What role did religion play in the areas of science, culture, and politics in Western Society between 1600 and 1914? How and to what extent did Christianity shape the society?

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Science, culture, and politics in Western Society between 1600 and 1914?

– Liberalism philosophical idea, and write an essay concerning how it impacted the West since 1700. Be sure to discuss how it impacted common people, faith, and nations, as well as the West as a whole in your answer.

– Compare and contrast the impact of one or two Western concepts such as Liberalism, Republicanism, or human rights, in two different countries during the eras covered in this class. For example, one could write an essay on the comparing France and the United States in the area of human rights and government power. One could start comparing the Declaration of the Rights of Man & Citizen with the Declaration of Independence and move on from there into the late twentieth century.

– What role did religion play in the areas of science, culture, and politics in Western Society between 1600 and 1914? How and to what extent did Christianity shape the society?

-How did World War I impact the West? Be sure to include in your answer governance, colonialism, religion, and political ideas. You could also discuss economics and military power.

-How has the role of religion changed since 1960 in the West? Be sure to include the Holocaust and Zionism, the spread of Islam, and the relative decline of Christianity in your answer.

-What was the Cold War, why was it important, and why is it still relevant in the 21st Century?

– What was the most important movement or idea/ideology/philosophy of post-World War II Western Society (1945-2010), what made it so and why do you think it was so important?

Select two or three characteristics of life in Utopia. Why does More consider them to be preferable to life in England? Compare and contrast between Utopian and English life during this time.

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Utopias Thomas More

You are to write a 2-3 page paper on Utopia.

Finally, the conclusion should quickly explain how each of those points supports your thesis. It does not have any significant grammatical errors or misspellings.

Select two or three characteristics of life in Utopia. Why does More consider them to be preferable to life in England? Compare and contrast between Utopian and English life during this time.

 

Write a research essay that analyzes 4-5 articles over a historical event. Pick a specific historical event as your subject.

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Analyze Order Information

Write a research essay that analyzes 4-5 articles over a historical event.

Someone interested in learning about a historical event and your thoughts about articles focused on the event

Length: At least 4 full, typed, double-spaced pages

Pick a specific historical event (listed in this assignment section) as your subject. If you want to, you may stick with the event you wrote about in the “Body Paragraphs 1 Assignment.” This means you may use/adapt the paragraphs you wrote for that assignment as part of this assignment.

Compose an essay that contains these elements (don’t create the elements in this order):

  • Title
  • Compose an interesting phrase

Avoid generic or too general titles, such as “The Cuban Missile Crisis”

Introduction paragraph (no longer than 10 lines)

  • Begin with an attention-getting “hook” (not a question).
  • Introduce your historical event and state your argument(main idea). Your main idea should convey that the rest of the essay will analyze articles about the event.

Body paragraphs

Each paragraph should focus on a different article and include each of the following elements.

Also, you should have 4-5 body paragraphs.

In the first sentence, introduce the article’s title, author(s), and main idea.

The rest of the paragraph should mention 1-3 ideas from the article that you learned and discuss them. Discuss…

  • why this part of the article resonated with you
  • why an idea is relevant to society/the world today
  • why the article surprised you
  • how the idea/part sparks your interest in more aspects of the event
  • anything else you find interesting about the part/idea

Conclusion paragraph

  • Provide closure for your essay.
  • Avoid bringing up new supporting ideas or just repeating your argument statement.

 

When we see the Taino or Arawak, we see a lifestyle very different from that of the later Europeans or Americans. How so. Offer one example of something you got from the material that made Taino life seem different to you than ours.

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The Taino

Read and watch the Overview Work on research paper- it’s due in week four Examine the following: This is a nice video on the scenic Caribbean. One can see the attraction of the environment to hunters and gatherers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbtpt-WYgDM

This site gives a really nice overview of the Arawaks: http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/43a/100.html

This is a documentary on the Taino: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELaWOXw4oKA

This is a documentary piece on the Arawak. As you probably know by now, the Taino were just one of many Arawak tribes across the Caribbean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZblVcXltcg

This article talks about the rediscovery of the Taino and their connection to modern Cuba and Puerto Rico: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/what-became-of-the-taino-73824867/ Discussions: You have three discussion posts to be done.

1) When we see the Taino or Arawak, we see a lifestyle very different from that of the later Europeans or Americans. How so. Offer one example of something you got from the material that made Taino life seem different to you than ours.

2) The environment of Puerto Rico is tropical, and clearly well loved, both by tourists and by the people that live there. But it offers dangers as well. How would the island’s geography affect the life of the Arawak? Give an example of how geography had a firm hold on the lives of people on the island. Geography includes weather, the Land and sea.

