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Yes, the Democrats arn't whay they used to be. They have swung wildly left, er, ah, progressive I think they call it.
Wildly progressive.
I loved the first National Treasure but haven't seen this one. Although, if it's anything like the first one then it should be good.
The Boston Massacre was a cleverly and very well executed propoganda movement. Revere's depiction is at the helm of that movement.
Well the philosophes, in their thinking alone, were contributing to the “science of man” simply because they felt that man had the capacity to know, understand, and classify all things (i.e. the Encyclopedia.) Religion-wise some, like Voltaire, rejected the organization of it completely. Voltaire spoke out against the Church often. The philisophes did not oppose all religion and, in fact, basically established their own. Deism consisted of two major points: 1. The belief in the existence of God, which they thought could be empirically justified 2. The belief in a life after death, when rewards and punishments would be meted out according to the virtue of the lives people led on earth. I hope this helps. I think you might want to be more specific on your question though.
My personal favorite Founding Father has to be Washington, but that is mostly because of him as President. If you are talking about the greatest Founding Father prior to the Constitutional Convention then my vote goes to Franklin. Franklin was the first to put forth a plan for union -- The Albany Plan of Union -- for the states, and was clearly one step ahead of his contemporaries as is evident in his other ideas, research, discoveries and inventions.
Excellent point about Franklin. Welcome to the forum CaptDreyfus!
Why thank you for that warm welcome. 😉
Excellent question. The Industrial Revolution had a more significant social change and, as we know, led to many social reform movements. But as was said previously, it can also depend on where you lived at the time.
My personal favorite Founding Father has to be Washington, but that is mostly because of him as President. If you are talking about the greatest Founding Father prior to the Constitutional Convention then my vote goes to Franklin. Franklin was the first to put forth a plan for union — The Albany Plan of Union — for the states, and was clearly one step ahead of his contemporaries as is evident in his other ideas, research, discoveries and inventions.
