th century with a mark of significance. The common terminology ‘nature’ has been reflected by our greatest poets in different meanings and understanding; Alexander Pope believed in reason and moderation‚ whereas Blake and Wordsworth embraced passion and imagination. The 18th century was known as the Age of Reason‚ where the focus was on the search for truth and clarity in the world of disorder through reason. Alexander

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    From the 4th century to the late 18th century‚ many important aspects of Church-State relations took place. The Separation of Church and State covers the important details while striving to be unbiased. With facts over opinions‚ The Separation of Church and State is a testament to enlightenment thinking. Chronologically many time periods are examined‚ in the beginning of the 4th Century with the Roman Empire‚ the rise of the Catholic Church takes form‚ in the 15th century an opposition to the Catholic

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    During the 18th century in Britain‚ rural areas became more efficient in agriculture‚ leaving many people living in these areas without work. They moved into the cities in search of work as there there were may new and growing industries. Between 1760 and 1870 the population of Britain doubled‚ causing many problems throughout these industrial cities. Disease accounted for many deaths in industrial cities during the industrial revoloution. Diseases such as typhus‚ cholera and tuberculosis spread

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    Prostitution became a significant of London ’s history during the 18th and 19th century. At the time‚ prostitution was a chronic problem of the public order. It became so big in London that it attracted the attention of many groups such as‚ "the church‚ the state‚ the medical profession‚ philanthropists‚ feminists and others." (Bartley‚ 1) All of these groups worked together in order to resolve the problem‚ even though at the time prostitution was not illegal. However‚ it was an activity that many

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    the Baroque period‚ people saw the invention of a new music form: the oratorio in the 17th century in Europe. The oratorio has a long and profound history since Italian Renaissance. In this essay‚ I will be answering question number two: Explain briefly the meaning of this musical term oratorio and give an account of the most popular and arguably greatest oratorio of the first half of the eighteenth century. Oratorio Oratorio was born in Italy at about the same time as opera. This word ¡®oratorio¡¯

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    underprivileged horribly. In order to improve the stability of the society during the industrial revolution‚ the government should have stepped in and provided the people with greater opportunities and the ability to be equal with each other. The 18th and 19th century government being uninvolved with the economy increased the inequality of the classes and the people within them creating an exceedingly unstable

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    the bill of rights the bill of rights was a document stating the rights of the people and the freedoms that they had from the the government it was made in 1689 and was later passed later that year on december 16/1689 and it originated from england because they had a bill of rights to limit the king’s powers over the people and it influenced our bill of rights so the people will have some rights and freedoms and yes it is important because if we didn’t have it we wouldn’t have rights and freedoms

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    A plethora of acts throughout the time period also showed a development in the attitudes of society and the government. The Capital Punishment Amendment Act (CPAA) of 1868 focused on the ending of public hangings and aimed for a more humane approach to hangings with professional hangmen and the process of moving hangings inside the prison walls to make them less of a fun event‚ and more to actually represent why they were being hanged because society had lost what the fundamental meaning of the hangings

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    Women Writers: Restoration and 18th Century Ballaster‚ Ros‚ Seductive Forms: Women’s Amatory Fiction from 1684–1740‚ Oxford: Clarendon Press‚ 1992‚; New York: Oxford University Press‚ 1992‚ Landry‚ Donna‚ The Muses of Resistance: Laboring-Class Women’s Poetry in Britain 1739–1796‚ Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press‚ 1990 Myers‚ Sylvia Harcstark‚ The Bluestocking Circle: Friendship and the Life of the Mind in Eighteenth-Century England‚ Oxford: Clarendon Press‚ 1990; New York: Oxford

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    French and Indian War Essay The French and Indian War (or the Seven Years War)‚ one of the bloodiest wars in the 18th century‚ took place from 1756 to 1763. This war was the product of an imperial struggle between France and England over colonial land‚ wealth‚ and some say to even prove dominance within their rivalry. France and England were the “world leaders” at this time and with the start of the 13 colonies in North America‚ they both saw a great opportunity to expand land holdings and to spread

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