1. Characteristics of Civilization
Answer:They were more concerned with protecting individual liberty than
with making the government run efficiently
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Cultural: The Enlightenment philosophy desacralized the authority of the monarchy and the Catholic Church, and promoted a new society based on reason instead of traditions.
Social: The emergence of an influential bourgeoisie which was formally part of the Third Estate (commoners) but had evolved into a caste with its own agenda and aspired to political equality with the clergy (First Estate) and the aristocracy (Second Estate).
Financial: France's debt, aggravated by French involvement in the American Revolution, led Louis XVI to implement new taxations and to reduce privileges.
Political: Louis XVI faced strong opposition from provincial parlements which were the spearheads of the privileged classes' resistance to royal reforms.
Economic: The deregulation of the grain market, advocated by liberal economists, resulted in an increase in bread prices. In periods of bad harvests, it would lead to food scarcity which would prompt the masses to revolt.
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In the 1840s, the United States had a dispute over the Oregon Country with. Spain.
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The famous translator for conquistador Hernán Cortés was an Indian woman, the so-called La Malinche. Other names for her were Malintzin, Doña Marina. In Mexico, she´s seen as the embodiment of betrayal and lack of love for your own culture and people. She was the daughter of a local tribal chief , but after her father´s death she became a slave, and Cortés got her as a present. Malintzin was very talented for languages; she spoke her own dialect, nahuatl (the tongue of the Aztecs) and several other regional dialects. Cortés saw she could be very useful for his plans of conquest. Malinztin became one of Cortés´ lovers and played a great role in communication between the local peoples and the Spaniards.
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