Alexa Roumeliotis 9/25/15 Practice: Document Based Questions The Great Awakening and the Enlightenment both produced writers and thinkers who argued for the implementation of a republican government. Writers such as Locke‚ Montesquieu‚ Edwards and Whitefield‚ all had a role in promoting republican values‚ which in turn influenced the establishment of a republican government. John Locke‚ an English philosopher was a major part of the growth of the rebublican view during the Enlightenment era.1
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When the American colonies were under British control‚ many people realized how unfairly they were being treated. Colonists had no say in any of Parliament’s decisions. While some colonists were very upset about this‚ others simply sat back remained loyal to the king. These people were known as Loyalists. The colonists who became fired up when their rights were taken away were called Patriots. Since they fought for freedom‚ glory‚ and the end of colonies’ suffering‚ colonists should have joined the
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1. I think the French Wars of Religion was more about religious differences because ever since the French nobles became Calvinists‚ they would show independence from the central power. It created the conflict between Catholics and Calvinists where power was the main struggle making religion become a way bigger issue. The last of the wars would be the war of the Three Henry’s where it showed the overall religious differences between the Catholics and the Protestants. Which this was between Henry III
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The reconstruction era was an era of rebuilding after the civil war. The united states handled the success of the reconstruction era in a variety of ways from well (political) to poorly (social) The social equality for freed slaves was a major point in the reconstruction. The political freedom of the former slaves was one of the best handled points of the reconstruction. When the thirteenth amendment was passed it stated that “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude … shall exist in the United
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In the late 1700s‚ there was a surplus of arguments supporting or fighting against ratifying the Constitution. Ratification of the Constitution is not what’s best for U.S citizens because although the Bill of Rights was proved to be successful‚ the insecurity of rights amongst the people‚ as well as the massive amount of influence that the people of power had; this will not lead to a successful nation. Documents three points out many major holes in the ratification of the Constitution such as insecurity
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Having the children work as most of the labor force is the catastrophic idea because children were paid a lot less than most adults (Doc A)‚ children were being beat (Doc B)‚ and the children worked harder than most adults can handle (Doc C). Having the children work as most of the labor force is the catastrophic idea because children were paid a lot less than most adults (Doc A). “The child is paid one shilling or one shilling and sixpence‚ and they will take that (five year old) child before they
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Often‚ achievements of older civilizations are lost in the shadows of their successors. Such is the case with the early civilizations and people of Africa. Before Europe stepped in‚ they were a quite advanced‚ flourishing continent by themselves. They had their own trade routes and systems‚ enormous wealth‚ as well as a great lack of corruption alongside an abundance of generosity‚ and were also advanced in the way of knowledge‚ even valuing it above other resources. Africa had quite advanced trade
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Hammurabi’s Code was a code of laws produced in Mesopotamia under Hammurabi’s rule circa 1754 BCE. During this time period there was a lot of violence and slave labor. By implementing these laws he hoped to achieve peace and establish order in his kingdom. Hammurabi’s Code established an unfair law code because it further encouraged inequality among social classes‚ authorized unwarranted punishments for accused criminals‚ and it supported patriarchal laws favoring men over women. The law code was
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In 1924 the congress passed a new Immigration Act effectively ending all Japanese immigration to the U.S.‚ but this did not violate the right of the Japanese Americans in World War II. (Doc A) Document A‚ C‚ D‚ E‚ and F all support on why the U.S. government did not violate their rights. There were several causes of the internment but the main cause of the internment was that the “Japanese naval and air forces attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii‚ bringing the U.S. into World
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farmers gave up when the grain price decreased with the massive importation of grain from Sicily and North Africa. When they gave up they moved to cities and joined the work force there. Then‚ a change in society started to happen. The number of people in the countryside was reduced because they wanted to escape war or would rather settle in the cities than in the countryside after war. As a result‚ Rome became overpopulated. Another change that happened because of the Punic Wars was the Senate gained
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