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Continue reading →: City on a Hill: The Puritan ExperimentAsher K. Sisneros Dr. Gary North American Literature September 30, 2024 John Winthrop and John Cotton were two prominent voices during the Puritan emigration to the New World through the 1630s. Cotton was an influential pastor, and Winthrop was a lawyer and landlord. Both of them were staunch believers in…
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Continue reading →: Stakes in the War of Spanish Succession (1701-1714)Asher K. Sisneros Thomas E. Woods, Jr. Western Civilization Since 1493 September 20, 2024 The War of Spanish Succession (1701-1714) was a war in Western Europe during the reigns of Louis XIV in France and Emperor Leopold in the Holy Roman Empire. As a result of the conflict, France lost…
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Continue reading →: The Price of War: The Costs of Louis XIV’s Wars
France was riddled with warfare under the reign of King Louis XIV. As a despotic absolutist, he used Mercantilism to afford these endless wars. It worked, for a time, and he sequestered power around the throne with an iron grip. But towards the end of his reign, he realized the…
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Continue reading →: Mercantilist Theory
Asher K. Sisneros Thomas E. Woods, Jr. Western Civilization Since 1493 September 27, 2024 Mercantilist theory was born during the 16th century, and it came to dominate global trade policy in Europe by the 17th century. Colbert’s policies under King Louis XIV propelled Mercantilism to its highest point in French…
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Continue reading →: Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford
Asher K. Sisneros Dr. Gary North American Literature September 24, 2024 William Bradford’s Of Plymouth Plantation is one of the most culturally significant books on the English colonization of the New World. Plymouth was and has remained an irrelevant town, except for its historical significance. Yet even its historical significance—Squanto,…
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Continue reading →: Thomas Hobbes and AbsolutismAsher K. Sisneros Thomas E. Woods, Jr. Western Civilization From 1493 September 23, 2024 Absolutism was a rising political theory in the West during the 16th century. Monarchs favored it to justify the expansion of their power. But where absolutism thrived in one nation, constitutionalism gripped another. Thus the two…
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Continue reading →: The Fall of the Spanish EmpireAsher K. Sisneros September 20, 2024 Western Civilization Since 1493 Thomas E. Woods Jr. Throughout the 16th century, the Spanish Empire was one of the most powerful and influential civilizations in the West, leading exploration in the New World. Their power probably culminated during the conquest of the Inca Empire.…
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Continue reading →: A Disputation of Juan de Mariana: The Illegitimacy of Assassination
In light of the Trump assassination attempts, the question of assassination seems to be at the forefront of everyone’s minds as they ponder its legitimacy. Americans seem to universally agree that it is perfectly legitimate to forcibly depose tyrants through assassination. Thus, the dispute between Trump sympathizers and Trump haters…
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Continue reading →: John Locke: Property Ownership, Monarchy, and the Purpose of Government
Date: September 12, 2024 Author: Asher K. Sisneros Teacher: Tom Woods Class: Western Civilization From 1493 John Locke was a 16th-century political philosopher who pioneered the modern understanding of property ownership and laid the groundwork for many libertarian economists like Murray N. Rothbard. Natural law—which he credited as coming from…
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Continue reading →: Glorious Revolution (1688-1689)
The Glorious Revolution was an English civil war to overthrow King James II. The entire ordeal was hardly a war, however. The Protestant forces moving to overthrow James saw little resistance from the Catholic monarch, hence the name “Glorious Revolution.” When James II ascended the throne, Protestant forces were highly…
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