Toussaint Louverture is the main one.
Rene Descartes is frequently considered the first modern philosopher. His
first publication, Discourse on Method (1637), was the touchstone of the
scientific method. A response to the lack of clarity he saw in the world of
science, Discourse describes how scientific study should be prosecuted so
as to achieve the utmost clarity, by using deductive reasoning to test
hypotheses. Descartes explained that the test of an alleged truth is the
clarity with which it may be apprehended, or proven. "I think, therefore I am,"
(cogito ergo sum) is Descartes' famous example of the most clearly apprehended
truth. In effect, the evidence of thought proves the hypothesis of existence.
Answer: Industrial Revolution, in modern history, the process of change from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing. These technological changes introduced novel ways of working and living and fundamentally transformed society.
Explanation:
The Anglo-Boer War or Second Boer War was fought between 1899 and 1902 by the British Empire and two Boer states, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State.
At the beginning of the conflict the British were overconfident while the Boer states were very well prepared. In the end, the British managed to defeat the Boers and the two states were incorporated to the Union of South Africa, part of the British Empire, in 1910.
