Hoi An ancient town The ancient town of Hoi An‚ 30 km south of Da Nang‚ lies on the banks of the Thu River. Occupied by early foreign traders as Japanese‚ Chinese‚ Portuguese‚ Spanish … Hoi An was one of the major trading centers of Southeast Asia in the 16th century and was very popular with the name Faifoo. Hoi An has a distinct Chinese atmosphere with low‚ tile-roofed houses and narrow streets; the original structure of some of these streets still remains almost intact. All the houses were
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The article of confederation Adopted on November 15th 1777 but fully implemented on March 1st 1781 « 1754 League of friendship » The text -Article I : Name of the new country -Article II : It guarantees the sovereignty of the States -Article III : Definition of the Confederation as a « League of Friendship » + mutual defense -Article IV : Rights and privileges of the people + statis of criminals Article V : Congress Article VI : Area for which the states are not responsible.
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roughly 3‚138 bales of cotton. In just 20 years’ time‚ annual production had risen to roughly 177‚824 bales of cotton. As the century progressed‚ annual production of cotton would continue to see significant increases. By 1820‚ production was up to 334‚728 bales of cotton and by 1840‚ it had skyrocketed to 1‚347‚640 million bales. Finally‚ by the eve of the Civil War annual cotton production was up to 4‚490‚586 million bales per year. In time‚ as the South became more and more dependent on cotton to
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slaves themselves‚ was affected by slavery. Slavery also had a tremendous economic impact in the South. It was a cash crop and could be profitably exported to foreign countries or sold to the North. Cotton was the majority of the nation’s exports by 1840‚ and it was even more dramatically important in the south. A popular exclamation of the time was “cotton is king” because of its tremendous economic importance. The majority of cotton produced was grown on large plantations were
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Impact of Sectionalism Sectionalism during the 1800’s- 1840’s‚ caused a grand impact on American politics and policies. Sectionalism began to grow early in the 1800s‚ right after the War of 1812. As more factories were built‚ the South and the North grew further apart. When more people moved to the West‚ the country began to divide even more in this way. The north wanted and federal rights and the south wanted state rights. Each section wanted different things therefore caused problems in government
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DBQ Essay After the constitution was adopted by all of the states in 1789‚ uniting the states into one nation‚ differences between the states had been worked out through compromises. For more than 30 years arguments between the North and South had been growing. By 1861 these differences between the Northern states and the Southern states had become so great that compromise would no longer work. Thus‚ a conflict started within our nation that was called the civil war (1861-1865). The American
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For men‚ corsets are more customarily used to slim the figure. However‚ there was a period from around 1820 to 1835 — ranging as late as the late 1840s in some instances — when a wasp-waisted figure (a small‚ nipped-in look to the waist) was also desirable for men; wearing a corset sometimes achieved this. An "overbust corset" encloses the torso‚ extending from just under the
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(1817–1862)‚ Margaret Fuller (1810–1850)‚ Theodore Parker (1810–1860)‚ Bronson Alcott (1799–1888)‚ and Orestes Brownson (1803–1876). Various organizations and periodicals gave the movement shape. The earliest was the so-called "Transcendental Club" (1836–1840)‚ an informal group that met to discuss intellectual and religious topics; also important was the "Saturday Club‚" organized much later (1854). Many transcendentalists participated in the utopian communities of Brook Farm (1841–1848; located in West
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The Market revolution was an economic transformation‚ a scene of the innovation of transportation such as the; steamboat‚ man-made canals‚ railroad and communication such as the telegraph. Steamboats “helped to bring economic development to the trans Appalachian west”‚ up the Erie Canal the world’s largest man-made waterway that connected the region around the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Coast via the Hudson River. The railroads opened vast new areas of the American interior for settlement while
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APUSH- Chapter 12: Antebellum Culture & Reform‚ Terms and Review- KEY Terms to Know: Define these terms and demonstrate why each person‚ event‚ concept‚ or issue is important. Include page numbers please! 1. Romanticism = (Pg. 319) Part of a broad array of movements intended to adapt society to its new conditions. Optimistic faith in human nature; stood in marked contrast to traditional Protestant assumptions of original sin. Reformers argued that individuals should strive to give full
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