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    Role of Religion in European and Colonial Society Religion played an important role in European and Colonial Society. Religion had a major impact and influence on the family life‚ education and government in the European and Colonial Societies. The European and Colonial Society had dissimilar outlooks when it came to religion. While religion was the central focus in both European and Colonial society‚ Religion in the colonial society was more intense than Religion in the European society. For this

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    During the 19th century there was five reform movements happening in the United States. There reforms being abolition‚ women’s rights‚ education‚ prison and asylums‚ and utopian movements. All in which it was causing America to change for the better. Although these reforms were caused for the best of the United States some people did not agree with them. Even though everyone had their own opinion over the five reform movements‚ at the end they all had a tremendous impact‚ as they are still important

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    As we progress through the 19th century‚ change is happening all around us. European countries are politically changing and reforming their laws and governments to make the people happy. In Great Britain‚ change has been happening slowly but they have remained stable. They are creating laws and reforms that are meant to benefit the people and make the government as fair and as just as possible. It has taken time to get there‚ and they have had some bumps along the way‚ but they are making steady

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    During the late 19th centuryEuropeans saw an increase in industrialization‚ this time having no gaps between Britain and the rest of the continent. New political parties‚ socialist groups‚ and trade unions emerged. Urban life was predominant. Despite persisting traditional political and social views‚ late 19th century Europeans realized more government participation and an advancement for previously ignored or persecuted minority groups. Politically‚ Europe experienced change when the government

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    Mr. Smith European History‚ 2 December 9‚ 2013 Second Quarter Research Paper A) Plan of the Investigation Topic: How were the conditions in English prisons improved in the 19th century reformation? Prior to the reformation of the prison systems in Europe in the 19th century‚ there were no standards for the treatment of prisoners. They were treated like animals‚ and nobody gave it a second thought. After observing these conditions‚ several prominent figures emerged and dedicated their lives

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    Throughout all of the 19th centuryEuropean countries were scrambling to obtain more power than each other by taking land‚ especially from Africa and Southeast Asia. These two areas were geographically the most convenient for Europe‚ as well as having incredible amounts of raw materials‚ resources‚ and territory. Assets unavailable in Europe were plentiful in these areas‚ which interested Europeans in the profitable trading opportunities that these supplies presented themselves with. This expansion

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    At the turn of the 19th century‚ the concept of “new imperialism” first came onto the scene. Under the guise of this new term‚ Europeans began to wreak havoc on surrounding areas around them as they began their campaign to lay claim to‚ and bring their form of civilization to people that were otherwise considered to be something just short of savages. For varying motives‚ some of them being religious‚ some economic‚ and others based on Darwinism and racism‚ many European nations made moves into lands

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    Prison Reform in the 19th Century So‚ every time I re-read a source or try to write‚ I keep thinking back to what I am actually trying to argue. I’ve finally figured out my argument: Hawthorne portrayed Hollingsworth as a failure because he did not believe in the prison reform efforts of the time. I came to this through looking at a lot of parallels in my sources‚ and finding different reasons for why my hypothesis is true. The two types of prison reform in the early 1800s were meant to reform

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    Over the span of the 19th century‚ the European Empire expanded physically with the colonization of Africa‚ and mentally through advances in technology and education. Despite the fact that the world was changing‚ European women had the enormous pressure set upon them to stay exactly as they had always been. Through this paper‚ readers will better understand the limits and restrictions that 19th-century women bodies and sexuality had placed upon them‚ and how colonization‚ plus the emergence of the

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    own benefit. New Imperialsim occured from 1870 onwards. European countries were the biggest imperialist during 19th century‚ their policy of extending their state over other territories were mass in area. Conquering from Africa to Asia. Here are some facts: in the 1875 10% of Africa was ruled by european countries and by 1895 90% of Africa was ruled by europeans. There are several important causes of new imperialism in the late 19th Century. Such as economical and political causes and social cause

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