Wesley Scott February 12‚ 2011 M/W 2:30-3:45 Chapter 17 review questions 1. How did the enlightenment change basic Western attitudes toward the reform‚ faith‚ and reason? First it changed faith because it allowed people to worship anyway they please. The enlightenment set the stage for most of the ideas that are among us today. It also had the thinkers to attempt to discover the ration behind European government. What were the major formative influences on the philosophers? They had a strong
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AP World History Chap 4 Inquiry Questions There are very few names of prominent individuals included in this chapter. Why is this so? What is it about the nature of the society and the available historical sources that makes it difficult to discern individuals? - I think there are very few names of important individuals in this chapter
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(not including Indians) Louisiana Purchase‚ 1803 population of Louisiana‚ 50‚000 James Long‚ 1819 Week 2 Study Questions : During the 1500 and 1600s‚ what stimulated or discouraged Spanish interest in the lands that are now Texas? To what do you attribute the success or failure of Spanish missions in eighteenth century Tejas? Was the presence of other European colonial powers a help or a hindrance to the Spanish development of Tejas? How did the Age of Revolution affect Spanish
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"Why Study History" by Peter N. Sterns Response Over the Summer‚ I was given a privilege to read and respond to "Don’t Know Much About History" by Kenneth C. Davis. When I was first given the prompt‚ I felt very challenged‚ but took it head on. Since having read‚ and responded to the novel‚ I have been able to make direct connections through every-day conversations‚ and topics in my classes. Without the knowledge that I obtained through learning a massive amount of history through a 694 page
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people‚ about half a million were black and white immigrants made up nearly 400‚000 of the increased number‚ and black “forced immigrants” accounted for almost as many again b. But most of the spurt stemmed from the remarkable natural fertility of all Americans‚ white and black; to the amazement and dismay of Europeans‚ the colonists were doubling every twenty-five years c. The population boom had political consequences; in 1700 there were twenty English subjects for each American colonist
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Ian Cabalo October 2012 Period Two AP World History Unit 2: Chapter 8: The Unification of China In Search of Political and Social Order A. Confucius (551-479 B.C.E.) and His School 1. Confucius a. Educator and political authority b. Sayings were compiled in the Analects by his disciples 2. Confucian Ideas a. Basically honesty and ethical in character b. Thoroughly practical: how to restore political and social
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expansion held similar to that of the turn of the 19th century in that the United States has grown in the reasoning of Manifest Destiny‚ the progress of the American economy and an increasing perception of American racial supremacy. Through the course of history‚ American expansionist incentives have shifted from withstanding foreign influence‚ to taking on a direct role in instituting democratic control where it deems necessary‚ most notably American control in the Philippines. Throughout American expansionism
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History‚ a record of past events and developments‚ which are usually in chronological order that define who and what we are today. Now days‚ history is changing so rapidly and life seems to be stuck in fast forward. Usually when people think of the word history‚ they often think of big events‚ when truly everything you do is making up history. Even reading this paper is history in the making. And as a human it is our duty to know and analyze our past to make sure repetition of our downfalls doesn’t
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Name: Hesham Marzouk “Journal Response Question” The man was less interested when she explains that they were “never” hit‚ because when she explains to him about what her father did when he was digging his elbows into the wooden table‚ the man thought it wasn’t that bad. He wouldn’t tell her about his response for that‚ but she already knew when she said “He smiled {the man}‚ relieved that we wouldn’t have to go there. He
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Source A conveys Mao’s desire to keep the party and the masses in a state of perpetual revolution and based on this viewpoint‚ Mao’s Great Leap Forward was an initial political success. Source B‚ by Boda‚ explains the idea of a commune‚ which was a very significant feature of the Great Leap Forward. The idea of a commune‚ through which many different aspects of life was consolidated into‚ was initially‚ like the Great Leap itself‚ at first a
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