… 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families--second families, perhaps I should say. My mother, who died in my tenth year, was of a family of the name of Hanks.... My father ... removed…

… in the United States one of the most controversial issues is race relations. Mainstream America would like to exist in an environment of integration and race independent societal construct. However, one cannot negate the existence of racially motivated…

… this is known as absolutism. This essay will discuss the characteristics of absolutism and how they affected 17th century absolute monarchs. The characteristics of absolutism can be defined as follows. The monarch rules by divine right and…

… and England went through very dramatic and very different government change. At the beginning of this time period, England had achieved relative stability, due largely in part to Elizabeth I long and successful reign. On the other hand, France…

… Third French Republic When the 3rd French Republic came into being on the 4th September 1870 France was in the middle of the Franco- Prussian war, which they were to eventually lose. When France signed the treaty of Frankfurt in May 1871 Germany…

… man by the name of Adam Smith and be marveled by his theories and philosophies. Early on in Smith’s life he was noted for being an intelligent child which lead him to go to Oxford at the age of seventeen on a scholarship. Here the foundation of…

… kirkcaldy, Scotland. He was educated at the universities of Glasgow and Oxford. Adam Smith wrote The Wealth of Nations in 1776. It was the first complete work on political economy. The book discusses the relationship between freedom and order, a…

… about material well-being. The Wealth of Nations is an influential statement of the case for laissez-faire, the thesis that government should not attempt to control or direct economic activity. His arguments are in terms of both economic efficiency…

… Adam Smith was born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland. He was educated at the universities of Glasgow and Oxford. In 1751 he became a professor at Glasgow. There he wrote The Theory of Moral Sentiment in 1759. This philosophical work gained Smith an appointme…

… the position of dictator of Germany is the story of a frenzied ambition that plunged the world into the worst war in history. Only an army corporal in World War I, Hitler became Germany's chancellor 15 years later. He…