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Charles Et Secondat, Baron De
Number of Words: 1082 / Number of Pages: 4
... all of the French values
were. Even though the technique used in this witty book was previously
used by other writers, Montesquieu did a great job making fun of the
European values. At that time he already believed in the immorality of
European practices such as religious prosecution. The book gave roots
for Montesquieu's later arguments and ideas.
When in 1728 Montesquieu, with the help of his Parisian connections he
got elected to the French Academy, he was happy to sell his office of
president a mortier. In the course of the next three years he traveled
all over Europe, visiting Germany, H ...
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Galileo Galilei
Number of Words: 1083 / Number of Pages: 4
... immediately following, taking advantage of the celebrated leaning tower, he laid the
foundation experimentally of the theory of falling bodies and demonstrated the falsity of
the peripatetic maxim, which is that an objects rate of descent is proportional to its weight.
When he challenged this it made all of the followers of Aristotle extremely angry, they
would not except the fact that their leader could have been wrong. Galileo, in result of
this and other troubles, found it prudent to quit Pisa and move to Florence, the original
home of his family. In Florence he was nominated by the Venetian Senat ...
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Camp David Accord
Number of Words: 1303 / Number of Pages: 5
... One of them was that the hatred and suspicions between President Sadat and Prime Minister Begin ran very deep. Another problem was that the outside pressures were too strong to permit an easy and early resolve for issues that had a long and ancient history (Mideast 26). The last problem was the hope that President Carter could put out of his mind the psychological profiles done by the CIA on both Begin and
Sadat, which could have adversely affected his ability to mediate the proceedings.
The long-standing hatred between Sadat and Begin was not one of a personal nature. It had more to do with ...
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Explaining The Three Parts Of
Number of Words: 382 / Number of Pages: 2
... III did things illegally. Jefferson felt that the American colonists were being deprived of benefits and privileges. In the second part, the king was accused of numerous accusations. Jefferson made it out to be that the king was there just to enrich Great Britain and did not care about any laws or occurrences opposing the colonists. Mercantilism was an ample factor.
In the closing of the declaration, Jefferson pronounces that the colonists have the right to be free. He stated that time and time again the colonists were denied the chance for any independence or lenience from Great Britain. Jeff ...
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African Colonialism
Number of Words: 1871 / Number of Pages: 7
... an illegal act. However, like any other crime, this trading could not be stopped entirely. British Naval ships were set up as blockades but sometimes Slaves were stored in spaces that were no higher than 12 inches so not all slave carrying boats could be stopped. In fact while the Navy stopped approximately 103,000 slaves from entering the slave force about 1.7 million entered it. Since this trade was illegal it was even more profitable than before. The slaves that were stopped from being shipped all the way west were being sent to Freetown, Sierra Leone and Monrovia, Liberia and they were called rec ...
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Solidarity In Poland
Number of Words: 1311 / Number of Pages: 5
... their anger and frustration by striking. A white-collar worker explained the situation that arouse at Lenin Shipyard that morning:
When I entered the Gdansk Shipyard, I could feel the tension. As usual, everyone was going to their workplace, but on each face you could see something serious was going on. When I reached the hangar of S-5, above which was my office, I noticed that all the machines were shut off even though the workers started their shift at 6:00 while we started at 6:45. The workers stood in one place talking. Someone was trying to explain to them but he was immediately drowned out ...
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Causes Of The Great Depression
Number of Words: 1634 / Number of Pages: 6
... in 1922 to nearly $100 billion in1929 (EV 525). However, the prosperity of the 1920’s was not shared evenly among the social classes in America. A study conducted by the Brookings Institution stated, “78 percent of all American families had incomes of less than $3,000. Forty percent had family incomes of less than $1,500. Only 2.3 percent of the population enjoyed incomes of over $10,000. Sixty thousand American families held savings which amounted to the total held by the bottom 25 million families.” (Goldston 26). The 40 percent of Americans at the lowest end of the economic scale received onl ...
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Trench Warfare On The Western Front
Number of Words: 860 / Number of Pages: 4
... of the trench. Despite it's name, “front-line trenches” were
not the most forward defensive position. Narrow passages called “saps”
were dug at 90º to the main trench and were on average 30 yards long.
These saps led to isolated positions only large enough for two men and were
designed to listen for enemy movement. The sounds of shovels and picks
underground were listened for extremely closely because enemy mining
parties often tried to burrow beneath the front lines for a surprise attack
or to plant a bomb.
The German trenches near Somme were exceedingly more sophisticated
than the British trench ...
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Magnificent Minds Of The Renai
Number of Words: 847 / Number of Pages: 4
... most famous sculpture. Michelangelo's painting talent was not so much applied in his canvas paintings, but rather in his gigantic frescoes. Some of his fresco works include The Last Judgment which is a large fresco behind the altar of the Sistine Chapel, and The Creation of Adam which decorates practically the entire ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo's achievement as an architect was mainly his work at Saint Peter's Basilica, when in 1546 he became chief architect and constructed the altar at the end of the Basilica and the cupola atop its roof. At the old age of 89, Michelangelo di ...
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Hebrew, Greek, Japanese, And H
Number of Words: 1129 / Number of Pages: 5
... is to multiply and rule, whereas, humans in the other stories are ruled by the gods or humans are not even mentioned at all. This story is like the other creation stories because they all mention a heaven and earth in some way.
Next, the Greek creation story contained many gods. The first god was Chaos. Gaia (Earth) was next and was a place for all of the immortals who lived on Olympus. Tartarus lived in a deep hole inside Earth. Eros was the most good-looking of the immortals. Black Night and Erebus came from Chaos. Night had Aether and Day. Ouranos (Heaven) was produced by Gaia to be all arou ...
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