Abigail Sullivan Mr. Petze WHAP D 24 December 2014 Chapter 16: Transformations in Europe 15501750 A.D. 1.) Describe what happened during the Protestant Reformation. Include a discussion of Martin Luther. The Protestant Reformation was caused due to a man named Martin Luther not agreeing with Pope Leo’s new technique in the Protestant church. Pope Leo was creating a new technique called “indulgences” that would raise funds for the basilica. “Indulgences” woul
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The book that I chose for my book report was “Lies My Teacher Told Me”‚ by James W. Loewen. At first‚ I thought this book would be the worse out of the 5 to read. I thought that I do not need some Book to tell me I am uneducated in American history. But after I read it‚ I realized that the book is much more than that. It is a critique on so many factors in our society. Only one is the student’s education. But it does not critique the American history student like I thought. If a student
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In this paper I will be discussing ‘The Declaration’ and ‘The Declaration of Rights’. ‘The Declaration’ was made by William III‚ and stated his reasons for opposing James the II‚ who was the King of England and bringing an army into England. His goal was to make the citizens of England sympathetic to his cause and gain their support. ‘The Declaration of rights’ was written by Parliament‚ and stated how they wished for the country to be run by giving them more power to rule‚ they achieved this goal
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Parliament achieved the Petition of Rights and showed it had more power than the monarch and finally restored the order. (_________________citation) 2. Puritan Republic and then Military Dictatorship (1649-1658): Under the ruling of Oliver Cromwell known as Lord Protector in his second period (when he disbanned Parliament) 3. Constitutional Monarchy and Parliamentary Democracy: 1. Queen as the head of state. She exherts almost any power‚ her position is more like
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made Parliament wonder‚ did the Stuarts learn any thing from the Civil War?CharlesⅡ was the first monarch after the Civil War. When parliament decided that England needed a king‚ CharlesⅡ was called over from France where he had been hiding from Oliver Cromwells army. CharlesⅡ was a hide-away Catholic‚ because
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independence from Great Britain. The Thirteen Colonies were part of the British Monarchy and the colonists had the same rights as any Englishmen. This was so because when the Magna Carta was signed in 1215‚ it gave power to the nobles. Then‚ Oliver Cromwell became Lord Protector and ruled very poorly. After he died‚ his son ruled‚ and he did even worse than his father. He
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Scotland has begun its road to independence since the 14th century. In 1314‚ the Scottish King‚ Robert Bruce‚ build strong armies. He used strategies and techniques and achieved a glorious victory at Bannockburn. As a result‚ England lost control over Scotland. In 1328‚ Scotland and England signed a peace treaty at Northampton‚ declaring Scotland as an independent country. Scotland became the first nation-state in Europe; however‚ English kings called themselves Scottish rulers. The country was completely
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omnipotent. Locke‚ reacting to the Glorious Revolution‚ saw that the concept of one leader with absolute power did not work. Seen in James 1 & 2‚ and Charles 1 & 2‚ absolutism was a sure-fire recipe for disaster‚ and military dictatorship seen through Oliver Cromwell did not work as well. What Locke proposed was a constitutional monarchy‚ a monarchy with limited powers‚ as the law applied to the ruler‚ as well as any of the citizens in the state. The idea presented was met with a large proponent base‚ and
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COMMENTARY OF ‘SECOND TREATISE OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT’: The previous fragment we’ve read belongs to the work of John Locke‚ ‘Second Treatise of Civil Government’‚ who published it anonymously in 1689. It is a work of political philosophy‚ in which Locke talks about civil society‚ natural rights and separation of powers. Locke was one of the first empirical philosophers and he believed that the human being was born with no knowledge‚ and that experience and observation were the base of all human wisdom
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Thomas Gray wrote “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” in 1742‚ shortly after the death of his close friend Richard West who died from tuberculosis (“Gray‚ Thomas”). The death of his dear friend influenced him to write an elegy‚ which is a poem expressing sorrow or lamentation‚ especially towards one who has died (“Poetry for Students”). An elegy is usually a pensive or reflective poem that can be nostalgic or melancholy (“Elegy”). Gray uses figurative language and detailed description to get
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