was a native translator named Joseph Brant. He was a member of the Mohawk tribe and was able to convince four of the six Iroquois tribes to side with the British during the revolution. These four tribes were the Mohawks‚ Cayugas‚ Onondagas‚ and the Senecas. The remaining two Iroquious tribes‚ the Oneidas and
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According to Seneca‚ a Roman philosopher‚ “The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.” In other words‚ the boldest thing in this world is to see an honorable person fighting against misfortune‚ and never give up. I agree with this statement because it happens in real life and in literature. A man who goes against tragedy caused by nature‚ human or himself is considered great and honorable. Two works of literature that illustrate the quote as I have explained
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July 23‚ 2013 MAYOR’S ARREST DEEPENS CORRUPTION CRISIS IN MONTREAL Course Section: SOC135BC Course: Global Economic Issues Location: Seneca College‚ Newnham Campus Program: International Business (Newnham) Instructor: Nancy Rodrigues Student: Diana Ho Rodriguez Student #: 058-196-122 Canada is not untouched by corruption as many of us would like to think. On the morning of Wednesday July 17 the Montreal replacement mayor Michael Applebaum‚ who recently took office
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sought to gain women’s suffrage‚ freedom from their male spouses‚ rights to work and to be educated‚ rights to property‚ and representation in the government which they had taxed to support. In 1848‚ they specifically stated their motives for reform at Seneca Falls‚ NY in their ’Declaration of Sentiments’ (doc.I). The women’s rights movement sought for liberty and justice for women‚ both major components of democratic ideals. The women’s movement slowly faded as the overpowering abolition movement came
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In the first half of the 19th century‚ even though a few women such as Susan B. Anthony started social reform activities‚ majority of women were restricted by a strict female virtue consensus. Most of them were recognized as domestic workers with their legal rights largely incorporated into the men’s in their families. Before the 1860s‚ many middle-class white women received education‚ but mostly were only enough for child nurturing. Rarely would a woman attain equal education as men; however‚ she
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Century BC in Greece & roman Empire Stoicism was School of Philosophy – Key Philosophers -- Zeno of Citium (the founder of the school)‚ Chrysippus [his most influential disciple]‚ Panaetius of Rhodes (who introduced Stoicism into Rome)‚ Cicero‚ Seneca‚ Epictetus‚ and Marcus Aurelius. Following were the key beliefs: * Destructive emotions resulted from errors in judgment‚ and that a sage‚ or person of "moral and intellectual perfection‚" would not suffer such emotions. * virtue is sufficient
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At the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848‚ women came together and discussed what rights they currently did not have and which they deserved. In the declaration of sentiments at the convention they deliberated over how‚ “the history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman‚ having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her.” This is basically saying that men had considered them an inferior breed long enough and they were not
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In the book‚ "Elizabeth Cady Stanton" by Lois W. Banner was written to inform individuals on Woman’s Rights and also to know the biography of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Banner’s biography of Elizabeth Stanton expresses her journey through the Feminist Rebellion. Stanton was a women’s rights activist‚ feminist‚ editor‚ and writer. Banner captures Stantons obstacles she had faced through her leading role of being a Feminist Philosopher. Banner is an American feminist and has a strong passion for what
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Unlike most civilizations‚ the Roman Empire did not dabble deeply in the school of philosophic thought. As surprising as that may seem the Roman intellectuals were a more practical people who understood the popularizing ideas of Democritus and Leucippus through the works of the Latin poet Lucretius. Though the Romans mainly stuck to their polytheistic heritage‚ they were fascinated by how their way of thinking could better any situation by practicing stoicism. Under the idea of stoicism‚ Romans could
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Who were the Iroquois tribes? There were five tribes in the original Iroquois Confederacy: the Mohawk‚ Seneca‚ Oneida‚ Onondaga‚ and Cayuga tribes. Later a sixth nation‚ the Tuscarora tribe‚ joined the confederation. - How was the Iroquois Confederacy organized? The Iroquois Confederacy‚ also known as the Iroquois League‚ was governed by the Iroquois Great Council. Each Iroquois nation sent between eight and fourteen leaders to the Great Council‚ where they agreed on political decisions
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