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“Today, most people "go to work." But back at the beginning of the nineteenth century, "going to work" was a brand new idea. Families had always worked together in their homes.”

Evolutionary Anthropology

Book:Early Modern Times: From Elizabeth the First to the Forty-Niners

Source: Early Modern Times: From Elizabeth the First to the Forty-Niners

“...there were three men for every woman in Australia! Australia needed women. A committee in London was formed to send young women to Australia for only five pounds.”

Evolutionary Anthropology

Book:Early Modern Times: From Elizabeth the First to the Forty-Niners

Source: Early Modern Times: From Elizabeth the First to the Forty-Niners

“William Penn planned to use this land for a colony where Quaker ideas would be followed. He wanted the settlers to be like brothers, all equal to each other. The capital city would be called the City of Brotherly Love--in Greek, Philadelphia.”

United States World History

Book:Early Modern Times: From Elizabeth the First to the Forty-Niners

Source: Early Modern Times: From Elizabeth the First to the Forty-Niners

“[Louis XIV] announced that he would now rule absolutely, without a council of advisors... No French king had ruled without advisors for almost a hundred years. And no one believed that this elegant young man... would be an efficient ruler.”

France World History Factual

Book:Early Modern Times: From Elizabeth the First to the Forty-Niners

Source: Early Modern Times: From Elizabeth the First to the Forty-Niners

“During [Louis XIV]'s reign, France became the largest and most important nation in Europe.”

Book:Early Modern Times: From Elizabeth the First to the Forty-Niners

Source: Early Modern Times: From Elizabeth the First to the Forty-Niners

“Louis XIV had sent hundred of soldiers--all men--to New France. These soldiers wanted to start families... But there were six men for every woman... [Louis XIV] announced that he would pay young Frenchwomen large amounts of money if they would go and live in the colonies. Many young women accepted the King's offer...”

France World History

Book:Early Modern Times: From Elizabeth the First to the Forty-Niners

Source: Early Modern Times: From Elizabeth the First to the Forty-Niners

“The days of kings and lords first began to lose their brightness when philosophers and scientists realized that the ancient Greeks, who had long been held up as the wisest men in the world, were sometimes wrong.”

England World History

Book:Early Modern Times: From Elizabeth the First to the Forty-Niners

Source: Early Modern Times: From Elizabeth the First to the Forty-Niners

“Galileo was one of the first scientists to use the scientific method. Instead of accepting old ideas, he carefully observed the world around him, and then tried to make a theory that would explain his observations.”

Science World History

Book:Early Modern Times: From Elizabeth the First to the Forty-Niners

Source: Early Modern Times: From Elizabeth the First to the Forty-Niners

“In his scientific notebook, Newton wrote, "Amicus Plato amicus Aristoteles magis amica veritas." That is Latin for, "Plato is my friend, Aristotle is my friend, but my best friend is truth.”

Science World History

Book:Early Modern Times: From Elizabeth the First to the Forty-Niners

Source: Early Modern Times: From Elizabeth the First to the Forty-Niners

“In [Two Treatises of Government], John Locke explained that he had discovered universal laws that could predict how people should act. Every man and woman, Locke wrote, was equal. Every human being had, by "natural law," the right to seek "life, health, liberty, and possession.”

Book:Early Modern Times: From Elizabeth the First to the Forty-Niners

Source: Early Modern Times: From Elizabeth the First to the Forty-Niners

“Isaac Newton, John Locke, and many other men and women in England and Europe began to... believe that universal laws, discovered through observation, governed every part of human life. Today, we often talk about these ideas as "Western ideas." Sometimes, we talk about the years when these ideas became popular as the "Enlightenment.”

Book:Early Modern Times: From Elizabeth the First to the Forty-Niners

Source: Early Modern Times: From Elizabeth the First to the Forty-Niners