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how each and every nation’s legal system was different and unique based on the nation’s location, living conditions, and people. Montesquieu discovered many of the different systems of government, and all of those are based upon each particular way a nation is run due to the variety from nation to nation. A short list of those systems includes: a republic, a democracy, an aristocracy, a monarchy, and despotism. -
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Montesquieu (Part 1)
Montesquieu went to England and was mainly influenced by John Locke. He tried to explain each legal system of separate nations geographically. Instead of attempting to explain each legal system based on typical rational principles, he tried to explain each system based on a nation’s geographical location and the nature of the land each portion of the subjects were living off of; as well as the living conditions, religions, and passions of the people living under each legal system. He emphasized -
Steam Engine
Sweden. A while after the spread of Newcomen’s engines, in 1781, James Watt patented a steam engine that produced continuous rotational motion. The steam engine continued to grow in usefulness, and spread from country to country throughout the entire eighteenth century. -
Steam Engine
Thomas Savery built the world’s first commercially useful steam engine. A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as it’s working fuel. Several years later, the first safe steam power plant was introduced by Thomas Newcomen before 1712. A plethora of Newcomen engines were used in Britain to successfully drain hitherto unworkable deep mines. By 1729, Newcomen died, and his engines had already spread to many other countries such as Hungary, Germany, Austria, and -
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Buffon (Part 1)
Buffon was a natural historian as well as a materialist. He was the original believer in the idea that organisms change under environmental influence, and kick-started the concept of Evolution. He also set the standard of what it looked like, and meant to be an Evolutionist. Later on in the future, he would become an inspiration to evolutionists such as Lamarck and Darwin. Many individuals think of Charles Darwin alone when considering the idea of Evolution or when it is brought up in -
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conversation; but not many individuals realize that if Buffon had never been born, that Darwin might have never even jumped on the Evolutionary bandwagon in the first place. -
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Jean Jacques Rousseau
In a wide sense, Rousseau was one of the greatest philosophers of the Enlightenment. He had a sort of self-imposed adolescence about him that was a key factor in the Enlightenment. But in a more narrow sense, Rousseau could have almost been seen as being against the enlightenment. He practically rejected the tyranny of Reason and wanted simply to return to nature, as well as the revival of inner feeling. When Rousseau has faith in the human dignity and intelligence of this world, he became -
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practically the father of the French Revolution. He desired and advocated a society in which there were no class-distinctions. -
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Diderot (Part 1)
Diderot devoted his life to editing the very first Encyclopedia for over twenty years. After Voltaire in the first half of the eighteenth century, Diderot took his position as the lead role among the many intellectuals who had come together to write the Encyclopedia. Although he was a respected deep-thinker, he was never known for having consistent philosophical beliefs. He usually bounced between three major ideas of deism, skepticism, and naturalism. In the first idea period of deism, he spent -
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a large amount of time attacking atheism and theism from his deistic rationalist point of view. After this period, he moved on the his second period of skepticism. It is recorded that he stated, "I do not know whether or not You, God, exist, but let me behave myself as if You did exist!" And finally, in his third period of naturalism, he claimed that the world of mathematics was ending and that the world of natural sciences was taking over in it’s place. After a short period in this period of -
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naturalism, he claimed that the world of mathematics was ending and that the world of natural sciences was taking over in it’s place. After a short period in this period of his philosophical belief, he absolutely loved nature and thought of nature as being the ultimate Devine. -
Boston Massacre (Part 1)
After built up rage against the unfair treatment of the colonists by the British; the colonist had had enough. “They were demonstrating against the British troops at the customs commission.” (5) There were 5 deaths total with a fugitive slave named Crispus Attucks the first to go down. Even though the revolution wouldn’t start for another five years, critics believe this was the first battle in the American Revolution. This rumble gave more fuel to the colonist fire; the bigger fire the more -
Boston Massacre (Part 2)
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Ride of Paul Revere
The night ride of Paul Revere, two lanterns were hungin the steeple of Old North Church. The British were on their way to crush the army at Concord. They planned on sniffing out this fire once and for all, it only grew bigger. 8 Minutemen down at lexington the following day by the British, and later that day 273 more americans died to protect our natural freedoms. This started the rebellion, the american revolution is in full swing. -
"Common Sense" (Part 1)
Thomas Paine sparks the idea of a Declaration of independence with his pamphlet “Common Sense” which supported america’s decision to separate from Britain and establish their own nation free from an oppressor. “Common Sense” was sold to hundreds of thousands of people all over Britain, parts of Europe and the Americas. Thomas Paine made many compelling arguments and his flow of words is uncanny. Even the British were beginning to side with the Colonist. -
"Common Sense" (Part 2)
side with the Colonist. “HOW CAME THE KING BY A POWER WHICH THE PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO TRUST, AND ALWAYS OBLIGED TO CHECK? Such a power could not be the gift of a wise people, neither can any power, WHICH NEEDS CHECKING, be from God; yet the provision which the constitution makes supposes such a power to exist.”(10) -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence written by the famous Thomas Jefferson. Declaring to the world why we are fighting Britain and to set the bar for how the Government should treat their citizens. We showed countries that you don’t have to sit there and take it, you can take a stand. This document was influenced by may writers, like John Locke. The father of the principle of natural rights unable to be infringed by any man or authority figure. -
French to the rescue
The French to the rescue! We were being bogged down and beaten up by the British and they thought they had us, then France comes and lends us a helping hand against the British. July 11th, being the first day they set foot on american soil. Without the French we had a great chance at loosing the American revolution and undoubtably prolonging the war. The French came to Newport, Rhode Island and fought along side the Patriot Soldiers. -
The British surrender
THE BRITISH SURRENDER! This will be the last battle of the American Revolution! General George Washington and Rochambeau join amries near Williamsburg and started the take down of Cornwallis. With American troops numbering 8,846, French troops at 7,800 and English troops only at 6,000, the British had no chance. Thanks to the French the surrender took place at Yorktown, Virginia. America was finally done with war, oppression, and the British. It was a grand day in History. -
LIverpool and Manchester Railway
the Liverpool and Manchester Railway was opened. It was the first inner-city railway in the entire world to be opened. The engineers Joseph Locke and George Stephenson built the railway to run from the rapidly growing industrial town of Manchester to the port town of Liverpool. The opening of this railroad was full of problems and roadblocks, but eventually the kinks were ironed out and it became one of the most railways for transporting passengers as well as freight. As a result of the high -
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Photography
Being able to capture moments in time were only possible through painting &sketching before Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre the father of Photography. He had been searching for a way to capture life around himand got his inspiration from a camera obscura, a draftsmans aid that threw an image onto a frosted sheet of glass. His first model made the image on a liver plated sheet of copper. He had the intention of using photography for both art, science, to capture precious moments, to aid in research. -
Telegraph
“What Hath God wrought?” the famous first message to be sent electrically by Samuel F. B Morse. The Telegraph was a new system of communication by converting the alphabet and numbers to a new code consisting of dots and dashes that is sent through a plate with long and short metal bars that you tap in the correct pattern of you letter/ word. Now communication could be sent across country in a matter of minutes which is revolutionary compared to the slow process of mail. (11)