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    were mentally ill from society. In the 17th Century‚ people who

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    extend the Bracero program. It can be traced back to a nativist notion that the braceros were taking jobs away and with substantial numbers coming in that they created a threat to society. Know nothing Party- Nativist group active in the mid 19th century. They were concerned with political corruption and immigrant involvement in political machines. Rather than seeking to restrict immigration‚ the Know Nothing Party wanted to make it more difficult for immigrants to naturalize or hold high offices

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    During the late 17th century slave trade played a dominant part in strengthening economies all over the world. As the world acknowledged the fact that slavery was a necessary part of life due to the free labor‚ tens and thousands of slaves were involuntarily circumnavigated around the world to countries that had potential to be rich with profitable resources and goods such as sugar and silver. One such group of slaves traveled from Africa to the Caribbean Islands.  As they arrived to the islands

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    were the only characteristics a man looked for in a women‚ back in the 17th century. Men felt superior to women and had plenty more rights than them. Women were practically treated as servants by their husbands and they were not allowed to argue/protest against their roles as a women. Although women have endured being treated as the weaker sex and have had fewer rights than men‚ this has immensely changed over the past centuries. In our society today‚ women are fully capable of doing anything a man

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    During the 17th century in North America there existed several classes of people. Each class had their own varying of freedom. During this period North America rapidly evolved from an experiment of sorts to a powerful colony with a multicultural immigrant base. As the colony evolved so did the social structures of its people. Whether it was with women‚ Indians‚ indentured servants‚ slaves‚ puritans or property owners each class had their own distinct version of freedom. The backbone behind the

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    Gloria Rael 10-06-12 AP U.S. History I Colonial Society in the 18th Century The British colonies in the 18th century had changed a lot since the 17th century. For example‚ in the year 1670‚ 90% of the population was English‚ and 4% was African. In 1770‚ 50% was English‚ and 20% was African. The colonies had become very distinct. The immigrants were 8% English‚ 8% Scottish‚ 15% German‚ 33% African‚ and 36% Scots-Irish. The characteristics of the colonies were diverse‚ as well. Colonial

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    How far was ‘the world turned upside down’ from 1600 to 1700? 10/5/13 In the 17th Century people talked about ‘the world turned upside down’ because they felt that there was so many things that changed in that century that if somebody had left England in 1600 and arrived again in 1700‚ it have changed so much that the world would have seemed upside-down. However‚ there is disagreement about how much it changed‚ as some things still stayed the same during that

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    Europeans‚ in the 18th century experienced changes in marriages and families‚ children‚ and food and medical care. Unlike the early years when the people married at young ages‚ more and more Europeans began to marry at much older ages and form families with an established household. In the early 18th century‚ children were often neglected; however‚ as time went on‚ parents began to express their love more openly for to their children. The diets and medical care of the Europeans improved through new

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    Matt Mclellan February 4‚ 2002 6pm class Monday The Pen Is Mightier Than The King The 17th century saw a king’s head roll and an English Caesar sit the throne‚ in the midst of all of this a new class was rising. England in the 17th century was rife with change‚ there was much work to be done before the industrial revolution could fully grip the nation. For hundreds of years the monarch had dominated the political landscape‚ now that was changing radically. Although their remained a Monarch

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    The history of psychiatric hospitals find its origins in classical workhouses and houses of correction. From the 18th to 20th century‚ there was a transformation of workhouses into insane asylums and finally into psychiatric hospitals and along with this transformation of institutions came a shift to medical understandings of mental illness. Ultimately‚ the barbarous practices that occurred within asylums caused another shift in psychiatric care towards deinstitutionalization‚ psychology outside

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