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English Explorers (part 2)
John Locke: Locke's theory of mind is often cited as the origin of modern conceptions of identity and the self, figuring prominently in the work of later philosophers such as David Hume, Rousseau, and Immanuel Kant. Locke was the first to define the self through a continuity of consciousness.
King James I: James was the son of Mary, Queen of Scots, and a great-great-grandson of Henry VII, King of England and Lord of Ireland, positioning him to eventually accede to all three thrones. -
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English Explorers (part 1)
Oliver Cromwell: Cromwell is one of the most controversial figures in the history of the British Isles, considered a regicidal dictator by historians such as David Sharp, a military dictator by Winston Churchill, but a hero of liberty by John Milton, Thomas Carlyle, and Samuel Rawson Gardiner, and a class revolutionary by Leon Trotsky.
John Locke: Locke's theory of mind is often cited as the origin of modern conceptions of identity and the self. -
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French Explorers (part 1)
Marrie Antoinette: In April 1770, upon her marriage to Louis-Auguste, heir apparent to the French throne, she became Dauphine of France. On 10 May 1774, when her husband ascended the throne as Louis XVI, she became Queen of France and Navarre, a title she held until September 1791
Duke of Wellington: As a member of the Estates-General, the Constituent Assembly and the Jacobin Club, Robespierre was an outspoken advocate for the poor and for democratic institutions. -
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French Explorers (part 2)
King Louis XVI: The first part of his reign was marked by attempts to reform France in accordance with Enlightenment ideas. These included efforts to abolish serfdom, remove the taille, and increase tolerance toward non-Catholics.
King louis XIV:Louis began his personal rule of France in 1661, after the death of his chief minister, the Italian Cardinal Mazarin. An adherent of the concept of the divine right of kings, which advocates the divine origin of monarchical rule, -
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American Explorers (part 2)
Ben Franklin: He was promoted to deputy postmaster-general for the British colonies in 1753, having been Philadelphia postmaster for many years, and this enabled him to set up the first national communications network. During the Revolution, he became the first US Postmaster General.
John Adams: Adams's credentials as a revolutionary secured for him two terms as President George Washington's vice president (1789 to 1797) -
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USA explorers (part 1)
George Wasington: Washington was widely admired for his strong leadership qualities and was unanimously elected president by the Electoral College in the first two national elections. He oversaw the creation of a strong.
Thomas Jefferson: Jefferson was primarily of English ancestry, born and educated in colonial Virginia. He graduated from the College of William & Mary and briefly practiced law, at times defending slaves seeking their freedom. -
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Canadian Explorers
John A. McDonald: Mcdonald was born in Scotland; when he was a boy his family immigrated to Kingston in the colony of Upper Canada. As a lawyer he was involved in several high-profile cases and quickly became prominent in Kingston, which elected him in 1844 to the legislature of the colonial United Province of Canada.
George Vancouver: Captain George Vancouver was a British officer of the Royal Navy, best known for his 1791–95 expedition.