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Frank Bourassa (“Frank”) is an easygoing man of forty-four. As a young man, in his twenties, without support from his family, he opened a small factory that specialized in the making of brake pads and shoes. He worked tirelessly twenty hours a day without sleep, which eventually affected his health drastically. Frank was diagnosed with an acute stress disorder and was placed on anti-anxiety pills. Despite all the odds, Frank made his factory a success, although he had to sell it to maintain his health

Jack Woodward AP Euro/ Period 1 9-1/17 1: One broad theme of this chapter is the development of individualism and humanism, and how they shaped the Renaissance. These beliefs changed and shaped the renaissance because they supported the idea of allowing individuals to choose their faith in religion and their jobs. For example, the time of humanism and individualism during the renaissance inspired others such as Plato to teach the best way to define something and Baldassare Castiglione to write

scientist, Anton van Leeuwenhoek was the first to study bacteria using a microscope. Using the idea of the microscope, Hans Lippershy of Middleberg decided to invent the telescope in 1608. He thought that if a microscope could enlarge images too small for the naked eye to see then there must be a way to enlarge objects too far away to see. He combined two lenses and a tube in a different way than the microscope. By using convex and concave lenses he was able to magnify stars and planets. The

well as new ideas, ideologies, and philosophies. The first major developments were educational and economic growths. Before the Reformation, books were hard to come by because each had to be handwritten. However, with the invention of the printing press, books were made more available, thus spreading ideas to more people, including the lower class. The overall effect being the dawn of a new cultural age that creates Modern Europe. The Protestant Reformation began in the University of Wittenberg with

printing press in Mainz, using movable metal type. The first book printed by Gutenberg in this way was the Bible in 1456. Over the course of the late-fifteenth century, printing presses were quickly established throughout Europe. Printing transformed the consumption of information. It was cheaper and quicker than paying a scribe to copy a manuscript, and thousands of copies could be made instead of dozens. By the time Martin Luther wrote his ‘Ninety-Five Theses’ in 1517, there was a printing press ‘to

Acta Diurna. This was sent throughout the empire and helped connect the various, isolated provinces. While the powerful controlled the press, they loved it; however, as technology advanced and inventions like the printing press made literacy and the ability to publish news more accessible to the people, the affinity the rulers once had for the idea of the press diminished. By the 17th century, people can find newspapers that report on the happenings around them, but monarchs try to suppress the

There are no valid reasons for conquering other people. To conquer another is to gain control over, or to use force against, conquering other people implies a use of force, such as to kill or to enslave. Not only is this ethically wrong it is also costly. Conquering is a term that describes something far beyond persuasion it is an overtaking and an exploitation of another population. It is incorrect for one group to behave in such away as to take away or impose beliefs that take away the right

In contemporary photography a major issue has been debate over unauthorized use of a person’s art work to create something new. Appropriation is the most frequently used word whenever a body of work comes into question. Exploring deeper into this phrase used to justifying stealing, may sound simple on the surface, but appropriation has been a hot topic for many legal battles that can favor either side. Photographers and other artist are constantly in and out of court, fighting that their works is

Requirement of Reform of the Church in Europe During 15th and 16th Centuries The Church in Europe required reform at the end of the fifteenth century and the beginning of the sixteenth century for a number of reasons. The main reason being the behaviour of the papacy and their priorities which were no longer the welfare of the Church. There were other factors which contributed to the development of the Reformation in Europe other than the state of the Church and Christian

Chapter 1: The Invention of Writing - From the early Paleolithic to the Neolithic period (35,000 BC to 4,000 BC), early Africans and Europeans left paintings in caves, including the Lascaux caves in Southern France. - Early pictures were made for survival and for utilitarian and ritualistic purposes. - Petroglyphs are carved or scratched signs on rock. - These images became symbols for what would be the first spokenlanguage. - Cuneiform – Wedged shaped writing, created in 3000BC. Started