1750-1850: A brief survey Great Social Thinkers Inventions 1750-1800 1752 1755 1757 1758 1761 1769 1774 1775 1784 1785 1791 1792 1794 1796 1799 * Benjamin Franklin invents the lightening rod. * Samuel Johnson publishes the first English language dictionary * John Campbell invents the sextant. * Dolland invents a chromatic lens. * John Harrison invents the navigational clock or marine chronometer for measuring longitude. * James Watt
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of privacy affirmed in Griswold still stands‚ but clearly is jeopardized by increasingly restrictive Court rulings on protections for abortion‚ its most important doctrinal application. More inside! 6/21/12 Griswold v. Connecticut Tamara Partida In Connecticut of 1879 it made it a crime for any person to use any drug‚ article‚ or instrument to prevent conception. This statute had been challenged twice before‚ in 1943 (Tileston v. Ullman)‚ where the Supreme Court held that the plaintiff
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Sex Trafficking in Connecticut The Girls Next Door It is hard to imagine that in our own backyards‚ there are people being demoralized and abused for sex. An industry where mostly women are exploited for their bodies and used for profit‚ more and more women are entering the practice of prostitution‚ unaware of the risks involved. Promises of a glamorous lifestyle‚ lots of quick money‚ and rights of being your own boss‚ are beliefs among the women entering this trade. Unfortunately‚ this is a
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A Lunge Toward Utopia In “A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court”‚ after being hit in the head‚ Hank Morgan‚ the main character‚ moves back through time twelve centuries. In the novel‚ Hank Morgan journeys to sixth-century England to enlighten Arthurian society with the advancements of his era. Hank’s conjuring of scientific advancements‚ although a major theme of the novel‚ becomes greatly mocked by twain. In many instances throughout the novel‚ Twain lampoons Hank’s love for nineteenth-century
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Cities. Doctors and Nurses was that after 1870 doctors started to use things like like anaesthetic and antibiotics to stop diseases caused by bacteria but they didnt know that then‚ and also so they die from diseases. Magic Midwives‚ which was after 1750 midwives started caring for patients more to stop illnesses until they were better‚ and and by that time some rich hospitals had also got maternaty bedsso pregnant women and children didnt have to lie on the floor while the they were in labour. Jenners
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When I was thinking about an issue in Connecticut that I wanted to talk about‚ nothing popped into my head immediately. So‚ as always I turned to Google and spent a couple hours really searching for something I was passionate about. After a lot of favoriting‚ backspacing‚ and searching. I deemed this moment‚ one of the few times Google ever let me down. So I sat and thought about what was affecting me currently. That’s when I realized that I was very passionate about my education. In fact‚ I was
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"Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut" and "Just Before the War with the Eskimos" "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut" A woman named Mary Jane has just arrived at the house of her friend and old college roommate‚ Eloise. Neither of them ever graduated‚ the narrator tells us. Eloise left college mid-sophomore year “after she had been caught with a soldier in a closed elevator on the third floor of her residence hall.” Mary Jane left around the same time to marry an “aviation cadet.” (The marriage didn’t last
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1965‚ in Griswold v. Connecticut‚ the Supreme Court ruled that a law preventing access to contraception in Connecticut was unconstitutional. In those few decades of the early 1900s‚ something transformed American society to become tolerant of birth control. In the 20th century‚ America became increasingly interconnected with the rest of the world‚ and this caused social movements and ideas to spread. The societal acceptance of birth control which made Griswold v. Connecticut possible was a direct
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Analysis of The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1638) Connecticut was founded and settled between 1635 and 1636 by Congregationalists who were dissatisfied with the Puritan government of the Massachusetts colony. These Congregationalists established the towns of Windsor‚ Hartford‚ and Wethersfield along the Connecticut River‚ and held an assembly in 1638 to formalize the relationship between the three towns and establish a legal system. Roger Ludlow‚ the leader of the assembly‚ drafted the
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V. Connecticut One of the freedoms protected by law in the United States is the right to choose and speak about one’s religious beliefs. The first amendment of the U.S Constitution protects this freedom by preventing congress from passing any laws that prohibit‚ or ban‚ the “Free exercise” of religion. This portion of the first amendment is called the free exercise clause. This is a very important and beneficial right to everyone. This essay will illustrate how the Cantwell V. Connecticut case
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