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    APUSH Essay: To what extent did mercantilism affect the political and economic development of England’s 13 American colonies? Great Britain imposed the mercantilist ideals on the 13 American colonies in the 17th century with one single purpose‚ creating wealth for itself‚ which equaled to military and political power. Britain did that by implementing various policies and acts‚ regulating the trade and production of the colonies. Generally‚ mercantilism caused more harm than good in the political

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    of the world we now call Greece were telling stories about a great war. 2. What are Homer’s great war stories?Iliad and the Odyssey 3. Homer’s stories can probably be traced to what and where? Historical struggles; Aegean sea to the sea of Marmara and Black sea. 4. Homer’s first epic poem and Iliad tells to story of ?Be Specific 10 year war fought outside troy. 5. Who was the Trojan War fought between? People of Troy and Allie’s of Greek Kings. Epic and Values 1. What are epics? Long narrative

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    it wrought on early modern Europe was similarly significant. It must be stressed however‚ that as David Parrott pointed out‚ Parker was merely moving the revolution into his own specialism‚ namely 16th century warfare with particular respect to siege warfare. The military revolution debate was brought to the open when Micheal Robert talked about his own view on the Military revolution‚ couple with Parker’s view on Military revolution.

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    There are numerous political philosophers who have inspired change and freedom‚ but none can compare to English philosopher John Locke‚ the founder of modern Western philosophy. John Locke was one of the most influential political philosophers during the 17th century whose ideas influenced many creative minds such as Thomas Jefferson‚ Ben Franklin‚ and Thomas Paine‚ all Founding Fathers of the United States. As a young youth‚ Locke received an excellent education through his father‚ who had connections

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    wish something and call it a belief. There are no limits to what we can wish for. Most of the wishes seem to be very nice things. Beliefs may make us comfortable‚ secure‚ or feel good‚ but they tell us nothing about reality. Beliefs are not a source of knowledge‚ unless you think delusions are knowledge. Descartes sought a way to put our beliefs and knowledge of the world on a firm foundation that could be relied on. The method he used is to doubt everything. Basically‚ he used extreme doubt‚ or skepticism

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    employment‚ housing‚ and voting‚ while drawing on the morality of Americans to stand for the freedom that the nation claimed to uphold. The statement recognized that the federal government should interfere in instances of “serious wrongs” —discriminatory housing policies to lynchings—committed by private individuals or law enforcement officers against Black Americans. To some extent‚ Truman did act upon this air of civil rights. A year after the Committee published the indictment on the country‚

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    enlightenment was one of the most important enlightenments that paved the foundation of the modern world we live in today. Often overlooked‚ the British enlightenment set the stage for others and brought new ideas to a new age that were revolutionary to say the least. Some of these reasons as to why the British enlightenment paved the way for the modern world are the fact that British enlightenment thinkers brought in new ideas that changed the way we view the world and how it affects us‚ how it was the earliest

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    How did Napoleon come to power in France‚1796-1804?   • Napoleon was born in 1769‚ 20 years before the revolution. He came from Corsica. Napoleon was sent to Brienne 1799-84. Artilerry officer at the age f 16. Ambitious young man. He supported the revolution. He battled against Austrians it had won him a great reputation as a military leader. Personal confidence‚ ambition and scornful attitude. • Napoleon`s brother would be elected President of the Council of 500 in 1799. This placed Napoleon in

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    How far did the Big Three get what they wanted? Clemenceau Clemenceau‚ Prime minister of France‚ wanted Germany to suffer the most out of the other leaders because he felt threatened by them. He wanted Germany to accept full blame for the war and this happened as a term in the treaty was for Germany to accept full blame for the war. This made Clemenceau very happy. He also wanted the German military to be weakened so that they couldn’t attack in the future‚ and he also wanted control of the Rhineland

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    Hundreds of Mysterious Tunnels Were Discovered in Brazil…Experts Are Amazed and Confused! Hundreds of mysterious tunnels that are older than 10 thousand years were discovered in Brazil. On the walls of these amazing tunnels there are mysterious claw marks. According to geologists‚ there are not known geological processes that can create such long tunnels with elliptical and circular cross sections that rise‚ fall and branch. Moreover‚ there are no tunnels that have claw marks on their walls. There

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