 

Write a research essay that analyzes 4-5 articles over a historical event. Pick a specific historical event as your subject. If you want to, you may stick with the event you wrote about in the “Body Paragraphs 1 Assignment.”

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Analyze Order Information

Write a research essay that analyzes 4-5 articles over a historical event.

Someone interested in learning about a historical event and your thoughts about articles focused on the event

Length: At least 4 full, typed, double-spaced pages

Pick a specific historical event (listed in this assignment section) as your subject. If you want to, you may stick with the event you wrote about in the “Body Paragraphs 1 Assignment.” This means you may use/adapt the paragraphs you wrote for that assignment as part of this assignment.

Compose an essay that contains these elements (don’t create the elements in this order):

  • Title
  • Compose an interesting phrase

Avoid generic or too general titles, such as “The Cuban Missile Crisis”

Introduction paragraph (no longer than 10 lines)

  • Begin with an attention-getting “hook” (not a question).
  • Introduce your historical event and state your argument(main idea). Your main idea should convey that the rest of the essay will analyze articles about the event.

Body paragraphs

Each paragraph should focus on a different article and include each of the following elements.

Also, you should have 4-5 body paragraphs.

In the first sentence, introduce the article’s title, author(s), and main idea.

The rest of the paragraph should mention 1-3 ideas from the article that you learned and discuss them. Discuss…

  • why this part of the article resonated with you
  • why an idea is relevant to society/the world today
  • why the article surprised you
  • how the idea/part sparks your interest in more aspects of the event
  • anything else you find interesting about the part/idea

Conclusion paragraph

  • Provide closure for your essay.
  • Avoid bringing up new supporting ideas or just repeating your argument statement.

 

Briefly summarize the Seven Years’ War between Britain and France and explain the motives of native Americans in fighting the war.

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Seven years’ war- DB 5

After reading “The Battle for the Continent” from chapter 4 of Give Me Liberty! (pp. 169-178), answer the following questions in a post of 150 to 200 words:

Briefly summarize the Seven Years’ War between Britain and France and explain the motives of native Americans in fighting the war.

Then, hypothesize what you think the United States would look like today if the North American colonists had respected the Proclamation Line of 1763, prohibiting further colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.

 

Analyze Martin Luther’s proposed reforms to the Catholic Church in “Introduction to the 95 Theses” (1517) and “Table Talk” from 1535? What are the key criticisms Luther makes of the Catholic Church? Account for how Luther’s argument and tone changes between the publication of these two documents – how do you explain these shifts?

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Martin Luther’s Reforms

This 3 to 4 page paper asks you to analyze and make an argument about a primary source we have read in class.
Papers for this class should be typed, in a standard 12-point font like Times New Roman or similar, with one-inch margins (standard settings). Double space the body of your paper
Your paper should have a thesis or argument that is supported by detailed evidence from the reading.

1. Analyze Martin Luther’s proposed reforms to the Catholic Church in “Introduction to the 95 Theses” (1517) and “Table Talk” from 1535? What are the key criticisms Luther makes of the Catholic Church? Account for how Luther’s argument and tone changes between the publication of these two documents – how do you explain these shifts?

Only use these resources
Only use these sources
https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/source/lutherltr-indulgences.asp
https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1535luther.asp

Write a short (250-500 word) essay explaining to what extent you believe his story contributed to the British abolition of the slave trade.

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World history unit 4 paper

Read the assigned chapters, read the assigned documents and re-read your textbook p. 583 on Olaudah Equiano. Write a short (250-500 word) essay explaining to what extent you believe his story contributed to the British abolition of the slave trade. When you have posted your own essay, comment on at least two others.

 

What was the impact of Bacon’s Rebellion on the colonial elite’s view toward indentured servitude and on the development of chattel slavery in Virginia?

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Slavery in Virginia

What was the impact of Bacon’s Rebellion on the colonial elite’s view toward indentured servitude and on the development of chattel slavery in Virginia?

The structure of the essay consist of one page, 1-inch margins, typed, single-spaced, 12pt font, Times New Roman and should not be a narrative, biography, or other style besides it being an essay.

If you cite from the textbook, please cite your work and use Chicago format.

In an essay of 250-500 words, consider what Equiano would have said to Mun and Clive. Use examples from the documents and your textbook and, once you have posted your own essay, comment on two others.

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Modern Euro history paper 3

In an essay of 250-500 words, consider what Equiano would have said to Mun and Clive.

Use examples from the documents and your textbook and, once you have posted your own essay, comment on two others. Be sure to cite your sources. chapter 17