In the Leviathan, Hobbes makes an analogy which parallels the civil state to the parts of a human body. ... When describing human nature, Hobbes argues that, in the absence of civil society, every action we perform is done for reasons which are selfish. The state of nature in Leviathan is derived from Hobbes' speculation as to how people (who are inherently selfish) would behave prior to the formation of any civil society. ... According to Hobbes, in such a condition, "it is manifest that during the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in a condition w...

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England actually had two separate revolutions to deal with during this time of unrest. ... Because of the lost wars such as the War of the League of Augsburg and the Seven Years War with England, France had a war debt of half its annual budget. ... Napoleon proved to not only be a genius at war, but also at politics and domestic reform. ... This was how he ensured that he would always have loyal people closest to him, to prevent any coups on himself. ... The Magna Carta was a very early step to what England was to become; it was drafted and accepted in 1215 and was meant to protect certain ge...

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Contrary to common belief, women were important contributors to the popular movement during the French Revolution. ... They agitated ceaselessly for the political and civil rights that they deserved, and backed up their demands with well-thought-out logical arguments. ... The Declaration of the Rights of Woman was Gouges's most important contribution to advancing woman's rights in the Revolution. ... There were fourteen women among those arrested during the protests against the steep rise in prices of flour and bread, other wise known as the 'flour war' of 1775. ... In c...

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From my time in Oklahoma, I learned that religion plays a huge part in the lives of the American people, at least for those living in Oklahoma. ... The very idea of the free exercise of religion was at stake "if civil rulers [went] so far out of their sphere as to take the care and management of religious affairs upon them."8 Preceding the Virginia Constitution of 1776, the Virginia Declaration of Rights was a document instrumental in diffusing the religious unrest in Virginia. ... Though the declaration also describes a "mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charit...

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First, Thomas Hobbes identified that humans were in continual war with "every man, against every man". ... In society today, we still see people with the basic philosophy of man against man. ... People agreed to obey a government if it would protect their natural rights. ... Locke gave us a theory of natural law; a natural right which he used to separate between true and false civil government, and to argue for the right to revolt against authoritarian government... This contract was designed to guarantee and protect individuals' civil liberties. ...

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The delegates were unhappy with England, but were not yet ready to declare war. ... He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only. ... He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. ... He has abdicated Government here by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us. He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed th...

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