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The Enlightenment ideas that are reflected in important documents such as the Declaration of Independence are "natural rights," "equality," "popular sovereignty," and "the separation of powers."
Brilliant thinkers and philosophers such as Baron de Montesquiou, Jean-Jaques Rosseau, Voltaire, Thomas Hobbes, and John Locke, influenced the founding fathers of the United States with their novel ideas about government, society, and citizenship.
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informal imperialism
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Africa was partitioned without wars between European nations. The later years of the 19th century saw a transition from informal imperialism military influence and economic dominance to direct rule.
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The Cold War and it was a it was a nuclear missile war.