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- 1391: John Locke 2
- ... again to England into Shaftesbury where he once again joined Cooper s service. Four years later, Cooper was forced to flee to Holland, where Locke, shortly after, followed him. They remained there until the Glorious Revolution of 1688. On his return to England, Locke issued many or works, the chief of these being the Two Treaties of Government, and the Essay Concerning Human Understanding. These writings were immediately successful and they ... the citizens, then they had the right to find other rulers. Locke also said that the government should be split up. There should be three branches, the legislative, executive, and the judicial. He said that revolution was not only a right but often an obligation, and he advocated a system of checks and balances in the government from these three branches. He said that the legislative should be the most powerful ...
- 1392: The Immigrant Experience
- ... This was because of Samuel Nunes, a Jewish doctor who helped to stop a disease that had already killed many people. Even then, Jews were given land away from the main town. In the American Revolution Jews did not take any specific sides. Some believed that the freedom that they had gained under the English rule would be lost. Other felt that the taxes were too high and joined the Patriots ... Jews in Eastern Europe (before World War I), which was legal. There were also laws which discriminated against Jews. In Russia, a czar had been assassinated, and Jews were blamed out of fear of a revolution. This caused a flood of immigrants into the United States. Most of America's famous people are descended from immigrants if they are not immigrants themselves. People, like Albert Einstein, a famous physicist, and Henry ...
- 1393: The Bogus Logic Of The Beak Of
- ... Newton, 1687, 369, 370)6 This God no longer "seemed compelling" to Newton? Certainly we are not talking about the same Isaac Newton as is quoted here! Let's at least be honest! The scientific revolution which resulted in the acceptance of the scientific method went hand in hand with the Reformation. It was not that God had become irrelevant--He had become more relevant. The Reformation emphasized that the God ... of Extinctions. New York: Scribner, 1996. "The 1995 Pulitzer Prizes, General Nonfiction: Jurors." 1997. The Pulitzer Prizes. http://www.pulitzer.org/year/1995/general-non-fiction/jury/ (28 Dec. 1997). Ruse, Michael. 1979. The Darwinian Revolution. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press. Shakespeare, William. c. 1598. A Midsummer Night s Dream. Ed. Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine. New York: Washington Square Press, 1993. See also http://quarles.unbc.edu/midsummer/amnd5 ...
- 1394: James Cameron
- ... but it was deemed too costly at the time. He also had some ideas concerning the doomed ocean liner Titanic, but nothing specific at the time. Arnold Schwarzenegger finally made him aware of a small french movie called La Totale!, which could easily be turned into an overbudget American blockbuster, and Schwarzenegger couldn t think of anyone better than Cameron to do it. Cameron signed on and wrote a screenplay based upon the french movie. It was the movie True Lies. The movie was actually an action comedy, but it also featured some of the most stunning and expensive effects at that time. The movie went way over budget ...
- 1395: The American 2
- ... art makes him automatically in it. (Mitchell 5) He thinks that he can buy his way into the culture. Newman feel that he did the right thing by purchasing art and learning some of the French language: I don t know how much French our friend learned; but, as he himself said, if the attempt did him no good, it could at any rate do him no harm. (James 60) Newman thinks that buy learning the language of the ...
- 1396: Karl Marx 6
- According to the philosopher Karl Marx, the capitalist system carried within itself the seeds of its own destruction. One day, he predicted, a violent revolution would eliminate all social classes and result in a society of plenty for all. Marx believed history was moving inevitably toward a goal. But for Marx this goal was purely economic, the result of a ... he predicted, would increase their profits by paying their workers as little as possible, so workers would be increasingly impoverished. Eventually the wealth of the owners and poverty of the workers would lead to a revolution. But Karl Marx was wrong; conditions in England did not cause the proletariat (working class) to rise up and kill the bourgeoisie (prosperous middle class). Because life overall improved for the workers, there was no ...
- 1397: Prince Edward Island
- ... The large oak tree stands for Canada and Great Britain. IMPORTANT DATES P.E.I entered the dominion on july 1st 1873 and was the 7th province to join the dominion. -1534, Jaques Cartier, a french explorer landed on P.E.I -1603, Samuel de Champlain claimed the island for france and named it St.Jean. -1720, France established colonies near present day Charlottetown and Georgetown. -1763, France gave the island to Great Britain in the treaty of Paris after the French and Indian war. -1799, The colony was renamed P.E.I -1864, The first confederation conference was held in charlottetown to discuss a federal union. -1873, Prince Edward Island became the seventh province on July ...
- 1398: The History Of Canada
- ... tobacco. We as a Unified country accept other cultures and religions. Canada has about every nationality possible and together they form a great home. Despite the many cultures, Canada's main languages are english and french. Canada is a democracy. This means the government is elected by all t ople. It is responsible for managing the country, forcing laws, building roads and helping the country run smoothly. Canada has three main ... with three gold fleurs-de-lys. This flag was used by Cartier in his voyage up the St. Lawrence and by Champlain in his explorations of eastern Canada. It was under this flag that the French lived until the fall of Quebec in 1759. The flag was used by the English from around 1700 was the Union Flag which contained two crosses-the cross of St. George and the cross of ...
- 1399: CANADA
- ... tobacco. We as a Unified country accept other cultures and religions. Canada has about every nationality possible and together they form a great home. Despite the many cultures, Canada's main languages are english and french. Canada is a democracy. This means the government is elected by all the people. It is responsible for managing the country, forcing laws, building roads and helping the country run smoothly. Canada has three main ... with three gold fleurs-de-lys. This flag was used by Cartier in his voyage up the St. Lawrence and by Champlain in his explorations of eastern Canada. It was under this flag that the French lived until the fall of Quebec in 1759. The flag was used by the English from around 1700 was the Union Flag which contained two crosses-the cross of St. George and the cross of ...
- 1400: Arab-Israeli Wars
- ... than a week; its forces reached the eastern bank of the Suez Canal in about 100 hours, seizing the Gaza Strip and nearly all the Sinai Peninsula. The Sinai operations were supplemented by an Anglo-French invasion of Egypt on November 5, giving the allies control of the northern sector of the Suez Canal. The war was halted by a UN General Assembly resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire and withdrawal ... The General Assembly also established a United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) to replace the allied troops on the Egyptian side of the borders in Suez, Sinai, and Gaza. By December 22 the last British and French troops had left Egypt. Israel, however, delayed withdrawal, insisting that it receive security guarantees against further Egyptian attack. After several additional UN resolutions calling for withdrawal and after pressure from the United States, Israel's ...
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