... , in one instance Europe was able to take control of the Americas because of their low population. But, in most cases they were content with direct economic ties for gaining outside resources (class notes). For almost two centuries Europe experienced an imperial lull that lasted from 1700-1870 in which many countries lost empires and ceased to acquire new land. Usually, they made ... up to protect India from rival countries. Other countries like France didn't withdraw as peacefully as Britain. It was more difficult for France to give their empires because their initial motivation for acq...

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... life. The idea of the social contract lay behind two of the momentous events of the period "the American and French Revolutions. During this time, the world experienced the influential rules of Louis XV in France and Catherine the Great in Russia. The ... French Revolution introduced the "Reign of Terror- before Napoleon's rise to power. Some other significant events of the period were the signing ... At the age of eight, he gave his first public performance as a pianist. Beethoven's music is filled with the heroism and rebelliousness that were present in the French Revolution, a major ...

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... slow, and medium. Italian terms used in musical notation denote more than a dozen different tempos, which included allegro, moderato, and lento. Within the changing meter of rhythm, song notes of various pitches were intertwined. Tone color (timbre) distinguished the sound and characteristics that separated one instrument or voice from another. The classical era between 1750 and 1820 was defined ... Enlightenment, which began earlier in the eighteenth century. Following the scientific and intellectual advances of the previous century, thinkers such as Voltaire, Diderot, Locke, Jefferson, ...

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