Many people‚ especially Christians believed alcohol was damaging to families‚ resulted in physical abuse‚ poor health‚ and increased poverty. In the 1820s‚ a Temperance Movement was started to encourage Americans to reduce the amount of alcohol that was being consumed. The Second Great Awakening is one cause for the movement. It focused mainly on Christians‚ they wanted our jobs‚ education‚ and family to reflect in good morals. The Industrial Revolution allowed those who worked at home as artisan
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The Enlightenment Writers The central ideas of the Enlightenment writers were similar to‚ yet very different from‚ those of the writers of earlier periods. Four major Enlightenment writers were Benjamin Franklin‚ Thomas Paine‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ and Patrick Henry. Their main purpose was to write to educate and edify and not so much as to write for aesthetic purposes. Most of their work was designed to convey truth or give sound instruction on such issues of political‚ social‚ or economic interest
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The Enlightenment Age‚ or simply the Enlightenment‚ was a period where many philosophes challenged a variety of then generally accepted ideas. In “The Enlightenment” (2005)‚ it is stated that “[the Enlightenment] took its name from the idea that it represented: a process of bringing "the light of reason" to areas of darkness in human understanding.” This period also broke away from the dark and straightforward Baroque art style and transitioned into a more majestic and bright Rococo style. Many scientific
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experiences and obstacles for the settlers to face‚ and to different lifestyles in the colonies. Through economy‚ religious persecution‚ and geographic location‚ the colonies became distinctly different. But even through all of their differences‚ the colonies in both of these regions did have some key aspects in common; most importantly their desire to become successful. The differences and similarities between the colonies created the building blocks of the diverse country that we inhabit today. Though
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Reason or the Age of Enlightenment. This is because the Enlightenment is a period of history in which there were dramatic revolutions in science‚ philosophy‚ society‚ and politics. These revolutions were to get rid of the medieval world-view and to “enlighten” society to become modern. Though the Enlightenment can be seen as an age against religion in general‚ it is more against features of religion‚ such as superstition‚ enthusiasm‚ fanaticism and supernaturalism. Most Enlightenment thinkers do not argue
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CIS Essay With the New English colonies increase of migration and the tales we hear of this New World‚ it peaked my interested to see this New World for myself. Is it as good as the people say? Is the freedom as liberating as we hear? I write this unfortunately to you back in England from the voyage to the colonies. The colonies are new‚ free and full of life. I detest that I sit back home in England when I know what the colonies have to offer. Speaking as a woman myself‚ the freedom granted to
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at breaking the chains of fixed philosophies. Immanuel Kant’s question ‘What is Enlightenment?’ proposed the answer by evaluating the true definition hidden underneath freedom‚ and linked it with human maturity by foretelling how progression of humanity would be developed based on freedom. Kant was successful in foreshadowing that human advancement will be immensely affected
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The Awakening was about an average woman from late 19th century New Orleans named Edna Pontellier. This was a time in which women had expectations. Expectations to get married‚ raise their families‚ and care for their husbands like good little housewives. Edna has a great awakening (hence the title) and she makes it her mission to break free of the societal bonds and become independent. Kate Chopin‚ the author‚ had the incredible ability of making a simple woman’s thoughts and desires the most exciting
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The so-called long Age of Enlightenment in Europe‚ stretching from the mid-17th century into the 1830s‚ engendered new political‚ economic and social ideals and generated knowledge across the arts and sciences. But part of its impetus was outside of Europe. Dorinda Outram likens the European Enlightenment to" a world drama of cross-cultural contact" that "triggered anxieties" for Europeans about the nature of being civilized (Outram‚ 2004). To the 17th century English philosopher John Locke‚ an early
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During the Enlightenment‚ many new ideas were created. John Locke‚ Benjamin Franklin‚ and David Hume are thinkers from the Enlightenment. They all supported the creation of government that embraced their Enlightenment ideas. Locke‚ Franklin‚ and Hume are the most important thinkers. In the era of the Enlightenment‚ these thinkers were the ones who had the biggest impact on the world. John Locke focused on government. Locke created the idea of a “social contact”‚ which is important because it’s good
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