Chapter III: Eighteenth Century English Literature LITERATURE OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT (18th century) The 17th century was one of the most stormy periods of English history. The growing contradictions between the new class‚ the bourgeoisie‚ and the old forces of feudalism brought about the English Bourgeois Revolution in the 1640s. As a result of the revolution the king was dethroned and beheaded and England was proclaimed a republic. Though very soon monarchy was restored‚ the position of
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The eighteenth century saw a population explosion in England and Wales with the English populace growing from 5.05 million in 1701 to 8.7 million in 1801. The population level was reasonably inert in the first half of the century with only an increase to 5.77 million in 1751‚ the main population growth occurred from 1751 until the mid nineteenth century‚ by which point it had reached a staggering 16.8 million. There is debate by historians as to whether the growth in population over this period
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2.) Explain the role that women played in the colonies in your own words. Women were not as highly respected as men in the colonies. They were denied higher education and their ultimate task was to bear and raise children for their husbands. Women were almost treated as items. The only respectable option for women at that time was marriage. They were thought of as weak compared to men. Women also worked on the farms. Without them‚ the farm could not survive. They made cloth‚ garments‚ candles
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Vieira September 24‚ 2012 DBQ: To what extent did the American Revolution fundamentally change American society? In your answer‚ be sure to address the political‚ social and economic effects of the Revolution in the period from 1775 to 1800. After the American Revolution‚ Americans‚ who were free of British control‚ started to reevaluate politics‚ the economy and society. After breaking away from what they thought was a corrupt and evil government‚ Americans changed how they wanted to govern their
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In the seventeenth century‚ New England Puritans tried to create a model society. What were their aspirations‚ and to what extent were those aspirations fulfilled during the seventeenth century? (83) 3. Between 1607 and 1763‚ Americans gained control of their political and economic institutions. To what extent and in what ways do you agree or disagree with this statement? (71) 4. What role did unfree labor play in colonial American society? (72)
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To what extent is religious language meaningful? There are two ways to approach whether religious language is meaningful. Some philosophers such as logical positivist have a cognitive approach based on facts and learning through experience. Anthony flew is one philosopher whom shares the belief that something can be seen as meaningful through assertion‚ statements that can be proved empirically through synthetic reasoning. The other approach to the statement is a non-cognitivist method‚ which
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first established because a group of people in England did not agree with the religious and political ways of life advocated. Different religious groups left England to pursue more religious freedom in America. As they moved to the New World‚ the three different regions of the North American colonies greatly impacted not only their lifestyles but also the extent of religious freedom allowed prior to 1700. The first arrivers in the northern colonies were Puritans who came to America because they didn’t
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Throughout the late eighteenth century Americans began to create new meanings of race and religion. The new-found changes whites made in response to their affiliations with the Indian tribes significantly shaped the race‚ religion‚ and economic life. With the nation enmeshed in a sixty-year war against tribes from the Ohio Country‚ bureaucrats and missionaries debated if Indians had the ability to find a place within the nation. Contemporaneously‚ in Oneida country in upstate New York‚ Indians from
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During the seventeenth century‚ although the Toleration Act allowed religious freedom to Christianity related groups‚ however there was major discrimination towards blacks and non-landowners to be involved in a democracy. In colonial America‚ colonist began to long for freedom and establish a representative democracy. During 1649 religious freedom was given to those who chose to believe in any form of Christianity. Known today as the Toleration Act was passed in 1649 by the Maryland colony. “No
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republicanism and radical Whiggery that Britain’s American colonists had adopted by the eighteenth century. [ 2 ]. Describe the theory and practice of mercantilism‚ and explain why Americans resented it. [ 3 ]. Explain why Britain adopted policies of tighter political control and higher taxation of Americans after 1763 and how these policies sparked fierce colonial resentment. [ 4 ]. Describe the first major new British taxes on the colonies and how colonial resistance forced repeal of all taxes
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