Democratic Origins and Revolutionary Writers‚ 1776-1820 Benjamin Franklin (Painting courtesy Library of Congress) Thomas Paine (Portrait courtesy Library of Congress) James Fenimore Cooper (Photo courtesy Library of Congress) The hard-fought American Revolution against Britain (1775-1783) was the first modern war of liberation against a colonial power. The triumph of American independence seemed to many at the time a divine sign that America and her people were destined for greatness
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Basic information about Finland: • Independent republic in northern Europe‚ Head of the state is president Tarja Halonen‚ Official languages Finnish and Swedish‚ Member of the European Union since 1995‚ Population: 5‚4 million‚ Capital: Helsinki‚ Currency: 1 euro = 100 cents‚ Time zone: GMT +2‚ Area: 338 424 km2 10 % covered by water systems 70 % forest – 8 % cultivated soil – 5 % wetlands (suo = swamp) – 3 % built land‚ In the south‚ Finland is bordered by the Gulf of Finland‚ and in the west
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Article 1 The Engine of Capitalist Process: Entrepreneurs in Economic Theory Entrepreneurship is not planning by groups or management decisions by corporate bodies‚ but the exploitation of perceived opportunity by individuals based solely on personal judgments and visions that others either don’t see or can’t bear the risks of acting on. Robert L. Formaini and recently enjoyed a renaissance in economic and business school pedagogy because of the Internet’s evolution and the small-business
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qwertyuiopasdfghjklzx cvbnmqwertyuiopasdfgh MASTER OF ARTS IN ENGLISH HANDBOOK 2009-2010 jklzxcvbnmqwertghkdgy ulpojhgfvfyuiopasdfgh jklzxcvbnmqwertyuiopa sdfghjklzxcvbnmqwerty uiopasdfghjklzxcvbnmq wertyuiopasdfghjklzxc 1 MASTER OF ARTS IN ENGLISH HANDBOOK: 2009-2010 General Description The M.A. program in English invites applicants from any accredited college or university who wish to pursue graduate studies in English‚ American‚ and Anglophone literatures. The M.A. in
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Dada From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search For other uses‚ see Dada (disambiguation). Cover of the first edition of the publication Dada by Tristan Tzara; Zurich‚ 1917 Dada /ˈdɑːdɑː/ or Dadaism was an art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th century. Many claim Dada began in Zurich‚ Switzerland in 1916‚ spreading to Berlin shortly thereafter but the height of New York Dada was the year before in 1915.[1] To quote Dona Budd ’s The Language of
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Renaissance is the term used to describe the period of European history that saw a renewed interest in the arts. The Renaissance began in 14th¬century Italy and spread to the rest of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. In this period‚ the fragmented feudal society of the Middle Ages‚ with its agricultural economy and church¬dominated intellectual and cultural life‚ was transformed into a society increasingly dominated by central political institutions‚ with an urban‚ commercial economy and lay
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The Universal Museum – a valid model for the 21st century? Introduction In October 2002‚ the International Group of Organisers of Largescale Exhibitions‚ also known as the Bizot Group — a forum comprising directors of 40 of the world’s major museums and galleries — gathered in Munich for their annual informal discussion.1 The meeting was convened specifically to address the problem of how to confront the growing number of requests for repatriation of objects from ‘universal’ museums and in particular
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Lol I got this from wiki but yolo am I right? Ancient Greece From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Page semi-protected The Parthenon‚ a temple dedicated to Athena‚ located on the Acropolis in Athens‚ is one of the most representative symbols of the culture and sophistication of the ancient Greeks. Part of a series on the History of Greece Part of a map of the Mediterranean Sea and adjacent regions by William Faden‚ March 1785 Greek Bronze Age[show] Ancient Greece[show] Medieval Greece[show] Modern
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