On the fourth of October in 1957‚ at approximately 2:29 pm‚ the Soviet Union did something unheard of. They launched the first artificial Earth satellite into a low-Earth orbit. This satellite was Sputnik‚ the Russian word for traveler. Although the Soviet Union launched this satellite‚ its impact on the United States was tremendous. For instance‚ the launch of the Russian Satellite‚ Sputnik‚ lead to the creation of NASA. Contributing factors like the U.S.’s continuous strive to come out on top‚
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The French Revolution had a humongous impact on the Romantic Period and the literacy community. This can be proven through writers and artists like Mary Wollenscraft‚ James Gillray‚ Thomas Paine‚ Richard Price‚ and Edmund Burke. All of these people were shaped and affected by the French Revolution and it is shown in their writings. James Gillary was a renowned British caricaturist and printmaker during the Romantic Period (“James Gillray”). He is known for his ways of using propaganda through his
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The military revolution that occurred in Europe from 1560 to 1660 arguably represented the first signs of modernity for European and Western armies. As Geoffrey Parker describes in his book‚ The Military Revolution: Military Innovation and the Rise of the West‚ 1500-1800‚ European armies before this military revolution conducted a preponderance of their wars using siege warfare against highly developed fortifications reminiscent of the age . This preponderance‚ however‚ began to change in Europe
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the field of science‚ although he was also a mathematician‚ physicist‚ philosopher‚ astronomer‚ chemist‚ professor‚ and a farmer. Born in Woolsthorpe‚ Lincolnshire‚ England‚ Newton was said to have been the‚ “culminating figure of the scientific revolution of the 17th century.” (Westfall) He lived to be 84 years old; he was born on January 4 of 1643‚ and died on March 31 of 1727. He was born to parents Robert Newton and Hannah Ayscough‚ although his father died three months prior to his birth. Newton
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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‚ Somerset. His dad was a legal counsellor and little landowner who had battled on the Parliamentarian side during the English Civil War of the 1640s. Utilizing his wartime associations‚ he put his child in the world
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American Revolution The American Revolution‚ also known as the Revolutionary War‚ was one of the most significant events in American history. Without it‚ the United States of America may not have come into existence. It was a long way in the making‚ so there were some ups and downs pertaining to this war. One of which was the disadvantages the American colonies had to face. It was a very tough war‚ but the outcome was the beginning of the American dream. The colonists had much anger toward
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had to harvest their crops by hand‚ and it took some back-breaking work to do it. They needed something or someone to help generate a tool to make collecting crops easier‚ and with his skill and determination‚ that’s exactly what Cyrus Hall McCormick did. On February 15‚ 1809‚ Robert and Mary Ann McCormick had a son named Cyrus. Born in small town‚ Rockbridge County‚ VA‚ Cyrus grew up to become one of America’s greatest inventors. He lived on a farm with his parents‚ and soon‚ his little brother
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States wanted to change the American society politically‚ socially‚ and economically drastically‚ but in reality the American society did not change. After the American Revolution‚ American society did not change politically. In the political scene women gained no power in the government. (Doc. J) With women not gaining any political rights showed how much the American society did not change. Women not gaining any political powers showed how the American society did not trust having women with
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becoming a good merchant. Samuel Adams‚ Sr. did not give up on his son; he gave Samuel one thousand pounds to invest in starting his own business‚ but his lack of interest and business ability were confirmed. He loaned half of the money to a friend‚ who never paid him back‚ and quickly finished the other half. According to Pauline Maier‚ he was “a man utterly uninterested in either making or possessing money.” Even after this event‚ Adams‚ Sr. still did not give up on his son‚ making him a partner
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person in common: Hannah More. More devoted her long life to the work and betterment of others in all these areas. She was born in 1745 and lived until 1833‚ living through many different paradigm shifts: the Age of Enlightenment‚ the Industrial Revolution‚ and the Victorian Era. Highly intelligent‚ and arguably ahead of her times‚ she wrote‚ taught‚ and argued for social change. More echoed the Victorian values of her day through her lessons and structures of the schools that were developed by
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