John Locke‚ a philosopher of the Age of Reason and the Enlightenment‚ greatly influenced the American revolution and the French revolution. His beliefs were the social contract‚ natural rights‚ and the right of revolution. One of John Locke’s beliefs was the social contract. A social contract can be either a written or unwritten agreement between a government and its people. Social contracts usually contain a basic set of laws and agreements explaining how the country should be run. Examples
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motivated by the enlightenment ideology. Ridley Scott creator and director of Blake Runner introduces the changing values that have occurred over time with the use of the setting that includes the total absence of nature that reflects the deterioration of the romantic and human values. Mary Shelley demonstrates the values of her time with the use of romantic imagery used to articulate the power of god and the different forms of prolepsis used to highlight the dangers of the enlightenment ideology. To
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a world where unheeded Scientific advance and hence humanity‚ is no longer constrained by ethical and moral boundaries. Challenging the predominant Enlightenment values of the time‚ Shelley represents Science as a distancing force capable of destroying humanity and the spiritual depth of our existence. Challenging the ethically divorced Enlightenment values‚ Shelley makes a plea for humanity to revert back to Romantic values that recognise the regenerative power of Nature and the preciousness of
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The Latin American Independence (1807-1824)‚ political and military movement that ended colonial rule by Spain and Portugal over Mexico‚ Central America‚ and South America and gave birth to the modern independent nations of Latin America.(Latin American history) The early 1800s radically altered the history of Latin America. Spain had progressively colonized parts of South‚ Central and North America since the early 1500s‚ exploiting the region’s natural resources‚ decimating native populations and
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Gabryjela Foltynski Cocoli AP World History pd. 9 John Locke believed that people are born with the right to life‚ liberty‚ property and the right to choose government. These Enlightenment ideas were the main inspiration to both the French and American Revolutions. The French Revolution was an important revolution in Europe‚ preceded by the American Revolution. Both these revolution had lasting influences and unique social backgrounds creating tension with each individual revolution. Social tensions
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powerful feelings.” Awe of nature Romantics stressed the awe of nature in art and language and the experience of sublimity through a connection with nature. Romantics rejected the rationalization of nature by the previous thinkers of the Enlightenment period. Celebration of the individual Romantics often elevated the achievements of the misunderstood‚ heroic individual outcast. Importance of imagination Romantics legitimized the individual imagination as a critical authority
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ideology began to take hold of Europe. It was during this time that a radical and critical revolution took place to bring about the use of rational thought and enlighten the people about their own beliefs and values; thus igniting the period of Enlightenment. In this period many people followed the teachings of their forefathers‚ such as Socrates‚ who was considered a figure of skepticism and rational thought. Challenging all views and theorems was the main point of this new ideology. Voltaire‚ a very
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The revolutions of the 17th and 18th centuries played an important role in the development of democracy‚ however the Glorius Revolution of 1688 was the integral event that has shaped modern-day mass democracy. The Glorious‚ American and French Revolutions of 1688‚ 1776 and 1789 respectively‚ all played an essential role in the development of democracy. These events and the interdependent thinkers and philosophes‚ inspired the bourgeoisie to pursue and advocate a liberal political system that would
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Wollstonecraft decided to fight back and defend her liberalistic position by writing‚ A Vindication of the Right of Men. Throughout these two essays there are several key points in reference to inheritance of wealth‚ social class‚ equal rights‚ and enlightenment. Burke’s and Wollstonecraft’s pieces of literature refute each others views and beliefs by supporting and opposing France’s traditional conservative customs in its’ society. Edmund Burke‚ a believer in conservatism‚ is someone who “...averses
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The role of women in society has always been an issue throughout the ages and throughout Western Europe‚ and more or less all over the world. Before the age of the Enlightenment‚ or the Dark Ages‚ women were always seen as secondary to men in all aspects. Most reasons were religious while others were just the way life was then. By the late 18th century‚ at the time of the French Revolution and the continuance of the Enlightenment era‚ the role of women in society began changing drastically as the
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