16th century

European colonization of the Americas gained momentum primarily during the 16th and 17th century. This was also the period of Renaissance. This period was marked by innovations and new ideas. There was much technological advancement made during this time. Some of them were factors in the colonization of the Americas. The maps were more accurate than they were before, the ships were much better built and though their understanding geography was not perfect, they were soon about to learn a lot…

No one imagined the 16th century to be compelling, so when people started resisting the Pope and challenging the “Spanish rights to the New World and its riches”(76-77) people were shocked. During this time, Spain was looting the New World while being at war with France. The Huguenots, who were French Protestant had no ties with the pope, but with the conflict between Spain and France, the French would create raid acts of warfare. According to Konstam, Angus, The French had no part in the…

During the 16th and 17th century, women were not treated as equally as men and had very few rights. In this patriarchal society, women were seen as property and did not have any responsibilities other than to take care of the house. They did not have the right to own property, vote or even have rights over children. Women were expected to be perfect emotionally as well as physically as the only way for women to progress and move up in status during this time was through marriage. Although women…

Social Justice) Muslims Were Banned from the Americas as Early as the 16th Century Bans that are imposed on religions are always a controversial topic. For example, Donald Trump (President of the United States) gave a travel ban to a few Muslim countries. This obviously caused lots of controversy and lead to some changes. However, in this article, it mentions Muslims being banned from American colonies as early as the 16th century. That comes as a surprise because I had not heard of much…

This reflective paper is aimed at providing details of the day spent at Seton Hill University with three renowned personalities from 16th, 17th and 18th century. For the purpose of this reflective essay, Suleiman I from 16th century, John Locke from 17th century and Catherine the great from 18th century have been selected. The paper will provide details of the responses of three personalities about race, gender and religion as they are dealt in today’s society. On Monday morning as I was…

The 16th and 17th century marked a time for the puritan society. This culture was composed of specific roles for parents and children. Child rearing was the responsibility for mothers and fathers. In response children were supposed to be obedient to their parent or any mother or father that was to teach them. They were educated on religion, trades and skills. Education came from their parents. However, other families could impart skills, at 14 years old sometimes they would be sent to other…

During the 16th, 17th, and 18th century the way parents looked, thought, and raised their children were viewed as good in the eyes of a certain people at the time. At this time there was many good and bad ideals about children on how to look after and care for them. At this time the wealthy English parents had many changes on how to raise their children at the time because they believed that they knew best on how to raise a child into an adult. During the 16th century the upper wealthy english…

In the 16th Century, religion divided Europe. However, a hand full of rulers influenced their countries and led them towards success. These rulers were known as politiques. Politiques were rulers or people in places of position that put the success and well being of their states above religious unity. They did not just change how Europe was politically but changed it culturally as well. The rulers accomplished religious stability in their countries, balanced their governments, gained…

During the 16th and 17th centuries scholars believed that the amount of published books was becoming too much to handle. This abundance of book shifted from the early Middle Ages, when books were scarcer and readers focused on intensive reading. Because of the abundance of books during the 16th and 17th centuries, styles of selective reading and note taking developed to address the issue of too many books, too little time. This can be considered the shift when extensive reading versus intensive…

In comparison, one example of an individual freedom that resolved an ethnic group conflict would be the rivalry between the Catholics and Protestants in the 16th century. Both ethnic groups wanted to be recognized as the nation’s religion. These rivalries were solved by separating the state from the church, and embracing individual freedom of ethnic identity and this was even before the UDHR. In 1948 the UDHR provided religious rights in article 18 “right to freedom of thought, conscience, and…