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- by disease : they spread diseases (ex: syphillis (because of sex with animals)) which killed many a million Natives in 100 years, as well as their enslavement (they worked to death)
- Natives didn't consider nudity and sexuality as a sin, they didn't have any concept of sin, they have no sense of shame and guilt and refused distinction between people (no difference between men and women regarding authority), few restrictions for children in social and sexual experimentsVSEuropeans forbade pre-marital sex, homosexuality, poligamy and cross-dressings in Europe because they were "sins", "impure" and "immoral"
- Number of textile mills built around New England
- = citoyen africain B qui dit obligation morales des slaves de se rebeller 1) slavery 1- from a slaves point of vieux (denouncing, violence, Lockes term 2- from slave's owner point of view slaves as animals / slaves closes -> refute argument II end of slavery ? -> obligation de se rebeller ? 1- laws as a brake slaves had right could use it 2- religion as a tool religion save / king under religion / christianity
- this document became a statement of revolutionary ideas for Francepopular political revolution is permissible when a government does not safeguard the natural rights of its people+ response to burkes attack link btw us and fr I) condamnation of burkes tone in his agrument reading fr revolution Burke grossly distorted how the French Revolution proceeded, having not even been present during it.2- the dismissal of buries characterization of the FR rev Paine, having observed the revolution himself, uses this position to undermine Burke's characterization of the revolutionaries as savage, suggesting that Burke is trying to manipulate public perception.fr = MORAL acT
- American Revolutionary leader and pamphleteer (born in England) who supported the American colonist's fight for independence and supported the French Revolution (1737-1809)
- freed slave known for writing an autobiography and other anti slavery works about the condition of African slaves
- English travel writer described as humble / self educated
- attaque perso + satire 1- l'essence mm corrompue (satire + inversion)+ paradox avec Indian culture = inversio. sociales 2- question de la presence B conquête x assurer / h dangereux 3- paix souriante benedication // arrêter discorde
- témoignage eslave en langue anglaise 1- paradox, gratitude dun esclave : a travers yeux de dieu 2-affranchi mais non pas libéré face a réalité / racisme ≠ pays liberté B?repos sur dieu
- they considered themselves as military figures and missionaries over the "savages"=> they applied Catholic traditions to these non-Catholic peoples, but the Natives resisted although some Europeans adopted Native lifestyles
- - Spanish (Catholics): landed in St Augustine (Florida) (1st European settlement)- English (Protestants): Jamestown (Virginia, 1607), Plymouth (people = Pilgrims, 1620)- French (Catholics): from Quebec to New Orleans
- A nabob is a wealthy, influential person. This word also comes from Hindi, and was originally used by Indians to describe a wealthy British person living in India. While it is not as common as pundit and pariah, nabob applies to many living here in the U.S.,
- peoples of central and southern America (Azteque, Inca, Maya) believed that the Spanish arrived on ships like Gods, prophetes, but no: Europeans defeated them (they killed Moctezuma II, the Emperor of the Aztec Empire)
- b economist + lexicographer -> wrote work defending slave trade + advocating its expansion (central to the B empire) // lobbyist for the royal African company
- argued that the French Revolution would end disastrously because its abstract foundations, purportedly rational, ignored the complexities of human nature and societyI) burkes reflection on whether to congratulate the fr revolutiondoubt / principe of inherence / ≠ with freedom - will destroyed = opposed to L + limits II) comparaison btw fr revolution and B revolution through prices argument disagree with his arguments : right to choose their ruler / remote once ruler ≠ from B -> protect past ≠ fr = building new order history ≠ reason III) burkes point of view on fr revolutioninhérence / royal legitimacy / social hierarchy + usa
- RPC devient RP au Conseil de sécurité de l'ONU
- mission Apollo 11 (Neil Amstrong sur la Lune)
- signature traité Atlantique Nord à Washington
- Sitting action at the siege of wounded knee battle that end in gunshot responses