classical republicanism and liberal theory are reflected in the American Declaration of Independence. Locke’s political theory was founded on social contract theory. Unlike Thomas Hobbes‚ Locke believed that human nature is characterized by reason and tolerance. Like Hobbes‚ Locke believed that human nature allowed men to be selfish. This is apparent with the introduction of currency. In a natural state all people were equal and independent‚ and everyone had a natural right to defend his “Life‚ health
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Colonization of Latin America and North America When Christopher Columbus led a Spanish expedition in 1492 to India‚ he came across a land that would change the world forever. This region was called the Americas‚ a land the Spanish‚ Portuguese‚ French and English saw as their own to change and rule. However‚ the two regions‚ Latin America and North America saw two vastly different yet similar colonization processes from the Europeans in their social‚ political and economic systems
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The 1960s is a decade filled with a series of remarkable and significant events that still resonate today. From the charismatic John F. Kennedy winning the nation ’s highest office to Vietnam War‚ the 1960s was a decade of transformational changes (Whithaus‚ 2004). Adding to this transformation were a host of technological breakthroughs. For the first time in American history a presidential political debate‚ between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon‚ was aired on TV. In 1963 Lee Harvey Oswald
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British North America Although there was economic and religious concerns during the colonial period it is believed and can be proved that economic concerns had more to do with the settling in British North American than religious concerns. Economic concerns that drove the settlements included‚ over population‚ standard of living‚ as well as high unemployment. Throughout history‚ people from around the world from different cultures have to American seeking for a new life an upgrade from their previous
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World Trees World trees are a prevalent element occurring in the astrologies‚ creation accounts and iconographies of the pre-Columbian cultures of Mesoamerica. Mayan world trees embodied the four cardinal directions‚ which also serve to represent the four-fold nature of a central world tree‚ “A sort of axis mundi which connects the planes of the Underworld and the sky‚ with that of the terrestrial realm” (Parker‚ Maya Cosmos). Often‚ world trees were represented by the king‚ who was said to have
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Enlightenment is the time period from 1650 to the 1800’s where a period of time that challenges the society and old ideology‚ where the traditional ideas about god and human’s place on earth became mixed with new ideology about science‚ logical reasoning and freedom. New understanding about human behavior which could rectify human failings which leading to unlock the sources to increase liberty and prosperity‚ shaping the human nature into more acceptable form such as opening schools. Education provided
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How the Black Plague Affected Europe If you had a baby you knew was infected with a deadly disease‚ what would you do? You knew your baby was going to die because there was no cure. If you took care of your baby‚ you both would die. Would you take care of your baby or let her die? That was the choice parents had to make during the 14 Century. The Black Plague began by spreading disease‚ it affected the European people in both good and bad ways and it also affected their culture. First‚ the
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The newly found petroleum supplies changed the nations is southwest Asia in a couple of ways. Nationalism was emerging in southwest Asia as a major‚ major force. Nationalism wasn’t the only thing that was emerging though. It’s economy was starting to grow and take a new course that it never did before. In the industrialized countries‚ there was a demand for petroleum products. This demand brought the expiration for oil in Asia. The American and European companies were the ones who discovered oil
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“unexplored” lands of North America. Regardless‚ faith and the guiding institution that housed it was without a doubt an essential factor in the Europeans’ deliberate migration westward. Not surprisingly‚ the theological motivation observable during this period of history did not fade – rather‚ it continued to validate the mostly problematic actions of new Americans from there on out. In countless ways‚ the United States has drawn on these theological roots in order to interpret its own history as upholding
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Have you ever wondered how trains and railroads changed life in America? History argues over the impact of railroads. History claims that the contribution of railroads was crucial in American development. Others‚ such as Robert Fogel‚ maintain that the impact of railroad transportation was not as crucial in the development in America (Early American Railroads). The issue may be a controversial one‚ but the fact remains that train transportation‚ the building of trains‚ and the development of the
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