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    Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries‚ a variety of laws were passed to remove the rights of slaves. What little rights slaves had were quickly taken away when African slavery became prominent in America. These were known as the Fugitive Slave Acts. History.com states‚ “Enacted by Congress in 1793‚ the first Fugitive Slave Act authorized local governments to seize and return escaped slaves to their owners and imposed penalties on anyone who aided in their flight. Widespread resistance to the 1793

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    citizens. The constitution was made by Thomas Jefferson‚ James Madison‚ Thomas Paine‚ and John Adams – George Washington had the responsibility of seeing the Constitutional Convention that took place in Philadelphia between May 5th‚ 1787 and September 17th‚ 1787.In order for the Constitution to be a part of the law‚ it had to be accepted by 9 of the 13 states. However‚ Massachusetts‚ Maryland and South Carolina refused to ratify it because it lacked protection of basic rights. In February 1788‚ an agreement

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    Throughout the nineteenth century three political ideals began influencing states and their  citizens like no other ideals had done before. These ideals were liberalism‚ socialism and‚ the  most important‚ nationalism. Each one possessed its own uniqueness which inspired mass  followings of people that would last thoroughly into the twentieth century. Each one also proved  to form a catalyst for the modernisation of many European countries. However‚ in comparison‚  none of these ideals had the impact that the nationalistic approach had

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    caught a lot of attention and inspired lots of films‚ novels and book throughout modern times. The 13 century in the history of psychopathology it’s known by the time when asylums began to emerge. (Roberts‚ A. 1981/Birth of the City London Bedlam) In the above developments there weren’t specific places for the mentally ill‚ because in most cases they were pursued and punished. That’s why in this century another paradigm comes in and changes the way people saw the mentally disable. By this time people

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    History 109 October 3‚ 2012 Contact or Conquest? Development of America During the 15th Through 18th Centuries While European explorers throughout history had made many contacts throughout their expeditions‚ the discovery‚ colonization‚ and development of territories and culture during the 1400s to 1700s would best be described as conquest. Spanish‚ Portuguese‚ English‚ French‚ Dutch and Germans came to the New World in search of many different interests‚ but ultimately the “conquering” of civilizations

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    20th Century and beyond- Döring ‚ 1. Sitzung am 08.04.14 Siehe Handout Texts chosen by chance‚ subjection Erich Auerbach- Mimesis Monarchical categories: literature under monarch e.g. 1830-1901 “The Victorian Age” Julian Barnes: A History of the World in 10 ½ chapters‚ 1989 No solution Article: World´s last WW1 veteran dies Difference: talking about event in past (represented through documents  impersonal) Talking about personal experience represented through

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    Europeans in the 15th‚ 16th and 17th century had a new state of mind as a result of the Renaissance. They had many motives for exploring since they had many hopes and ideas about other places. They also wanted better lives when the Europeans immigrated as well as fame and fortune as a result of their explorations. The Europeans in the 15th‚ 16th and 17th century undertook exploration and settlement due to a combination of social‚ political and economical motivations. One of the main reasons that

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    In the 18th century‚ the legal framework of the criminal justice treated adults and juveniles in the same way. Children faced quite serious charges in the criminal courts that were not even imposed in some cases over adults. Treating juveniles as adults were problematic in several ways. The absence of proper distinction between offenders using many relevant parameters saw jails teeming with adult and child criminals. Later‚ progressive reforms changed the idea of treating children like adults‚ and

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    Absolutism in Europe changed the role of nobility completely in every country. For example‚ in France‚ nobles lost a lot of their power due to Louis XIV and his predecessors; also‚ in Eastern Europe‚ rulers such as Frederick William of Prussia changed the status of the nobility with his polices. In France‚ starting with Henry IV‚ the status of nobility started to fall when Henry started the idea of "nobles of the robe" in which middle class citizens could buy nobility from the king.

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    During the Baroque period‚ people saw the invention of a new music form: the oratorio in the 17th century in Europe. The oratorio has a long and profound history since Italian Renaissance. In this essay‚ I will be answering question number two: Explain briefly the meaning of this musical term oratorio and give an account of the most popular and arguably greatest oratorio of the first half of the eighteenth century. Oratorio Oratorio was born in Italy at about the same time as opera. This word ¡®oratorio¡¯

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