Montesquieu‚ was a very important philosophe of his time. Born in France to a rich family‚ he was then brought up by a poor family‚ which is why many say is the reason he had his way of viewing life. Montesquieu was a french philosopher who truly shaped modern government. But‚ to be able to shape the world so greatly‚ he had to study hard and develop all of his ideas. Montesquieu began studying in his home country‚ france‚ and studied in the university of Julily. Here‚ he went after what he was passionate
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Enlightenment included the philosophies of Voltaire‚ Baron de Montesquieu John Locke‚ Thomas Hobbes and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. These ideas included inalienable rights such as freedom‚ life‚ privacy‚ etc. There is a social “contract.” In return of the government protecting the people’s rights‚ the people would let the government rule. If this contract was not kept‚ the people had the right to overthrow the government. There was also the idea or the Separation of Powers. It was the idea that the government
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Hollywood Blacklist came to be during the start of the “second red scare” which occurred after World War II. With fear that communism was being broadcasted to the American public‚ the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) started to send summonses to various members of Hollywood on the suspicion that their work was inspiring communism sympathy. There were members that refused to testify before the committee and so where blacklisted after servicing prison time and paying fines. They believed
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What was fief-holding‚ and how was it related to manorialism? Fief was the land or other kind of profits that was granted to a vassal in return for military service (224). The person who gave the fief was the master of the vassal who obtain it. The vassal was consequently the lord of the peasants who worked his land. The vassal took a pledge of homage‚ to be the lord’s "man" or servants when needed. The service usually acquires the form of military support as a knight in war times (226).
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She was married to a French man‚ Toussaint Charbonneau‚ the guide hired by Lewis and Clark on their famous expedition. Sacajawea went with her husband and interpreted with the Native American Indians. She would translate to Charbonneau in French and he would
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States at Pearl Harbor. This was the most daring operations by the United States in the young Pacific war at this time and was known as the Doolittle Raid. The attack was launched from the aircraft carrier Hornet. Doolittle wired a Japanese piece medal he had received prior to the war to the first 500 pound bomb to be dropped on Tokyo. In order for the over loaded planes to take off‚ the carrier had to run at full speed. The Hornet could hold sixteen planes and it was nearly impossible for the raiders
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The Apple company and What they did wrong….. The apple company has insulted Islam and has remarkably encouraged the Muslims to start a riot against them. The company has made a bar in the shape of the holy kaaba. This is a great insult to the religion as it is a very holy and pious place. However‚ the Muslims have not done anything big against them even though it’s a big disrespect towards their religion. There is an example of someone making a house in the shape of an apple and with
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President in 1789 the prevailing mindset of the founders was that political harmony would guarantee freedom and should be maintained‚ but despite the initial wishes the following decade produced such heated debate on the best course for the new government that it became known as the “age of passions.” These debates reached the people as the struggle to gain power came at the cost of the first protection of the Bill of Rights‚ the freedom of speech. The Federalist and Democratic Republicans emerged
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During the Sata Yug‚ the Kathmandu valley was a huge bowl of placid water‚ cradled by hills and mountains. The lake was home of the Naags‚ the serpent gods. Then one day a God descended to the lake and cleaved a pass through the mountains with his sword. The pass is called Kotwal‚ Kotbar or Kotpal. The water gushed out‚ emptying the lake and leaving behind a fertile valley. This valley would eventually be the site of not only kings but also great spiritual and religious activity for centuries to
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patent on the rigid‚ hydrogen cell powered aircraft‚ and until 1900 when the LZ1‚ the first working prototype‚ would take flight over Lake Constance. While it was damaged during its first landing‚ it would be repaired and fly for another 8 years‚ when it finally caught fire after crashing into a tree‚ leaving no one seriously injured. Used for both transport and for spotting submarines‚ it wouldn’t be until the Hindenburg catastrophe of 1937‚ where 35 of 97 people on board would die. The blimps would
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