American English CONTENTS Introduction………………………………………………………………………………3 Chapter I. Historical background of American English…………………………………..6 Chapter II. Characteristic features of American English………………………………...12 2.1 . Phonology…………………………………………………………………………13 2.2 . Vocabulary…………………………………………………………………………17 2.3 . Grammar…………………………………………………………………………...23 Conclusions……………………………………………………………………………..27 Bibliography……………………………………………………………………………30 Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Introduction
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American History 231-01 February 8‚ 2014 Different Types of American Colonies There are different types of English colonies‚ including Royal‚ proprietary‚ and private as the most common types. These are three very different types of colonies and had different rules associated with them. Each colony was a part of one of these types‚ but some even switched between the three types of colonies. These switches came from changes in power and needing different types of government to make this happen
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African Americans: Historical Journey from 1865 to the Present HIS: 204: American History Since 1865 Professor Lisa Burgin July 14‚ 2014 Introduction The African American journey has been one of trials and tribulations which they suffered greatly to achieve freedom and success. The battle has led the citizens of this nation to have witnessed the first African American President of the United States. The journey that has brought African Americans to the present situation has
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lifestyle in the three American colonies sections‚ varied dramatically‚ the most obvious was the difference between the New England and the Southern colonies. The New England colonies varied in many ways from the southern colonies‚ the most obvious were the motives for the founders‚ the political and social beliefs‚ and economic differences. The New England colonies were much more interested in starting a new way of life for the generations to come‚ the Southern colonies based lived for the day
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in the founding of the northern and southern English colonies? The major similarity of the founding of each colony was the reasoning the people were coming over in the first place. They were all looking for better lives economically. The differences were the northern colonies were mainly looking for freedom politically and religiously. The southern colonies were just looking for an all-around better scale of life. The people from the southern colonies came over with adventure on their minds instead
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African American’s had a second class status in 1865‚ therefore their life was hard. By the nineteenth century slavery had been abolished throughout America’s Northern states‚ however it continued across the South. Between 1890 and 1910‚ the southern states government introduced the ‘Jim Crow’ laws‚ which allowed legal segregation. This created separate facilities for blacks and whites‚ these included education‚ healthcare‚ transport and public facilities such as; toilets‚ bus stations and drinking
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What is race and racism? As simple as it might seem‚ race has a historical construction justified by scientists‚ political figures and religion. During the reformation of the 16th century and 17th century‚ European Christian settlers had a key question to understand whether black or Native Americans had souls or even were human. During this time period‚ the two main dominate branches of Christianity among the settlers in the Americas were the Catholic church and Protest-Calvinist Church. The Catholic
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by Native American religions. These religions exhibit much diversity and are often characterized by animism or panentheism. While there are many different Native American religious practices‚ most address the following areas of supernatural concern: an omnipresent‚ invisible universal force‚ pertaining to the "three ’life crises’ of birth‚ puberty‚ and death"‚ spirits‚ visions‚ the shaman and communal ceremony.[1] After European settlement‚ religious history began more than a century before the
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were irrational. I will draw on reasons and rational from individuals such as Beccaria‚ Wollstonecraft‚ Locke‚ and Voltaire. The history of the witch trials is a grime‚ gruesome‚ and shocking reminder of what people are capable of. To say living 17th century Europe was miserable would be a gross understatement. The legal system that Cesare Beccaria advocated reform of was plagued in injustice and corruption‚ this was one of the leading factors for the terrible conditions in Europe. Attributing the
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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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