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Amendments

... IV (1791) The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. Amendment V (1791) No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval f ...

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The Causes Of The Holocaust

... Germany's embarrassment after losing World War I was one of the major reasons for the cause of the Holocaust. After Germany's defeat in World War I, Germans found it hard to believe they had lost the war. The Treaty of Versailles was a document that officially ended military actions against Germany (Craig 424). Germans did not like this treaty because their government would have to pay other countries for their economic losses (Allen 57). Germany also lost all of its colonies overseas. It had to give back provinces to France, B ...

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The French And Indian War

... it. The Indians sided with the French because they were good trading partners and the French respected the Indian culture. Great Britain and France both claimed some of the same land in the Ohio and Mississippi River valley regions which led to conflict over who should get control over it. The wars going on in Europe also fueled because there was a big rivalry between France and Great Britain there as well. There were also British and French clashes at Fort Duquesne, one of the prominent Ohio River valley forts. Whoever had control ov ...

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Cathedrals

... advances that allowed a heightened sense of airiness and space. The Gothic era lasted primarily from 1150 AD to the 1400s, with more than 80 and 500 large churches built in the Gothic style. functioned as town centers of not only religion, but also of local government and social gatherings. The massive effort that was required into the construction of the helped foster a strong community spirit and pride, and sometimes formed a strong competitive edge with neighboring and towns. Gothic were built primarily to contain holy relics and se ...

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Inherit The Wind

... sent. That is what happened in this play. A man named Matthew Harrison Brady did exactly that. A gray-haired man, he believes strongly in the Bible took the stand. Although his partner Tom Davenport strongly disagreed with Brady’s actions. Brady thought that this would benefit his trial. “Your Honor, this is preposterous!” (page 75) said Davenport as he tries to object to Drummond’s witness (Brady). The judge believed the actions of Drummond to be highly unorthodox and claimed to have never known a prosecuting attorney to b ...

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American Transcendentalism

... Transcendentalists' humanistic philosophy is that which exalts the individual as a reflection and integral part of God's divine universe. According to critics, was driven by the circumstances of nineteenth-century American life. is rooted in the American past. It owes its pervasive morality and the "doctrine of divine light" to such aspects of Puritanism and its concept of nature as a living mystery and not a clockwork universe which is fixed and permanent to the Romanticism age (Reuben 2). The American landscape inspired the Transcend ...

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Slingblade

... suggests, Karl Childers is a child-like man with instilled Southern Christian values and somewhat comical mannerisms including his nervous grunts and the rubbing of his hands together in preparation and readiness for the day ahead, or perhaps with satisfaction and acceptance of self. His jutting lower lip, raspy voice and short back and sides haircut have similarities with the protagonist in the movie Forest Gump, but that is where the similarities end. Despite Karl’s horrific background, a sense of right and wrong and of justice still seem ...

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European Enlightenment

... and clerical absolutism; a new freedom of publishing and rise of a new public and secular culture; impact of the scientific revolution, particularly with Isaac Newton's book, Principia (1867). When Principia was published, censorship or imprisonment for ideas disliked by the church was still common. By 1750, extreme measures were rare anywhere north of the Alps or in the American colonies. Scholars in Italy began to study the works of the ancient Greeks and Romans, and the ideals of education, art and intellect again appeared in society. Inn ...

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The Pikes Peak Gold Rush

... home to gather more people to help in the hunt for gold. Some people came and set up towns and sold people plots of land for their cabins. The towns offered security and a community for the prospectors. Some choose that they would go and claim their own land. In the spring of 1859 somewhere around 100,000 people left for the hills of the Rockies in the hunt for gold. As many as half of those people didn't even make it to Colorado. A lot of the other people either turned back or died on the way. Most of the people who did make it returne ...

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Our Country And The Affect Of Changes

... Period, the Early Republic, and the Age of Reform and Manifest Destiny. Each symbolizing the uniqueness of our country and obviously, highlighting the theme of change. Between 1607 and 1783, during the Colonial Period, one evident example of change is the production of the Declaration of Independence. The purpose of this document was to declare independence over Britain (p110). I am convinced that symbolizes change because the Americans wanted to have a new form of government. They were fed up with the British's way of running th ...

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Bladerunner

... God is questioned, mocked and finally destroyed. The use of tightly framed shots, reaction shots, and mise en scene are used to highlite the allegoricall relationship to Christianity. Humanity itself is brought up for definition in this film, as the Replicants are in many ways more human than the " real humans" they are interacting with. The mise en scene suggests a vision of the future that is not only a sprawling, technological metropolis, but an empty soulless place. Through it's characters a sense of quiet desperation. They are withdr ...

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The Period After The French Revolution

... Serfdom was abolished, feudal dues and tithes were eliminated, and the large feudal estates were broken up. Other social and economic reforms initiated during this period, included, eliminating imprisonment for debt and introducing the metric system. “The reform and codification of the diverse provincial and local law, which culminated in the Napoleonic Code, reflected many of the principles and changes introduced during the Revolution” (Walker, 45), equality before the law, right of habeas corpus, and provisions for fair trial. Trial pr ...

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