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    Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) • German Astronomer and mathematician 1584- Kepler was enrolled into a theological seminary at Adelburg. 1600- Kepler appointed as assistant to Tycho Brache‚ then as his successor one year later after Brache’s death. 1609- Kepler’s first book‚ The Astronomia Nova (New Astronomy)‚ was published. It discussed the orbit of the planet Mars and stated: • Law of Ohm- the sun is located at one Foci(one of 2 centers of an ellipse) • Kepler’s first Law: The orbit of a planet

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    Historians estimate that between 1500 and 1870‚ more than eleven million men and women were captured and carried across the Atlantic Ocean in large ships meant to house slaves in horrific conditions. The passengers were transported to the West Indies‚ Brazil or other parts of the new and forming Americas. These people were enslaved Africans‚ and their lives onboard these slaves’ ships were worse than any pain imaginable at the time. During the 1500s‚ Europeans saw enslaved Africans as inexpensive

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    ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Shelly cashman word 2010 ------------------------------------------------- chapter 2: In The Lab 1 Preparing a Short Research Paper Skills Save a document with a new filename Modify a style Adjust line spacing Modify paragraph spacing Create a document header Right-align a paragraph Insert page numbers Insert text Center a paragraph

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    John Winthrop “A Model of Christian Charity” (1630) Daisha A. Powell South University John Winthrop “A Model of Christian Charity” (1630) The Puritans had different beliefs from the Pilgrims in which they jilted separatism postulating the Anglican Church could be saved. They wanted to build churches to function as models for the English Church. John Winthrop on the eve of the puritans’ settlement of Massachusetts Bay wanted to have a structure of government and social order already established

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    ------------------------------------------------- Justice & Women in Colonial America1500-1775 ------------------------------------------------- +Honors Colonial American History Becky Chen Introduction: In the beginning of this time period‚ there was an unmarried woman on the throne in England; she was Queen Elizabeth. Descended from royalty‚ this was the first time England had ever had a woman rule her people. Yet even with this remarkable step for women‚ the roles of women in society

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    Chapter Two: The Planning of English America: 1500-1733 1. England’s Imperial Stirrings 1. Only 10 % of the Indian population of 1492 survived 2. Colonization of North America: Spanish at Santa Fe- 1610‚ French at Quebec- 1618‚ English at Jamestown- 1607 3. English crown confiscated Catholic Irish lands and ‘planted’ them with new Protestant land lords from Scotland and England. 4. Many English soldiers developed in Ireland a sneering contempt for the ‘savage’ natives‚ an attitude that they

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    time and effort to plant and harvest sugarcanes on a daily basis. They are essential in determining the fortune of plantation owners. Using African slaves is an important factor of increasing productivity. After the Portuguese settled in Brazil in 1500s‚ they attempted to use Indians for labor‚ but results in a failure. According to Maddison (n.d.)‚ “[The Indians] were not docile‚ had high mortality when exposed to Western diseases‚ could run away and hide rather easily” (1). In other words‚ Portuguese

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    contingents to claim the Americas in the 1500s because they divided and conquered the indigenous groups residing in the Americas by using intentional tactics that involved advanced armed force and taking advantage of them and their beliefs after gaining their trust and unintentional tactics that included the spread of disease. These tactics were possible to use as the Portuguese and Spaniards had horses and weapons that were advanced compared to the indigenous groups in the Americas. Additionally‚ several

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    The Change of Women’s Lives HIS 103 World Civilizations I (AFF1238A) Instructor: Steven Brownson October 15‚ 2012 Women’s lives‚ roles‚ and statuses changed over various early world history eras and culture areas in many ways. Ancient Persia‚ Paleolithic‚ Athens‚ Mesopotamian and Roman eras were all different in very unique ways. The Paleolithic era treated women fairly and were treated equally. During the Neolithic era women were not treated fairly. She was the daughter of her father or the

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    A woman’s roll in today’s society is just about as equal as a mans‚ or any other persons that I know. A woman may vote‚ work a “guys” job or even run or manage a company. The question is‚ what was a women’s roll in society in the 1500’s or later? What did a woman do in the house hold‚ or business? Women’s rights were not always that of a mans so how did women live back in the day of our ancestors? Those are the questions I will be getting to the bottom of. A women’s role in the world open to a new

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