Dulmen‚ Richard. The Society of the Enlightenment: The Rise of the Middle Class and Enlightenment Culture in Germany. Cambridge: Polity Press‚ 1992. Owens‚ Samantha. Music at German Courts‚ 1715-1760: Changing Artistic Priorities. Woodbridge‚ UK: The Boydell Press‚ 2011. Immanuel‚ Kant. "What is Enlighenment." http://www.saylor.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/What-is-Enlightenment.pdf (accessed February 13‚ 2013). Immanuel‚ Kant. "The Critique of Pure Reason." http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis/kant/critique-pure-reason6x9
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The British are coming! The British are coming!" This infamous quote is by Paul Revere‚ a messenger of the Boston Committee of Correspondence. He managed to deliver the message to the townspeople as well as Sam Adams and John Hancock that the British were coming to confiscate their weapons. This warning soon turned into a historical event that put the Revolution into full swing. In 1764‚ a year after the French and Indian war‚ the Sugar act was passed. This act forced the colonist to pay a 3¢ tax
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a collection of songs that were related by subject‚ but rarely Occasionally‚ these madrigals contained spoken Some madrigals served as public‚ James Haar‚ “Madrigal”‚ in European Music 1520-1640‚ ed. James Haar (Woodbridge‚ UK: The Boydell Press‚ 4 Giulio Ongaro‚ Music of the Renaissance (Westport‚ CN: Greenwood Press‚ 2003)‚ 83. 5 Jerome Roche‚ The Madrigal (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons‚ 1972)‚ 71. 6 Martha Farahat‚ “On the Staging of Madrigal Comedies”‚ Early Music
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Western Civilization Medieval Chivalry and Knighthood During medieval times knighthood was a class culture‚ cherished and jealousy guarded by the knightly caste. Knight had the honor of defending the king as well as their country. On the bloody fields of battle a code of chivalry evolved that tempered anger and fury with mercy. It created ways of turning the grim business of fighting into something tolerable‚ perhaps even acceptable. Chivalry was not only looked upon as a code for war; it
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entire force‚ but he was smart and escaped silently overnight‚ and went on to continue the fight. British victory. The Battle of Saratoga In 1777 the two Battles of Saratoga were a turning point in the American Revolution. On September 19th‚ Gen. Burgoyne led his army to a small victory. He didn’t heed the warnings by the looks of his men‚ and he marched them into battle. He lost that battle‚ he surrendered ten days later. The American victory told the French and Louis XVI to help the Americans. American
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Sugar Act (1764) Sugar Act of 1764 an edict passed by the British Parliament that placed a duty on sugar (three pence per gallon); caused a variety of protests George Grenville gained wide support in the British Parliament for the proposal of the Sugar Act of 1764 Themes: Politics and Power‚ America in the World Vice-Admirality Courts Vice-Admirality courts maritime tribunal overseen by a royally appointed judge; does not have a jury Vice-admirality courts gives more power to Britain
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The Birth of a New Nation It took 158 years for the American colonies to become a new nation. When the first royal colony‚ Virginia‚ was established in 1624 the American colonists considered themselves a part of England. Over time‚ the American colonists grew separate and wanted more independence. In 1783 the British recognized the American colonies as a nation at the Treaty of Paris. Before the Treaty of Paris the colonists had to win their independence and fight the British in the Revolutionary
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Old World versus New World: the origins of organizational diversity in the international wine industry‚ 1850-1914 James Simpson Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Historia Económica e Instituciones Instituto Figuerola de Historia Económica Abstract: Wine production in Europe today is dominated by small family vineyards and cooperative wineries‚ while in the New World viticulture and viniculture is highly concentrated and vertically integrated. This paper argues that these
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first win after several losses‚ which inspired soldiers to stay longer and appealed to new people to join. Another important moment was the Battle of Saratoga‚ which was a turning point of the war. The Patriots won by surrounding British General John Burgoyne near Saratoga‚ surrendering his entire army. With this victory‚ Spain decided to help America with the battle against
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Once upon a time in the middle of winter‚ when the flakes of snow were falling like feathers from the sky‚ a queen sat at a window sewing‚ and the frame of the window was made of black ebony. And whilst she was sewing and looking out of the window at the snow‚ she pricked her finger with the needle‚ and three drops of blood fell upon the snow. And the red looked pretty upon the white snow‚ and she thought to herself‚ "Would that I had a child as white as snow‚ as red as blood‚ and as black as the
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