was a rebirth of learning after Europe emerged from the Dark Ages. The Renaissance inspired a spirit of curiosity and change from learning that aided the Scientific Revolution by developing a higher education that enabled them to make opinions for themselves. Furthermore‚ the Renaissance allowed people to question both the Church and the olden ways‚ which enforced the Scientific Revolutionary idea of challenging the ancient thinkers and the Church. The printing press‚ invented during the Renaissance
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Edison did not invent the lightbulb‚ his 1878 patent was based off an earlier bulb patent‚ but he did create the most efficient and highest quality bulb for his time. The Edison light bulb was created to help with Edison’s push towards electricity. Edison believed that electricity was safer than gas. Gas
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However‚ this did not happen. No capitalist system has collapsed. It is the socialist system‚ which has collapsed in various parts of the world. He had failed to assess capitalism accurately. According to him‚ the proletarian revolution will occur only when capitalism
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The first secretary of the treasury is not often talked about when discussing the history of America. He was born in Nevis on January 11‚ 1757 to Rachel Levian and James Hamilton. By the time he was eleven‚ he had his first job in order to help support his family after his father left. Only two years later‚ his mother died. When a hurricane destroyed his town‚ Hamilton wrote a passionate letter about the destruction left behind. His letter impressed many people and funds were pooled together to send
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The first way the she did that was by knighting a explorer from Devonshire England after he had been sent away to explore South America by Queen Elizabeth‚ he had also helped her defeat Spanish Armada. Another explorer that Queen Elizabeth had influenced was a man named Martin
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affected the modern day understanding of our universe and changed the way many looked at science as a whole. This time period involved many brilliant philosophers who devoted their lives to understanding the universe and developing a more accurate idea of how things work on Earth. Without the development of these ideas‚ society would not have a clear‚ intelligent idea of what goes on with our environment and our surroundings. Important advancements were made in physical and life science during this period
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have Tsar Alexander II and his family executed in the summer of 1918 – in an effort to maintain his absolute control. This effort extended to Russian citizens as well – with death estimates ranging from 50‚000 to 140‚000 under Lenin. The Red Terror did not consist solely of executions either. By 1921‚ Soviet Russia had 84 concentration camps – with that number increasing to 315 only three years later. Thus‚ the Gulag system is a creation of Lenin’s regime. The Red Terror was significant in its effects
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market and the expansion of capitalism. They held seminars with extremely wealthy businessmen and discussed the future of the Koch ideologies‚ shaping conservatives and libertarians alike. One such summit discussed climate change‚ which many in the room did not believe existed; the Koch brothers were “vehemently opposed the government taking any action on climate change that would hurt their fossil fuel profits”‚ leading an uproar in the wealthy fossil fuel
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Word War Two began on September 1‚ 1939‚ when Germany invaded Poland and ended when the Japanese formally surrendered on September 2‚ 1945. The United States did not get involved in the war until December 7‚ 1941‚ when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii. Immediately following the attack on Pearl Harbor‚ the United States joined forces with the Allies bringing with them political‚ economic‚ innovative and technological resources in order to successfully defeat their enemies and win the war. The
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of the single wire telegraph and the co invention of mores code. With the help of other inventers‚ Mores was able to make models of the wire telegraphs‚ get a Patton on it‚ have wires installed up and down the Atlantic‚ changed the way the world and how ships communicate‚ and became a wealthy man. The telegraph is not used today because of the other ways we communicate but mores code is still used. Mores was born on April 27th 1791 in Massachusetts and died on April 2nd 1872. He lived in New York‚
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