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    Henry VII‚ son of Edmund Tudor and Margaret Beaufort‚ was born in 1457. He married Elizabeth of York in 1486‚ who bore him four children: Arthur‚ Henry‚ Margaret and Mary. He died in 1509 after reigning 24 years. Henry descended from John of Gaunt‚ through the latter’s illicit affair with Catherine Swynford; although he was a Lancastrian‚ he gained the throne through personal battle. The Lancastrian victory at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 left Richard III slain in the field‚ York ambitions routed

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    Resistance to Liberalism

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    RUNNING HEAD: RESISTANCE TO LIBERALISM The Justification of Resisting Liberalism Liberalism‚ in general‚ was an ideological movement that emerged out of the ideas of the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution in the early 19th century. It embraced the ideas of individualism which were established in the Renaissance and Reformation era. The Renaissance period sparked a belief in the importance of the individual in society. It helped promote the beliefs of classical liberalism which

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    unfair. The philosophical term for this is Civil Disobedience. According to Dictionary.com ‚ Civil Disobedience is “the refusal to obey certain laws or governmental demands for the purpose of influencing legislation or government policy‚ characterized by the employment of such nonviolent techniques as boycotting‚picketing‚ and nonpayment of taxes.”. Civil Disobedience have been around for centuries and some of the most notable people participated in Civil Disobedience. Today‚ I will be discussing

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    support of peaceful resistance‚ spreading the message of the freedoms that we as citizens of the United States of America hold – the rights to free speech‚ press‚ and religion‚ to name a few. It is his ideas regarding civil disobedience and his concept of dissent being the highest form of patriotism that I have always admired. It is because of Howard Zinn that I know peaceful resistance to laws does positively impact a free society. In the true democracy that the government claims the United States

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    M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang exemplifies the beliefs the Western world has over the East. Politically‚ the West believes they can be a dominating force by intervening in all Eastern affairs through the use of weapons. Socially‚ Western cultures and traditions have entered the Eastern world‚ impacting the daily lives of the Chinese people. The white man has displayed inappropriate behavior over the traditional oriental woman by controlling every aspect of her life. In Hwang’s M. Butterfly‚ there

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    Both Thoreau and King rely heavily on ethos to get their points across. The intended audience of both is similar; a group of people with similar morals as the writers‚ but who have neglected action for various reasons. King also appeals to pathos‚ describing the plight of the colored man vividly. King’s audience is largely aware of this situation already‚ but he uses it to drive them to action rather than simple awareness. On the other hand‚ Thoreau appeals little to pathos‚ focusing instead on logic

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    a) Active Resistance is when people resist actively. When given an amount of time‚ things would need to get finished. b) In this lesson‚ an example of active resistance is when Nelson Mandela believed that military tactics were needed to oppose a violent government. c) Two more examples of active resistance are when the first organized civilian resistance in Nazi Europe occurred in which groups of citizens gathered together to resist actively‚ often through militant means‚ and when the Righteous

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    When Henry David Thoreau said‚ “Let him step to the music which he hears‚ however measured or far away. It is not important that he should mature as soon as an apple tree or an oak”(247)‚ that he would be telling people to be themselves many generations later. The transcendentalism movement took place during the early 1800’s when America was developing its own writing style. The authors of the time all thought in the same wavelength. Some of them‚ such as Thoreau and Ralph

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    paragraphs Thoreau is using local reasoning‚ he is giving facts about events that have happened in our history to help build our government to how it is today. He them goes into ethical reasoning. He is trying to explain to people that we need a better government‚ one that does less in personal affairs and gives everyone the chances that they deserve. “Government is best which governs least.” He is placing his own thoughts out on the page‚ so people see where he is standing with the government. Thoreau

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    Film Analysis: Roots of Resistance a Story of the Underground Railroad In the movie Roots of Resistance a Story of the Underground Railroad‚ the filmmaker makes some very strong points. He made the movie in a way that portrays his specific opinion and views on the Underground Railroad. If a viewer didn’t know what the movie was about they may have guessed it would have been a very different kind of movie based on the title. After watching the movie in its entirety you realize that the movie was

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