Second Spanish Republic

successfully stabilized the extended land for Capetian inheritance. Louis was canonized in 1927, he was known for his act of piety. He built the Sainte Chapelle, one of the most breathtaking Gothic church. He went on two crusades and died during the second one in North Africa and his army was heavily destroyed. Louis IX was respected by many Europeans due to his justice. His most important policy was…

shoulders of present and future government, it also has a lot to do with past government officials as well. Kurt Schlichter, a retired army official and professor at an army academy, gives his opinion based on his experience serving our country on the government, and how it effects our obsession with zombies. He goes into detail about how in our history we have had many presidents, like Kennedy, George W. Bush, and now Obama that promise us many things they cannot deliver. These are the some of…

Colonial America was both democratic and undemocratic. Their government was looked like a democratic one, even though some of their laws and qualifications were very undemocratic. There was inequality in gender, race, and wealth. Based off of documents 4-5, women had barely any rights, while African-Americans had none at all. Though, Colonial America was only working in democracy. Colonial America was democratic because they had free elections where citizens could vote on their…

one vote no what matter the population was. An agreement called the Great Compromise solved their problem. The Compromise said that there would be two houses, one called the House of Representatives, that will be based on states population and the second one called the Senate, which gives each state's two representatives. (Dugger,…

Democracy wasn’t created overnight. It was made from years of wisdom and experience. Eventually the American colonists decided to refuse the British King in the American Revolution, but the colonists didn’t just do that out of the blue. They were influenced by the Age of Enlightenment and the men who induced it, the philosophes. Europeans no longer lived in the middle ages. Ocean voyages and the printing press brought them to a new way of life which was never thought possible before. The…

people wanted human rights and did not want to a king to control their lives and being their slaves. Firstly, the Tennis Court Oath is a very special event in the revolution history. Nobody likes the third estate simply because their poor. While the second and first estate gets to live life in luxury. It was very unfair that the third estate had to pay all the taxes for the whole country and the upper classes did not have to pay a single penny but they…

Starting in 1789, there was a large clamor to change the economic and fiscal world in France. Many events characterized this revolution, such as the Tennis Court Oath, Storming of the Bastille, the Declaration of the Rights of Man, National Assembly, and the March on Versailles. It started due to argument over power of the king and the method of voting. Leaders looked to end feudalism and have a constitutional monarchy rather than an absolute monarchy. The first major concept of the…

In today’s society, we are told that we live in a democracy; a political system governed by the rule of the majority. A more accurate definition from the Oxford Dictionary is, “A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives”. With monetarily driven corruption and lobbying by the private sector influencing the policies that govern our society, it is difficult to consider our economic structure as such. Our…

In Plato’s Republic, the Principle of Specialization is proposed. Despite being one of the most repulsive features of the narrative, this principle is the foundation of the community Socrates and his peers create (Republic 370c). This principle states that “productivity is increased . . . [when an individual] does the one thing for which he [or she] is naturally suited, and does it at the opportune moment” (Republic 370c). I think that individuals should be well rounded and refrain from…

The rising of the Bourgeoise not only signified a new state of equal individual citizenship but also introduced a new world order that focused more on the people’s needs rather than opinions of the first or second estate. With a new mindset and new-found liberty, came the French revolution led by Napoleon Bonaparte who not only dominated most of Europe but influenced collective sovereignty in his regime. However, Napoleon’s reign collapsed when Britain, Austria, Prussia and Russia decided to…