What is race and racism? As simple as it might seem‚ race has a historical construction justified by scientists‚ political figures and religion. During the reformation of the 16th century and 17th century‚ European Christian settlers had a key question to understand whether black or Native Americans had souls or even were human. During this time period‚ the two main dominate branches of Christianity among the settlers in the Americas were the Catholic church and Protest-Calvinist Church. The Catholic
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Carver Lagos Modern World History Christopher Freeman March 14‚ 2013 Orientalism During the 16th and 17th centuries‚ it was very common for European explorers to come across native people in countries in different continents. Naturally‚ things such as these people’s culture‚ and overall way of living differed very much from their own European way of life. This caused them to be Orientalized‚ or criticized for the way they lived. People at this time were very skeptical and unaccepting of when
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Enlightenment Philosophers of Europe in 17th Century When the time of enlightenment cast upon Europe‚ many individual have uncover the need of communicating with others to share and learn new knowledge. These communication create many view and aspect of how society should run. Many of these view are in contradiction with others. One of these contradicting idea of society is form by Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. Thomas Hobbes was a champion of absolutism for the sovereign. He supported the government
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The 15th and 16th centuries were a time of great turmoil for Europe. The various religious wars‚ the 30 years war‚ and the fluctuation in the economy were just some examples. There was also a rise in population‚ which led to overpopulation and unemployment‚ which in turn led to poverty. There were a great number of poor people in Europe in the 15th through 17th centuries. There were varied attitudes and reactions towards those in poverty. The attitudes towards the poor included people feeling it
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During the 16th and 17th centuries‚ a group of people known as the Puritans wished to “purify” the Church of England and reform the Church from its Catholic practices. At the time‚ these people were more of an unpopular unit‚ but still persevered and grew to be a very well known religious group. The Puritans had a set of beliefs that set themselves apart from other practices‚ and these values that they had influenced their daily lives‚ their own style of writing‚ and even life today. First and foremost
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world talked was amazed by the rapid economic recovery of Asia as Hong Kong and Japan‚ war ravaged backwaters merely 35 years prior‚ were suddenly out competing their western contemporaries. China‚ South Korea‚ and Japan experienced incredible economic growth near the end of the 20th century. So well prepared to tackle the 21st are these countries that some have gotten excited enough to call our century‚ the Asian century. East Asia will undoubtedly have a strong presence in the following decades‚ but
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The 17th and 18th centuries are commonly referred to as the Enlightenment. The ideals of the period are based upon reason. People began thinking for themselves rather than the government or the church think for you. People began questioning‚ and not relying on fear‚ superstition‚ government or faith to guide them. Instead people used reason and logic to search for truth. Searching for the truth leaves out faith and science becomes the new focus. The scientific method becomes the standard when
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In America‚ land was abundant and appeared very attractive to a lot of rich Englishmen. Due to overpopulation in the 17th century‚ land was scarce in England and owning property was considered a sign of wealth. In fact‚ it was the most important source of wealth for Englishman because through the land they could hold and produce more wealth through products such as tobacco and rice. Scarce land in England was becoming a serious problem due to overpopulation and the weathering out of the land there
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CHINA AND JAPAN RIVALRY ON THE DISPUTED ISLAND On September 7th‚ 2010 a Chinese fishing craft collided with two Japanese coastguard patrol boats near the oil-rich‚ uninhabited islands in the East China Sea known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu‚ meaning ‘fishing platform’‚ in China. Following the collision‚ coastguards boarded the trawler and arrested its crew and Captain Zhan Qixiong who‚ as subsequent video footage revealed‚ had rammed his boat into the coastguard vessels. Following the
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Several sects from all over Europe made North America their home throughout the 17th century. Beginning with the southern Chesapeake colonies‚ the North American regions were assembled by their founding nations. English Puritans and Separatists and Spanish Conquistadores eventually formed settlements in the New World; however‚ Puritans and Separatists and Spanish Conquistadores differed fundamentally in their original motivation to explore the foreign paradise. After facing prosecution in England
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