Was a sociological theory popular in late nineteenth-century Europe and the United States. It merged Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection and Herbert Spencer's sociological theories to justify imperialism, racism, and laissez-faire (i.e. conservative) social and economic policies.
The Great Awakening was a religious movement in the 1730s to 1740s. It was an emotional religious revival that swept throughout America. It changed the way people thought because they gave sermons and made people want to be more involved in the local church to avoid going to the opposite of heaven like the preachers would say would happen if they didn't get involved and involve their lives around god.
At the time that The Declaration of Independence was Written, the phrase “all men are created equal” refers to white men. At the time, black men and women did not have rights.
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