18th century

The Enlightenment, the proliferation of rational ideas throughout the 18th Century, has a dualistic political legacy. The paradoxes it produced were liberalism - emphasising political freedom and representation - and authoritarianism, imperialism and independence. Religion, instead of being displaced by reason, remained to influence and reflect the Enlightenment’s political legacies. Kant may stress “Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-imposed nonage” from Christianity but…

At the end of the 18th century the industrial revolution was still new, and there were still no law or any rules and regulations in controlling the operations of new industries. For example, there was no law on prohibiting employers from hiring a six year old child to work for ten hours a day or controlling the way factory owners dispose their commercial wastes. At that time, British were employing capitalism as a means to run their country’s economy; this means that their government would not…

Rachna Shah APUSH; CH. 3 Until the mid-1700's, European powers regarded the American colonists as lowly and largely ignored them—if they did acknowledge their presence, it was for applying new laws and rules. Mercantilism changed that. Until then, land and colonies were translated into a country's success. However, with the advent of mercantilism—the economic theory that trade engenders wealth and is stimulated by the accretion of productive balances, which a government should encourage—,…

of the eighteenth century and the first three of the nineteenth century, a new aesthetic trend prevailed in the creations of European artists. This is the Neoclassicism that expressed the eigenvalues of a new and strengthened bourgeoisie, which took over the European Society after the French Revolution and especially with the Empire of Napoleon. The nineteenth century was shaken by strong social, political and cultural caused by the end of the events of the eighteenth century were the…

the loopholes created by the various definitions and jurisdictions to continue to support piracy into the eighteenth century. The answer is that clarity has an inherent narrowing…

The concept of the apothecary has existed for centuries. Derived from the Latin term apotheca, meaning a place where herbs and spices were stored. The role of the apothecary has always been connected to their familiarity with plants and herbs and their ability to administer them as remedies. In ancient Greece this was very similar to what we would consider folk medicine today, such as using mint for gastrointestinal issues. By the sixteenth century apothecaries had become the equivalent of our…

industrialization in Europe brought about both beneficial and damaging characteristics to the lives of Europeans. In one particular city, Manchester, England, the industrialization movement made a dramatic impact on lives in the eighteenth century. In just less than a century, the population of Manchester grew by the thousands. Along with this population increase, the number of factories and mills increased creating more manufactured goods and job opportunities. Sounds like a good thing, right?…

Today humankind have all the essentials to keep sanitary, and they can do that without a second thought. They have toilets that flush, toothbrushes and toothpaste to brush their teeth with, and even just toilet paper. But back in the Medieval Times, things weren’t as simple as it is today. So how did they do it, having none of the usual amenities? People from nobles to even serfs used the restroom. They had something called a privy, which was also known as an outhouse. All privies would…

Feudalism was an intricate system that tied together loyalty, social classes, resources, land, giving, and getting. Each social class depended on each other and relied on the king to distribute land. The manor supported feudalism because the structure made people depend on one another, similar to feudalism. Farmers provided the feudal arrangement with a base of resources which were constantly replenished by the laborers. Feudalism had interconnected social classes so that people were dependent…

Denominationalism was started by several men Martin Luther, John Calvin 1483 to 1546, John Wesley 1740, Joseph Smith 1830, George Whitefield 1730s and 1740s. These acts of defiance started the decline of the church. While others believe it grew the church, by gaining members because of new ideas. Since it added beliefs to the church that were ungodly and contrary to new testament teaching. So it was the damnation of millions.In 1765 Robert Sandeman built one of the first churches of Christ in…