Triangle Trade: a trading system between the Americas‚ the gold coast of Africa‚ and the West Indies. For example‚ liquor would be traded for slaves‚ which would be brought over the West Indies. There‚ he would trade the slaves for molasses‚ which he would bring to New England to be turned into rum. Great Awakening: A religious revival in the 1730s and 1740s. First started in Massachusetts by pastor Jonathan Edwards. He proclaimed that believing in salvation through good works and affirming the
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The English Bill of Rights was a British law that was passed by the Parliament of Great Britain in 1689. It told and declared the rights of the people and settled the argument of the succession of William and Mary. It was created right after the Glorious Revolution in 1688 after England overthrew King James II. It contained the misdeeds of James the II and said that he would be replaced by William and Mary. “The Glorious Revolution abolished absolutism and established a constitutional monarchy in
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was widely witnessed mostly in the 18th century. This consisted of many social and economical changes which have created the London we see today. I will be using the famous and well known “Somerset House” as an example showing these changes. Phil Pauley- Somerset House Sir William Chambers was a well known architect during the 18th century. In 1749 he studied architecture‚ first in Paris with the influential architectural theorist Jacques-François Blondel and then in Rome. Returning to England in
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The War of the Spanish Succession was a war over the succession of the Spanish kingdom. Conflict started when Charles II had died on November 1st‚ 1700 but had no obvious male heirs to the throne. However there were candidates within the Austrian and French kingdoms. The countries battled over who is going to take the kingdom. During the war‚ countries had used privateers who are privately own armed ships who are commissioned by the government to fight or harass other countries on the sea (Privateer
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written by the British poet and engraver William Blake. It has 4 quatrains with alternative lines rhyming. Written in iambic pentameter‚ the poem is beautifully rhymed. London deals with the dreadful scene in the industrialized London in the 18th century. In the first stanza‚ Blake gives an overview of the city and successfully creates the gloomy‚ dark and suffocating atmosphere. Blake applies varied rhetorical devices in the poem‚ of which the most striking and significant is repetition. For example
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The medical field during the eighteenth century was comprised of unsanitary‚ heinous‚ and uncustomary practices‚ such as blood letting‚ trepanation‚ and the overcrowding of hospitals. Even though these practices didn’t help in the development of the medical field‚ there were auspicious practices that were beneficial‚ such as midwifery‚ ingrafting‚ and faith in God. Midwifery‚ during the 1700’s‚ was one of the most womanized practices of the century. To get the help of a male midwife was a belittlement
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In the eighteenth century‚ the colonists demand an official declaration to fix the people causes impel the separation of the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God. The publication of common sense changed many men’s in favor it time for congress act to exploit public opinion. Congress can issue a proclamation of independence so for the french government can be persuaded to send troops to help face the attacks. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence for the American Colonists and few
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while those with authority used it to increase their power. Common people attempted to decrease the power of lords and kings by means of religious customs and beliefs. Because ordinary people had no power at all in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries‚ the kings‚ nobility‚ and those with higher status often took advantage of them. They grew tired of this and eventually implemented undeniable and well known religious beliefs to take back some rights. During the German Peasants War‚ the peasants
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Summary: The presentation of rural life in eighteenth century poetry‚ including the meaning of pastoral poetry and the poetic conventions of anti-pastoral poetry. Plus‚ an analysis of "The Thresher’s Labour" by Stephen Duck. exploring the presentation of rural life in eighteenth century poetry‚ by studying the poetic conventions of anti-pastoral poetry and more particularly by analysing `The Thresher’s labour’ by Stephen Duck. Discuss the portrayal of rural life in one or more of the passages.
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In a letter to William Lloyd Garrison dated November 24‚ 1863‚ John Greenleaf Whittier comments on his joy over the "prospect of the speedy emancipation of the slaves of the United States". He also declares "I set a higher value on my name as appended to the Antislavery Declaration of 1833 than on the title-page of any book". Whittier‚ a Quaker‚ farmer‚ and poet had long been involved with the abolitionist movement and many times had expressed his opinions on the subject of slavery. In his poem‚
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