society today. A wide variety of books‚ essays‚ inventions‚ scientific discoveries‚ laws‚ wars‚ and revolutions were inspired and created by the Enlightenment (history.com).There were hundreds of different philosophers who helped spread the new ideas but only two really helped ignite the American Democracy and French Revolution. The American Democracy is pretty much the rule of the people that Americans have their inputs on. There was one specific philosopher who felt really strongly about people having
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birth the mind is a tabula rasa”3. Tabula rasa translates to “clean slate”. Essentially‚ everyone is born without knowledge and over time they become wiser and smarter. This was revolutionary because previously no one had every stopped to think about how knowledge was gained other than schooling. Locke was the first to think that people were born without any knowledge. He emphasized the five senses as well. Humans fill their clean slate with ideas and experience in the world through their five senses
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Boston Tea Party The name Sons of Liberty was derived from a 1765 debate in Parliament over the Stamp Act. During the debate‚ Stamp Act supporter Charles Townshend made a disapproving statement of the American colonists. Irishman and Member of Parliament‚ Isaac Barré‚ stood up and defended the American colonists. The Daughters of Liberty consisted of women who
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Lincoln was big on anti-slavery‚ but was not an abolitionist himself. He even said that he wouldn’t abolish slavery if he was elected president. The Republican candidate was Abraham Lincoln whereas the major Democratic Candidate was Stephen A. Douglas. Lincoln lost to Douglas when they were both running for Senator‚ twice. During the election‚ Lincoln was not on the Southern ballots. The Southern states hated him because on his stance on slavery despite what he
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Wilson has caused major historical events. Wilson has done this through inspiring the Vietnam War through his ideas.The wilson created idea that inspired the war was Moral Diplomacy. It was a concept that wilson used during his presidency that called for U.S to share it’s values to the world. The whole point of the war was to give vietnam the value of capitalism. If Woodrow Wilson never had the idea of Moral Diplomacy if he didn’t have that idea people would be like leave vietnam alone because
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Carly Zeravica American Revolution Essay Period 3 9/20/11 When did the American Revolution start? Some historians say that it began after the French and Indian War ended in 1763 and others say that it began when the colonists first came to North America in 1607. Regardless‚ the colonists achieved separation from the changeless ways in Britain and created new ideas for the “new world.” After years of ignorance from Britain‚ the colonies began to form their own identity as a whole. They now
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Belgian Congo was a Belgian colony set in central Africa‚ which started in 1908. In 1960 it got independent to what is now called the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Before Congo got colonized the only language that was spoken was the Kongo language‚ but when the Belgians came‚ the French language was introduced and taught to Congo. The same thing happened with religion. When Belgian came‚ Congolese were first introduced to Christianity which is now the most practiced religion in Congo.
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How revolutionary was the American Revolution?Outline Ⅰ. Assigned Questions How revolutionary was the American Revolution? Politically? Use evidence to support your answer. The American Revolution created the United States‚ it transformed from a monarchical society which the colonists were subjects of the Crown‚ into a republic which citizens become participants in the political process. The Revolution also gave a new political significance to the middling elements of society. Such as
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The American Revolution was the cause of a buildup of events. The rise of the revolution was brought on by a series of events‚ these are the main reasons as to why the American Revolution happened‚ the Intolerable Acts and the formation of the Stamp Act Congress. The Intolerable acts were a set of laws that colonists deemed unfair. These acts were put into place after the Boston Tea Party. The first act was the Boston Port Act the closed the port of Boston until the Dutch East India Company got
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How Democratic is the UK? When it comes to meeting the basic requirements for a modern democracy the UK is doing adequately. These requirements include guaranteeing basic human rights‚ separation of power between the institutions of state‚ freedom of opinion‚ freedom of religion‚ equal right to vote and good governance that lacks corruption. These are some of the key elements‚ there are clearly other factors that play a part in the definition of a democracy. Although the UK might seem like
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