HLST 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Indian Act, Cultural Feminism, Emancipation Proclamation
26 Mar 2013
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The liberal feminist perspective deals with women"s rights. Liberalism ; a philosophy, which extends back to the period of enlightenment ( 1690-1790) aka. Age of reason created by descartes , the scientific discoveries of galileo and newton"s creation of physics based on the principles of mathematics. The development of scientific knowledge helped transform the global economy. ( industrial. Revolution great britain in the 18th century ) Beliefs behind liberal philosophy also lead to the american declaration of independence and. French declaration of the rights of man and the citizen. 1867 british north america act separated the british colony from us. 1982 the canadian constitution was repatriated and charter of rights was enshrined in it. These political revolutions were to give man" freedom from the monarchic rule but it did not apply to all women and men of different races. The abolishment of slavery 19th century in britain. First slave to arrive in canada 1629. Britain abolished the slave trade 1807.
