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    Let’s go back to the early 17th century when immigrations began to take place into the New World. Herds of folks comprising of German‚ Irish‚ Scottish‚ Welsh‚ Jewish descent and not to mention the French Huguenots‚ began pouring into the lands in order to escape from the fetters of the Old World. They did not have any more an appetite for its rituals‚ its doctrines‚ its curbing of civil liberties‚ and mostly the cost of living in it. One can even say at this

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    The Age of Reformation The Age of Reformation - religious revolution in Western Europe in the 16th cent. Beginning as a reform movement within the Roman Catholic Church‚ the Reformation ultimately led to freedom of dissent. The preparation for the movement was long and there had been earlier calls for reform‚ e.g.‚ by John WYCLIF and John HUSS. Desire for change within the church was increased by the RENAISSANCE‚ with its study of ancient texts and emphasis on the individual. Other factors

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    Protestant Reformation

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    APEH Chapter 11 and 12 Study Guide I. Ch. 11 Age of Reformation (16th Century) pp 317 (K) Ch 4 (Viault) A. Society and Religion 1. Social and Political Conflict a. free imperial cities of Germany and Switzerland b. internal social and political divisions c. economic issues of the early reformation 2. Popular Religious Movements and Criticism of the Church a. "exile" in Avignon and the Great Schism b. Growing criticism of the Church c. The Modern Devotion 1) Brothers of the Common Life

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    By the late 1500s‚ Christian divisions had been flying up all over Europe. This was in light of the reports of liberalities (offering of opportunity from limbo)‚ administrative indecency‚ manhandle of cash‚ alongside numerous other awful activities that were uncontrolled among the Church. It was these issues that Luther and others revolted and made their own religions. With the ascending of these Reformation developments‚ the Church expected to make a few changes itself. These changes appeared as

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    The Battle of the Boyne

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    The Battle of the Boyne (Irish: Cath na Bóinne) was a turning point in the Williamite claim on the English throne. The deposed King James VII of Scotland and James II of England and Ireland and his Jacobite supporters were defeated by James’ nephew and son-in-law‚ William III and his supporters. By the invitation of Parliament‚ William had deposed James in 1688. Both kings acted as commander of their respective armies. The battle took place on July 1‚ 1690 (Old Style) just outside the town of Drogheda

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    Louis XIV became the king of the French state‚ in other words‚ France‚ in 1643 at the age of five after the passing of Louis XIII and assumed the personal direction of affairs in 1661 at the age of 23. Louis XIV reigned over the French state until 1715. A historian proclaimed that “Louis XIV carried the principle of monarchy to its utmost success and abused it to the point of excess”. This statement can be proven to be true and false through his political‚ social‚ and economic development throughout

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    The Secret Society: the Jesuits The tolling bell echoes through the crowd that mills about the square‚ marking the hour from far above the sprawling city. Patrons‚ artists‚ merchants‚ officials‚ peasants‚ and others trudge by the looming Catholic Church on their way to begin the scorching hot day. However‚ while only the shuffling of feet and the murmuring of voices permeates the stifling air outside‚ more dire happenings are taking place inside the monstrous building that dominates the lives

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    The Reformation: Martin Luther and the End of Christian Religious Unity By the early 1500s‚ many people in Western Europe were growing increasingly discontented and displeased with the Christian Church. Many found the Pope too involved with secular (worldly) matters‚ rather than with his flocks spiritual well-being. Lower church officials were poorly educated and broke vows by living richly and keeping mistresses. Some officials practiced simony‚ or passing down their title as priest or bishop

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    In the mid sixteenth century‚ the world took on a revolution of a new kind. Following centuries of religious and political unrest‚ countless wars‚ and the infamous Black Death‚ which ravaged through nearly one third of the European population‚ Nicolaus Copernicus set off the Scientific Revolution in 1543 with his publication of De revolutionibus orbium coelestium. However‚ this revolution would not be restricted to only the sciences‚ but it would forever change the global landscape in every aspect

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    Joshua L Chamberlain

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    in Brewer‚ Maine. His parents‚ Joshua and Sarah Dupee Chamberlain‚ named him after the heroic Commodore James Lawrence who had immortalized the words "Don’t give up the ship!" The eldest of five children‚ young Lawrence was raised as a Puritan and Huguenot (French Protestant) in a household which prized good manners‚ cheerfulness‚ morality‚ education‚ and industry. Despite his father’s wishes; who was a former lieutenant colonel in the military‚ Chamberlain in 1848‚ enrolled at Bowdoin College at Brunswick

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