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Continue reading →: Thomas Paine and Common NonsenseAsher K. Sisneros Dr. Gary North American Literature November 18, 2024 Moving to America two years before the Declaration of Independence, as a master of rhetoric, Thomas Paine found himself in the right place, at the right time. The American Revolution had ravaged the thirteen colonies for years now, and…
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Continue reading →: The Sin of the French Revolution
Asher K. Sisneros Prof. Thomas E. Woods, Jr. Western Civilization Since 1493 November 11, 2024 After the success of the American Revolution, a movement erupted in France to rebuild society and create a new social order. The French Revolution was a radical movement, largely inspired by the Enlightenment. The revolutionaries…
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Continue reading →: Rebel Farmers: A Song of Revolution
Rebel Farmers: A Song of Revolution, by Asher Sisneros There is George on his rooftop, screaming with glee,As he taxes us down to our knees;Rebel farmes united, rebel farmers we stand, Rebel farmers who fight hand-in-hand. The British are coming with a marvelous force, Because we demand a divorce. Rebel…
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Continue reading →: The Beginning of the French RevolutionAsher K. Sisneros Prof. Thomas E. Woods, Jr. Western Civilization Since 1493 November 5, 2024 By all measures, King Louis XVI was a moderate king. King Louix XIV enjoyed absolutist rule, reveling in the worship of his subjects and having an aggressive foreign policy. Yet by King Louis XVI, all…
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Continue reading →: The Archetypal American: Benjamin Franklin
Asher K. Sisneros Dr. Gary North American Literature November 4, 2024 The Founding Fathers laid the seeds that flourished into a new society. Their work resulted in the birth of a new nation, and each of them contributed differently to forming the character of this society. Different people will make…
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Continue reading →: American Revolution: The Legal DisputeAsher K. Sisneros Prof. Thomas E. Woods, Jr. Western Civilization Since 14931 October 28, 2024 Introduction There have been many legal disputes in the history of the United States, ranging from Schenck v. U.S., which restricted free speech during times of war; to Liebeck v. McDonald’s, which held McDonald’s liable…
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Continue reading →: Enlightened Absolutism
Asher K. Sisneros Prof. Thomas E. Woods, Jr. Western Civilization Since 1493 October 28, 2024 Enlightened absolutism arose as a merger between principles of the Enlightenment and absolutism, hence the name. Monarchs lenient to Enlightenment thinkers such as Diderot and Voltaire wound up governing with policies that favored such philosophical…
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Continue reading →: Whitefield, Edwards, and Great Awakening Literature
Asher K. Sisneros Prof. Dr. Gary North American Literature October 28, 2024 The First Great Awakening saw a huge spiritual revival in the United States and parts of Europe. Itinerant preachers went around giving powerful sermons, often calling out church-goers for having counterfeit faith. Their audience was accused of attending…
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Continue reading →: The Fall of Absolutism in France
Asher K. Sisneros Prof. Thomas E. Woods, Jr. Western Civilization Since 1493 October 22, 2024 It is often said that one generation builds, another maintains, and the third destroys. This cycle vaguely resembles what happened to absolutism in France. At one point, all of Europe’s monarchs envied King Louis XIV’s…
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Continue reading →: Adam Smith’s Invisible Hand
Asher K. Sisneros Prof. Thomas E. Woods, Jr. Western Civilization Since 1493 October 21, 2024 Economics did not truly become a social science until Adam Smith and his followers. Economic theories had existed before him, such as mercantilism, and even the University of Salamanca had theologians and scholars who pushed…
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