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    Jean Rousseau Micah Palm Prof. Groth 10/13/15 A Man Of All Trades Jean Jacques Rousseau was born in a the small, but friendly country of Switzerland. Rousseau was born on June 28th, 1712 in the widely known town of Geneva, Switzerland. Although Rousseau did not stay long, having begun an apprenticeship at the early age of thirteen. By the age of sixteen young Rousseau was already on his way to France, where he would begin his journey as the famous philosopher, composer, educationalist, and…

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    A Discourse on Inequality, published in 1755 by Jean-Jacques Rousseau was an essay submitted into a competition out of hundreds of competitors that also applied happened to win. This discourse exceptional read about inequality before and after man meant society. Equality was an important and essential aspect of life, as it proceed to seem unchangeable and then meeting miraculous change. Rousseau did a proficient job explaining the various steps of how man came to be unequal from a state of…

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    The Social Contract is a primary source by Jean Jacques Rousseau, a philosophical writer that influenced the world but most specifically the French Revolution and development of political philosophy. Jean Jacques Rousseau uses a speculative tone demonstrating his personal opinion on the solution to the problem of the time: freedom. The reading of this document advocates for the powerful topic of that time period of which aided philosophical momentum for the glorious revolution. The basis of the…

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    Mill Vs Rousseau Essay

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    John Stuart Mill, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau all addressed the issue of freedom and law within a society. Mill's “On Liberty”, and Rousseau’s discourse “On the Social Contract” are all absorbing fictional works which underline the concept of the ideal state of each in the eyes of both these men and present different visions of the very nature of man’s freedom and the law. The three have distinct views regarding how much freedom man ought to have in political society because they have different…

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    Amerigo Vespucci, Jacques Cartier, and Henry Hudson are only a few examples of European white men who helped to shape the US as we know it today. These men not only helped found America, but they brought their country’s cultures along with them. Vespucci traveled from Spain, along with supplies to find new trade routes which would hopefully make waterways around North America. Cartier, on the other hand, was from France, he explored mostly to look for gold, silver, copper and spices. He wasn’t,…

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    same. With the assistance of three awesome pilgrims; Christopher Columbus, Henry Hudson, Jacques Cartier, there would not have been such a chance to make the new world, what has now turned out to be one of the best nations at any point made. Jacques Cartier allegedly investigated the Americas, especially Brazil, before making three noteworthy North American voyages. In 1534, King Francis I of France sent Cartier—likely in light of his past undertakings—on another excursion toward the eastern…

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    Angel, can be represented as the natives in these trips, and Colleen as a more humble and nice Jacques Cartier. Colleen and others went into Angel's childhood reserve and paid him in order to take something from him and his friends (their stories). Just as Cartier came into Natives home in the 1500s and offered gifts to the Indians as a method to gain a friendship and ultimately take their land. This comparison can be used as a…

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    shortcut from Europe to Asia through the Arctic Ocean. The result of Hudson’s four voyages, ended with the Hudson River and the Hudson Bay being named after him. Hudson’s discoveries paved the way for Dutch colonization in the Hudson River area. 18. Jacques…

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    Back in around 1534, Jacques Cartier claimed the region of Canada for his country. Although we know this area as Canada today, back then, Cartier called it New France (History). The country of France colonized this area and their culture in a sense rubbed off creating almost a second France. Over the hundreds of years, some things have changed and Canada no longer completely mimics France. It has set itself apart, but has managed to maintain some of its colonizer’s great culture. Both France and…

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    September sixth, 1817 in Saint-Antoine, Lower Canada Cartier had been a former rebel against the Canadian government, responsible for the bringing of French Canada, Manitoba, and British Columbia into the Dominion, arguably a kingpin to confederation and Canada's first minister of militia and defense. Coming from a very wealthy family made up of millers and grain exporters and as stated by a family legend a descendant of the family of Jacques Cartier. George had dominated politics within…

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