The Industrial Revolution affected America in many ways, Economically, Socially, politically, and finally morally. ... Eli Whitney an American inventor had a contract with the US to produce ten thousand guns in less than ten years, Whitney quickly discovered the idea of interchangeable parts, if all gun parts were made the same it would take less time. ... Our country became wealthier and more populated due to the revolution Liberty, republicanism, and independence are powerful changes to the social environment. ... Short economic depressions were the cause of high unemployment rates, and mo...

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During the time of rebellion, America achieved a higher plane of social and political life than had ever been seen before. ... Also, the Jamestown colony, originally settled by men of noble positions, quickly failed until it was reorganized and colonists discarded social positions and acted together. ... America became the first country to revolt employing John Locke's concept of rebellion upon breach of contract. ...

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Locke saw humans as good, rational, social, cooperative, and tolerant. ... Perhaps his most famous work, The Social Contract, provides a blueprint for the basis of rightful political order within the existing structure of classical republicanism. ... He is also responsible for the creation of the economics metaphor of "the invisible hand" used to describe unintended social benefits that can come from individual actions. ...

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The events of 14th July were in fact the result of a series of events which can be traced back to 20th August 1786, when Calonne (the General of the royal finances) informed Louis XVI that the state was on the brink of financial collapse.2 For this reason (as well as others which will henceforth be examined), although the French Revolution was caused by a mixture of economic, social, political, and intellectual factors, on balance, the financial crisis was arguably the most significant factor in leading to the outbreak of the French Revolution. ... That being said, Lefebvre's interpretat...

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The clearest sixteenth-century defender of the older concepts of liberty was Richard Hooker, who maintained that liberty, properly exercised, requires men to act in conformance with the traditional social, political, and religious orders, which enable them to serve ends proper to their being. ... He maintained that man is "liberated from superstitions and unnatural social restraints,......

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There were many similarities between the causes of the American Revolution in 1776 and the Latin American Wars of Independence beginning in 1810. The main similarities between the two independence movements are essentially economical, political, and ideological. Both the United States and Latin America wanted to end the rule of a mother country whose mercantilist system impeded the development of a growing colonial economy. "The goal of mercantilism was the creation of a self-sufficient empire from which foreign trade and commerce were excluded; the domination of vital trade routes; and the a...

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