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35 matches to Adam
Abel. Old Testament. Second son of Adam and Eve. Killed by Cain.
Adam. Biblical First man. Eve.
Adam, Robert. 1728-92. Scottish architect: Neoclassical English country houses.
Adams, John. 1735-1826. Revolutionary, 2nd US president 1797-1801.
Adams, John C. 1819-92. English discoverer of Neptune, 1845.
Adams, John Q. 1767-1848. US President 1825-9. Abolitionist.
Adams, Samuel. 1722-1803. US Revolutionary: -“No taxation without representation”.
Adams, William. 1564-1620. English navigator established Japan trade c1613.
Cain. Elder son of Adam and Eve. Killed Abel.
Capitalism. System of private ownership of property and industry for profit. Free enterprise. Smith.
Economics, Classical. 19C. Followers of Adam Smith.
Eden. Biblical home of Adam and Eve.
Eliot, George. (Mary Ann Evans). 1819-90. English psychological novelist: Adam Bede 1859; Silas Marner 1861. Translated Strauss.
Enlightenment. 17-18C. Intellectual movement. Rationalism, natural laws vs dogma, authority. J-J Rousseau. Smith. Mendlessohn. Fontenelle. Voltaire. Montesquieu. Hume. Berkeley. Sturm und Drang.
Eve. Biblical first woman. Wife of Adam. Ate forbidden apple, expelled from Garden of Eden.
Flaubert, Gustave. 1821-1880. French Realist novelist. Madame Bovary 1851. Novembre 1842. Acquitted of corrupting public morals, 1857.
Free Trade. International commerce free from duties, government restriction or discrimination. Smith.
Fries’s Rebellion. 1799. Pennsylvanian German-Americans rebel vs property tax. Pardoned by Adams.
Georgian Architecture. 1714-1830. Palladian, 1720-60. Adam, 1760-1800. Regency, 1810-37. Often red brick with white trim.
Ka’bah. Shrine in Great Mosque. Moslem Hijrah pilgrimage objective. Contains Black Stone of Mecca given to Adam to absorb his sins. Kidnaped 930-950.
Laissez-Faire. Motto of 19C liberals calling for free markets and trade. Smith. “Laissez-faire, laissez-passer, laissez-aller”-Legendre 1680.
Lilith. Jewish female demon, Adam’s wife before Eve.
McAdam, John. 1756-1836. Scottish inventor of Macadam gravel road 1810...Tarmac.
Mercantilism. 16-18C. Economic policy opposed to Adam Smith’s. Regulation of industry and trade. Large armies. Wealth of nation is its gold.
Mickiewicz, Adam. 1798-1855. Polish Romantic poet. Pan Tadeusz 1834.