Alvin Ailey Alvin Ailey is a multicultural modern dancer known for his great accomplishments in dance and choreography. He founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and throughout his lifetime created some 79 ballets‚ many of which have appeared in the repertoire of major dance companies. It was on a junior high school class trip to the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo‚ he fell in love with concert dance. He became inspired by performances of the Katherine Dunham Dance Company and classes
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Edison did not invent the lightbulb‚ his 1878 patent was based off an earlier bulb patent‚ but he did create the most efficient and highest quality bulb for his time. The Edison light bulb was created to help with Edison’s push towards electricity. Edison believed that electricity was safer than gas. Gas
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The Scientific Revolution was caused by a number of preceding events‚ such as the Renaissance. The Renaissance occurred from 1300 to 1600‚ and was a rebirth of learning after Europe emerged from the Dark Ages. The Renaissance inspired a spirit of curiosity and change from learning that aided the Scientific Revolution by developing a higher education that enabled them to make opinions for themselves. Furthermore‚ the Renaissance allowed people to question both the Church and the olden ways‚ which
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She extensively studied and dissected frogs to understand how they live and metamorphose‚ or adapt to their environment over time. To conclude‚ due to her immense experimentation‚ Merian was a key exemplar of the Scientific Revolution. Second‚ Merian completed a groundbreaking expedition in 1693. According to
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Babylonians had developed a system of banks. In ancient Greece and Rome the practice of granting credit was widely prevalent/traces of credit by compensation and by transfer orders are found is Assyria‚ Phoenicia and Egypt before the system attained full development in Greece and Rome. The books of the old Sanskrit lawgiver‚ Manu are full of regulation governing credit. He speaks of judicial proceedings in which credit instruments were called for‚ interest of loans on bankers and even of the renewal of commercial
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The English philosopher and political scholar John Locke (1632-1704)‚ laid a significant part of the basis for the Enlightenment and made focal commitments to the improvement of liberalism. "Locke wrote about diverse topics... democracy and liberalism" (Griffith‚ 1997‚ p.224). He had an influential impact on the founders of the United States of America. He was Trained in medicine‚ and also was a key promoter of the experimental methodologies of the Scientific Revolution. John Locke was born in Wrighton
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The Constitution played a major role in causing the Civil War. One of its biggest impacts on America was creating a division between the states. This dissolution between the states is largely due to varying opinions on the legality and morality of slavery. It was impossible for the nation’s founders to know all of the major issues their nation would face in the future‚ so the Constitution‚ therefore‚ does not address certain topics that would lead to great dispute later on in the country such as
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John Since the 19th century‚ Industrialization has had positive and negative effect on the lives of the workers. Industrialization is the development of the industries for the machine production of goods. I choose Great Britain because England is where it all started. Industrialization changed the lives of many people in many ways. Two examples were the working conditions of workers‚ and the rise of the middle class. Industrialization changed the lives of worker as in Great Britain workers spent
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“ America’s Inventor “ Henry Ford‚ pictured here in 1919‚ revolutionized the automobile industry by making cars available to more middle-class American consumers than ever before. (David Pietrusza) Henry Ford has influenced todays cars‚ assembly lines‚ and our modern economy. If Henry Ford never existed‚ our lives would be drastically different. We wouldn’t have cars‚ enough products‚ or enough food processing to withhold the population. “Today there are many stories and examples that support that
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convention. He did not compromise when it comes to his political views. He truly wished a strong centralized government by the replacement of the Articles of Confederation. Alexander did not participate in the debates concerning this matter though. However‚ on June 18‚ 1787‚ when he was given the chance to deliver his speech‚ he presented ideas of an ideal national government. According to him‚ the national government should have unlimited power over the states. Unfortunately‚ Alexander’s ideas did not move
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