On December 24, 1814, Great Britain and the United States signed a treaty in Ghent, Belgium that effectively ended the War of 1812. News was slow to cross the pond, however, and on January 8, 1815, the two sides met in what is remembered as one of the conflict’s biggest and most decisive engagements. In the bloody Battle of New Orleans, future President Andrew Jackson and a motley assortment of militia fighters, frontiersmen, slaves, Indians and even pirates weathered a frontal assault by a superior British force, inflicting devastating casualties along the way. The victory vaulted Jackson to national stardom, and helped foil plans for a British invasion of the American frontier.
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On the 25th of July, millions of Pakistanis will brave the hot, humid July weather, perennial fears of security and their own apprehensions of Pakistan’s fledgling democracy to head to the polls and to elect Pakistan’s new government. The day is in fact a historic moment because this will only be the second time Pakistan will witness a successful democratic transition in its turbulent seventy year history. It is thus pertinent to chronicle the historical events that brought Pakistan’s democratic journey to this groundbreaking moment.
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Democracy is the form of government familiar to most Westerners. In a democracy, all eligible citizens participate in the development of laws and the administration of the government. They do this either directly or by electing representatives. Democracy has been largely influenced by theories from the Enlightenment -- the cultural and intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries. Begun in Europe and later developing in the American colonies, the Enlightenment's purpose was to challenge traditional ideas based in faith and to advance society using scientific and philosophical knowledge.