Answer:
Enlightenment changed people's ideas about government. People questioned: Are people born with special rights that must be respected?
Should citizens have more say in what their govt. does?
Does the people have the right to overthrow an unjust govt?
Explanation:
The Glorious Revolution ended the Dominion of New England in 1689
English Bill of Rights provided a model or representative govt.
Both ideas supported the idea that citizens have rights that the govt. must respect.
<u>Enlightenment ideas:</u>
Locke argued people are born with <u>natural rights</u>
Locke and Rousseau wrote that the govt. was based on <u>social contracts</u> with citizens.
Montesquieu supported <u>separation of powers</u> between different branches in a representative govt.
Voltaire argued for <u>religious tolerance</u> of all faiths.
I think... The scientific revolution was a period when intelectual began to think of the world in a new way.
If you're referring to the Great Depression, after the stock market crash, many banks lost money and closed. If you're referring to the recent recession, they lost money and became government-run.
Answer:
The United States was reluctant to annex Texas because it did not want to fight a war with Mexico.
Explanation:
In 1836 the Republic of Texas was created, independent of Mexico. In August of 1837, Memucan Hunt Jr., ambassador of Texas in the United States, presented a proposal of annexation to Van Buren's administration. Believing that the annexation would lead to a war with Mexico, the US administration rejected the Texan proposal.
Finally, in 1845, James Polk became president and annexed Texas to the United States. This situation led to the Mexican-American War, as Van Buren had predicted.
