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    Constitutional Monarchies is England and the Netherlands During the During the Age of Enlightenment‚ from the 16th to early 19th century‚ Europe was in the midst of one of the largest changes of thinking in history. During this era new ideas of government and human rights swept through the continent. Philosophies and theories from John Locke‚ Voltaire‚ Thomas Hobbes‚ and countless others set the world stage for rule from the people. While many rulers during this age became absolute monarchies‚ such

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    “Tudor England was an uncivilised‚ chaotic and isolated country at the start of the 16th century”. How far do you agree with this statement? The age of the Tudors was one of the most exciting periods in British history. There are arguments to both agree and to disagree with the statement about tudor life and in this essay I hope to give strong detailed arguments for both sides and give my personal opinion in the conclusion. Firstly the Tudors were a very religious person which disagrees

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    France and England both began with a similar styles of government‚ but by the 17th century these two nations had very different styles of governing. France by the mid-17th century was an absolute government. This meant that the government of France was financially independent of the nobility‚ had developed its own national income‚ which allowed it to operate without the input of the citizens. It also meant that during a crisis it could effectively turn its back on large portions of people if need

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    During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries‚ England had many rulers who held varying religious beliefs. These competing religious ideologies tore England apart. Issues such as the divine right of kings‚ the conflict between the English Monarchy‚ and the Protestant Reformation would all lead England to rule with a parliamentary monarchy. The Protestant Reformation (1517-1618) was a great religious movement that began in Germany and spread through Northern Europe. At this time‚ the medieval Roman

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    A HISTORY OF 16TH CENTURY ENGLAND In the late 15th century England was torn by a series of civil wars between two dynasties‚ the Yorkists and the Lancastrians. The wars ended in 1485 when Henry Tudor won the battle of Bosworth and gained the throne of England. Henry Tudor (1457-1509) was crowned Henry VII on 30 October 1485 beginning a new dynasty. In January 1486 he married Elizabeth of York‚ daughter of Edward IV‚ uniting the dynasties of York and Lancaster. However the Yorkists were unwilling

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    Jamestown and the Massachusetts Bay Colony had many similarities and differences. Many of these differences were due to their physical location and climatic conditions. The success of both colonies can be contributed to strong leadership and the characteristics of the personalities of the settlers that inhabited each settlement. Many of the early problems in both settlements can be contributed to a lack of knowledge on the parts of the settlers along with attacks from neighboring Native American

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    the transportation of the plague would come to play. As the rodents feasted on the waste‚ the plague-infested fleas would jump to the nearest passerby. "The most devastating to England was the bubonic plague. Also known as‚ ""The Black Death"‚ because of the black spots

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    The colonies of New England and Chesapeake sprouted from a common origin and spoke the same tongue yet had little in common with each other. Despite geographic and demographic differences in the Chesapeake and New England colonies‚ the most influential factor in determining why each colony developed differently was each colony’s motives. It was through this motivational difference that distinctly divided the New World into the North and South. When immigrants fled form England due to religious persecution

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    In Elizabethan England‚ travel was very basic‚ just feet‚ hooves‚ and wheels on cobblestone streets (Singman 86). Ships were also very important to travel and colonization‚ for England is an island nation (Time Life Ed. 132). Many towns were put on navigable rivers just to make travel easier because many people in this time used rivers and oceans for transportation and sometimes delivery of goods (Singman 85). The most important components of transportation in Elizabethan England were land travel

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    Kenneth Lockridge‚ A New England Town: The First Hundred Years (New York: W. W. Norton & Company‚ Inc.‚ 1970) Many historical texts about the American Revolution and the events leading up to it are generalized‚ unspecific and do not investigate the preliminary causes of the changes America underwent before the Revolution. However‚ A New England Town by Professor Kenneth Lockridge attempts to describe how the colonies in America developed by following the progress of a typical Puritan colonial

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