Why was the Enlightenment Era called such? Because it was seen as time when classic ideals of thoughts for religion‚ equality and freedom were put to the test. Beliefs were challenged by what human nature was best inclined to prefer over what was known to be the classic way of theorizing. People were starting to change what they didn’t like and what failed to work for them. Music‚ individual rights‚ freedoms‚ democracy and human origins were the most important advances made during this era. Humanists
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Richard Whiting was dragged through the streets of Glastonbury on a hurdle by Henrys soldiers. He was brought to the top the Glastonbury Torr. He was hung there until the executer thought he was almost dead but not fully. Then he was let off the rope and while he was still alive the executer cut his guts out in front of him. Followed by his heart and just to make sure he was dead they cut his head off and put it on a spike on Glastonbury Abbey. His body was quartered then each part was sent to 4 different
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Why was Russia difficult to govern? There are many reasons why Russia was difficult to govern‚ such as the size and diversity of the country and many differences in opinions contributed to the resentment of the government which in turn made the country very difficult to govern. One reason Russia was difficult to govern was because of the size and diversity of it. As the country was so large‚ and covered almost 23 million square kilometres in 1900‚ this made it very difficult to govern as it made
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Was the New Deal successful? Some would say yes‚ but I would say no. There are many reasons why the answer is no. The government did do things to help temporarily. But the Americans weren’t looking for something to temporarily satisfy their needs. They were looking for something to permanently satisfy their needs. If the New Deal was successful then there wouldn’t have been a need for a Second New Deal. First let’s see what the New Deal was supposed to do. On page 489 of The Americans History Textbook
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to work a day in your life.” Johnny Tremain‚ a very talented young silver smith living in Boston‚ dreamed for years of being a master metal crafter. However‚ one fateful day‚ Johnny was at work crafting a beautiful piece of priceless china for the one and only John Hancock (the richest man in Boston). As Johnny was toiling away‚ he requested Dove‚ one of the assistants‚ to fetch a tool. As a cruel joke Dove pulled out one with a fractured handle. Inevitably‚ the piece snapped sending scorching
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The failed revolution of 1905 was perhaps the most obvious example to demonstrate that the revolution of 1917 was not caused by WWI‚ because the desire to rebel was fully entrenched in society by 1905. The disturbance was cause by real problems and concerns such as hunger and human rights violation‚ exacerbated by revolutionaries‚ and was unsuccessful because the real problems of the agrarian and industrial sectors did not peak at the same time. Postcards commemorating the event‚ particularly Bloody
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The Berlin Wall was a physical wall‚ which separated East and West Berlin during the Cold War‚ and ran for over 140km and was 3.6 metres high. The construction of the wall came to show the diverse ideologies between the different systems of government‚ and what the people thought about it. To summarise it up for you‚ it was a loss in human rights and freedom. But how was the Berlin Wall influential in the course of the Cold War? I will be touching on a couple of topics today to answer the hypothesis
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The unfair dismissal laws are a set of laws which dictate the terms of terminating an employee and reimbursements to be made if they are terminated unfairly. However‚ these laws‚ dictated by the Fair Work Commission‚ are flawed and extremely biased towards the employee. As a direct result of this‚ it is almost impossible for employers to fire vexatious employees‚ leading to an unjust environment. The Fair Work Commission decides on potential cases of unfair employee dismissal‚ imposing a legally
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Why is God so important to Descartes’ philosophical project in the Meditations? Answer with reference to Descartes’ attempts to prove the existence of God in Meditation 3. The existence of God has an extreme influence on the majority of philosophical debate and questioning and no more so than with Descartes and his meditations. His meditations and his method of approaching philosophical questioning all derive from a rationalist ideology. Therefore he argues that all humans are thinking beings
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Why was Stormont Dissolved in 1972? Eighty- seven years have passed and partition within Ireland still remains the island’s defining feature. Since the six county country of Northern Ireland was formed under the umbrella organisation of the United Kingdom in 1921‚ Northern Ireland has experienced two periods of its history that are so extreme in their differences. For the first fifty or so years of Northern Ireland’s existence the situation between both sides of the community‚ the Protestants
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