Enlightenment's Faith in Human Progress The intellectual movement that swept across Europe and its colonies in the mid and late 18th century is called Enlightenment. It is known as the "Age of Discovery", because many advance in both science and global exploration greatly expande...

1. Why are small businesses important to the Canadian economy? Small businesses have a strong presence in the Canadian economy as well as most countries in Europe. The contribution of a small business can be measured in terms of its effect on the financial aspects of the economy. For example, small...

"I am here in a country that hardly resembles the rest of Europe," said the French philosopher Montesquieu in 1729. Europe, then known as the 'old continent', was an aggregate of great powers, which had no interest in any sort of unification. Nearly three centuries later, new na...