Enlightenment vs Romanticism The enlightenment was an 18th century movement that emphasized reason to change society and advance knowledge. The enlightenment changed how people all over Europe‚ and later North America‚ thought about religion‚ hierarchy‚ monarchy‚ and science. People began to question the church and there was a loss of unity in the christian church. It was a time in which people began to think more about themselves without the influence of the government and their church. The enlightenment
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The Impact of Big Business - 1870 to 1900 Nathan Kest‚ 4th hour - DBQ The surge of industrial growth in the Post-Civil War US (i.e. 1870-1900)‚ is key to understanding the impact of big business in America. This period in American history revolved around the founders of big businesses‚ who tirelessly yearned for power. Big business between 1870 to 1900 had a negative impact on the American economy and political landscape‚ making Americans unhappy with their lack of influence in society‚ and cynical
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had a big effect on Atlantic Civilization and shaped what we call today‚ The United States of America. In the sixteenth century‚ colonist landed in the new world in hopes to build a free world. The Native Americans introduced the colonist to a lot of things‚ one being tobacco. Colonist looked to enslave Native Americans to get the job done but the natives would not cooperate. So‚ they then looked upon Indentured Servants‚ which worked for a term in exchange for their passage to North America. The demand
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The Second Great Awakening was a religious revival movement in the mid 1800 (19th century); the movement revealed romanticism which mainly included enthusiasm‚ appeal to the super-natural (extraterrestrial)‚ and emotion; it rejected the skeptical of enlightenment. The theory of the movement began around the 1790s but it gained its popularity around the 1800s‚ by the 1850s the movement was at its peak (climax). The awakening arose mainly in the Baptist and Methodist congregations due to the preachers
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conformity. Tyler Durden‚ the narrators alter ego‚ is a nonconformist who promotes the idea that it’s okay not to be perfect. His plan is to rid the world of materialism and "let the chips fall where they may" which points out the ideals of Emerson’s transcendentalism. In order to be self-reliant‚ one must be able to refrain from having material objects consume them. Society promises to reward the conformists who seek a purpose but yet they feel
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The combination of prolonged warfare‚ exploitation‚ disease and the spread of Catholicism gradually asserted Spanish dominion over the indigenous population in America‚ who nonetheless survived and endured both the conquest and 300 years of colonial rule. Due to Spanish pestilence and wholesale slaughter the Native American population was decimated. Committed by Royal decree‚ Spanish conquistadors converted their New World indigenous subjects to Catholicism. Once Native Americans were scattered Spanish
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From Enlightenment to Romanticism; A comparison between the two periods. The literary periods are like each other’s opposites. While in the enlightenment focus was on what was real and social justice‚ romanticism was more about feelings and often unrequited love. The 1700-s enlightenment writers spoke first and foremost about reason and wanted more than anything to teach and lecture their readers‚ they turned against the social injustice they saw and fought for tolerance and acceptance. While
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Slaveries effects on North America Slavery was present in the United States from the moment the declaration of independence was signed. It ’s presence during this critical time period of development in the United States‚ from the day the United States was founded and beforehand allowed for it to interweave itself in almost all aspects of America; primarily economically‚ politically‚ and socially. Slavery impacted America in numerous ways‚ from the political balancing act of free and slave states
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they listen to music they are most likely not thinking about philosophy much less the idea of transcendentalism. In fact‚ if one were to ask about the transcendentalist beliefs they probably wouldn ’t know they are; it ’s amazing to see how many of the ideas are in many modern songs in today ’s culture. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau were essayist that came up with the concept of transcendentalism. The song "Tears and Rain: by James Blunt‚ is transcendentalist because it describes the ideas
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"In the woods‚ we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life‚ - no disgrace‚ no calamity (leaving me my eyes)‚ which nature cannot repair. Standing on the bare ground‚ - my head bathed by the blithe air and uplifted into infinite space‚ - all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eyeball. I am nothing. I see all. The currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God." -Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ Nature (1836) In his essay
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