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The Way to Wealth and Autobiography by Benjamin Franklin and Journal by John Woolman

version of self-fulfillment and the American dream. Morality and the Conduct of Business Keeping in mind Woolmans deep Christian ...

David Hume and Immanuel Kant on Freedom of the Will

event has a cause; and, second, an immortal soul exists distinct from the body. Therefore, freedom of the human will serves as an ...

The Landscapes of Thomas Gainsborough

and returned to Sudbury, but later moved to Ipswich for seven or eight years. His success as a portrait artist, however, came in 1...

American 'Palefaces' and 'Redskins' in Literature

In five pages this report discusses the 'pale face' or 'redskin' literature of the eighteenth and nineteenth century with the 'pal...

Roxana and Bold Strokb by a Wife in Reference to Capitalism and Women

her protestations of reform, Roxana does not regret in the slightest the amount of income which she has garnered over the years as...

Rebecca Foster's 1789 Rape

for the entire community provided the basis upon which its historical evidence might be knowingly skewed to help support the notio...

A History of the Magazine in America

other reason may be that they were too expensive for the average household to buy. Documents from that time indicate that the maga...

Increased Crime Rate in England During the 19th Century

In eleven pages this paper considers the crime increase in England during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and the crime re...

The 'Essay on Man' by Alexander Pope

In fifteen pages this narrative poem is analyzed in terms of its depiction of the eighteenth century man with each of the four sec...

Eigtheenth Century New Jersey Devil Myth

In two pages this myth examines the logic of this eighteenth century myth. There is no bibliography included....

Islam Religion's Importance

In five pages this research paper examines Islam's origins and its growing political, military and social influence to the eightee...

Philosophical Perspectives on Passion and Human Happiness

In fourteen pages this paper examines how passion and human happiness were perceived from various philosophers spanning the sixtee...

Lilliput, Satire, and Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

This essay consists of five pages and examines the first book of Gulliver's Travels in terms of how Swift satirizes eighteenth cen...

Past Preconceptions Rejected by the Scientific Revolution

In five pages this essay argues that ancient principles were rejected by seventeenth and eighteenth century scientific breakthroug...

The Military Revolution Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500-1800 by Geoffrey Parker

the "civilized" world. It appears that Parker understands that those merchants, in turn, petitioned their governments to pay for t...

The Introduction of Machinery During the First Industrial Revolution

This paper examines the use of machinery in the production of textiles during the Eighteenth Century. This five page paper has no...

2 Movie Versions of Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders

In 5 pages this paper examines what the film versions of this novel reveal more about the times in which they were made than the e...

Boston, Massachusetts and the 1721 Small Pox Epidemic

In five pages this epidemic and inoculation techniques developed in eighteenth century Boston are discussed. Four sources are cit...

Andrew Crumey's Second Novel fitz

fanciful conceits, the same thing that Escher has done with line and image. Interestingly enough, the comparison doesnt stop ther...

Detroit Michigan's History

In ten pages this report considers the history of one of America's largest and oldest cities dating back to the first years of the...

Past Two Centuries and Fear Examples in the U.S.

In five pages this paper presents fear throughout the history of the United States in various examples and events that have create...

Singular Theme of Michel Saint Jean de Crevecoeur, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin?

his background/ mindset was initially staunchly European. Consequently, besides being writers who lived during the 18th century, w...

Robert Adam, Scottish Architect

In four pages the work and interior design contributions of famed eighteenth century architect are examined. Four sources are cit...

Colonial Fashions and How They Evolved

In six pages this paper discusses the seventeenth and eighteenth century evolution of Quaker men's and women's fashions and how th...

American Explorer John Ledyard

In five pages the eighteenth century Pacific explorations of John Ledyard are considered as are his expulsion from Russia after at...

David Hume on Causation and Rational Belief

In three pages this paper discusses David Hume's philosophical belief that causation laid the foundation for rational belief with ...

America's Constitution and the Views of the Anti Federalists

In three pages this paper examines the eighteenth century debate of the U.S. Constitution's structuring from the anti Federalist p...

War Culture of Europe Until 1700

In seven pages this paper examines Europe's war culture and chronicles its development until the dawn of the eighteenth century. ...

How African Americans Were Treated in the US Before and After the Civil War

This paper examines the treatment of African Americans in the United States from the late eighteenth through the nineteenth centur...

Francisco de Goya's Life and Paintings

In six pages this Spanish painter's eighteenth century life and works are examined with an emphasis upon his paintings Pradrera de...