17th Amendment The Seventeenth Amendment made it so there would be two senators from each one of the states‚ voted in by the people. The senators would be given a six year term and have one vote each. They added an article to the amendment so when vacancies happen in the senators seat the state legislation would assign someone until the people voted a senator in. The old way of picking state senators was by state legislatures choice. This way was used to make sure that the federal government
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In 17th century England‚ a wide variety of factors transpired to influence normal people to leave their homeland for the new English colonies in America. Some of these factors were “push” factors: negative events that made conditions worse for English citizens and influenced them to look for greener pastures elsewhere. Other factors are known as “pull” factors: positive aspects held by other lands that made them specifically attractive over others. For English citizens in the 17th century‚ the key
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During the seventeenth century‚ England’s new colonies began to develop without any real governmental plan or control. The colonies were ventures with charters from the British government but there was no true supervision of support because of political turmoil in the colonies. When the chaos was over the monarchy was resolved and differences in religions became more prevalent. Britain had been transformed into a constitutional monarchy in which the crown and Parliament jointly ruled. The British
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History tends to repeat itself. This phrase has been said for as long as I can remember; reason being is how much truth it holds. The document by Jean Bodin titled “On sovereignty” is from the 16th century while the one by Catherine The Great titled is from the 18th century. There is a full century between these two documents and yet their ideas are so closely related. Many differences yes but the similarities are quite surprising. I will show that even though these documents are for two different
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Absolutism and Democracy During 17th and 18th centuries‚ there has been two types of government; absolutism‚ which gave unlimited power to the monarchs‚ and democracy‚ which gave power to the people. However‚ in my opinion‚ absolutism was still the most effective form of government during this period. There were numerous absolute monarchs such as King James I‚ Machiavelli and King Louis XIV renowned for their cruel use of power as a monarch. People in this time were not as educated as people in
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God Vs. Science: Battle of the century As a scientific revolution begins; Humans are starting to comprehend the reality of what humans are‚ and how we got here. It was once thought that gods controlled the weather‚ even that our planet earth was the center of the universe. Science has become much more mainstream in society than in the past‚ and is respected and trusted to keep us safe and healthy. We depend on it and strive to understand more‚ with millions of dedicated scientists around
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Fashion in the early 17th century followed up on the trends from previous centuries. However‚ later on styles began to change fairly and the overall trend through the midcentury targeted softness and comfort to allow for easier movement. People still valued rich materials‚ but they set aside the rigid formality of earlier years. These changes in fashion reflected the rising influence of France‚ with its free sense of style. French King Louis XIV helped make France the leading fashion influence
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Every century‚ new movements uprise and shape the future of the world. For example‚ in the 1900s‚ the women’s suffrage movement occurred in the United States‚ where women fought for more rights. In addition‚ African Americans pushed for the end to segregation and the creation of new laws giving them equal rights. Even in today’s world‚ groups such as Black Lives Matter fight for police reform as they perceive the United States to be a systemically racist country. Large movements like these almost
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elder son‚ was the first in a family of Flemish painters. He spelled his name Brueghel until 1559‚ and his sons retained the "h" in the spelling of their names. Pieter Bruegel the Elder‚ generally considered the greatest Flemish painter of the 16th century‚ is by far the most important member of the family. He was probably born in Breda in the Duchy of Brabant‚ now in The Netherlands. Accepted as a master in the Antwerp painters’ guild in 1551‚ he was apprenticed to Coecke van Aelst‚ a leading Antwerp
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Realism has been a major player in international politics. Unlike liberalism‚ realism stresses the fact that nation states are concerned with their own security and their own interests. Liberalism was founded on the idea of equality. Relativists tend to neglect ethical decision making in regards to conflicts among other states. Thucydides‚ Machiavelli‚ and Hobbes are the true founders of the realism theory. The evolutions of realism began with Thucydides and his theories for the Peloponnesian War
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