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This system is called Checks and Balances and it is very important to our government. ... Without a system to prevent one branch of government from having more power over another, the government would be controlled by one group of people.
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- MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT = Men and women should have access to the same educational opportunities
- THOMAS HOBBES = Argued in favor of Absolute Monarchies
- ADAM SMITH = Laid the foundation for the modern science of economics, believed all people have a natural desire to better their lives.
- MONTESQUIEU = Influenced the creation of the Constitution of the United States
Key books by those philosophers in those areas:
- Mary Wollstonecraft, <em>Thoughts on the Education of Daughters </em>(1787)
- Thomas Hobbes, <em>Leviathan </em>(1651)
- Adam Smith, <em>Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations </em>(1776)
- Montesquieu, <em>Spirit of the Laws </em>(1748)
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A localist reaction against Chinese immigration, which contributed a large number of workers who were mainly employed on the west coast of the United States.
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At the end of the 1840s, gold was discovered in California, which caused a great movement of people who came with the hope of obtaining great economic benefits. Many immigrants arrived from China.
In 1873, the New York bank Jay Cooke and Company went bankrupt, causing a financial crisis that hit California economically.
In the 1880s, the estimated number of Chinese in California was 100,000.
In this climate of economic uncertainty, white workers blamed the Chinese for representing unfair competition, since they often accepted jobs for a low payment. The Chinese population began to suffer many acts of violence.
The Chinese exclusion act of 1882 suspended the immigration of Chinese for 10 years.
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The development of writing allowed the memorization of laws, business transactions, records of account, including taxes, etc. It demonstrated the superiority of the written word over oral memory which can be faulty, or perhaps deliberately misstated. It was not by coincidence that the first writing was done on clay tablets which hardened, and it was thereby "written in stone," and could not be changed. It was there for all to see.
