government pamphlets‚ books and currency. As his business grew‚ he became increasingly involved in civil affairs. He established a lending library when books weren’t widely available‚ and that remained the largest U.S. public library until the 1850’s. Between 1765 and 1775 he wrote 126 newspaper pieces‚ most of which tried to explain each side to the other. He had very diverse professional interests‚ one of them being a prolific writer when he founded the American philosophical society. He was the
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Greek influence on western culture When people refer to western culture‚ we mean a large range of heritages including social norms‚ traditional customs‚ religions beliefs‚ political system‚ art fine‚ literature and technologies. Now western culture has its own particular framework which has been developing till now‚ and traditional western culture is said to be affected by three main factors: Ancient Greek‚ Roman Empire‚ and Christianity. However‚ the Greek civilization contributed greatly to the
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The Cherokee culture has changed dramatically from their pre-European contact to present day. Over that time‚ they overcame many challenges and tragedies but resulted in a strong and prosperous community and had made them one of the most well-known and admired Native American tribes of today. Prior to European contact The Cherokee nation was a vast‚ covering most of the south-eastern region of what is now known as the United States from West Virginia‚ down the coast to North Carolina and South
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The Reformation in England began rather political‚ opposed to religiously later on‚ because of a dispute between the king and the pope (Nelson). The source of this dispute was that the king was expected to produce a male heir to the throne. England did not have the Salic law‚ which in France this law forbade female heirs to the throne‚ though England had just surfaced from a prolonged civil war‚ the Wars of the Roses‚ so a new male bloodline was needed to maintain the throne and prevent resumption
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beautiful quotes ever. We’ll get into that later though. Marilyn created lots of big movies such as‚ ¨The Asphalt Jungle¨(1950) ¨Prince and the Showgirl¨ (1957) ¨Gentleman Prefer Blondes¨ (1953) ¨How to Marry a Millionaire¨ (1953) and ¨The Seven Year Itch¨ (1955) these are only a few of the performances she did. A lot of her movies are highly rated for her
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seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837‚ seeking to act as the direct representative of common man. Born in a Backwoods settle men in the Carolinas in 1767‚ received sporadic education. Before Jackson’s military exploits‚ back in 1790’s he played an instrumental role in developing North Carolina’s western lands into the state of Tennessee. Dishearten by the antics in Washington‚ Jackson resigned to Tennessee immediately he and his supporters began laying the ground work for his election
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seventeen years old‚ he was sent in aid by the French military to the U.S. on the side of the colonists. Even though he did not directly participate in the French Revolution directly‚ it gave him a better outside perspective‚ which soon became his motivation of industrialism ("Henri De Saint-Simon | French Social Reformer." Encyclopedia Britannica Online). Even though Henri did create the idea of industrialism‚ his major work was Noveau Christianisme (1825). In this work he declared that the world
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The officers did not have a good idea who the murderers were but they believed that the murders were gang related. A name that kept coming up was Al Capone. They questioned him but he had an air-tight alibi. He was in Miami at the time trying to escape Chicago’s brutal
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school did not appeal to Charles well and he went back to live with his parents in Devon. Just because Charles was not at university did not mean he did not study. He studied mathematics with great devotion and became fond of algebra. During 1808 the Babbage family had moved to a new neighborhood. This neighborhood is where Charles Babbage would meet many of his lifelong friends and even his wife‚ Georgiana Whitmore. The marriage was not welcomed by Benjamin Babbage‚ Charles father. Ben did not
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scientific method along with Francis Bacon. The new scientific method was a new way of thinking and doing experiments. René Descartes thought very differently than anyone before. He didn’t use the same methods as the universities did to discover something new. René Descartes did not believe that the truth is known when a theory is formed. He believed that the truth is known after lots of investigation and observation was done regarding the theory. Descartes main belief was that human reasoning is the
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