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    Many ideological‚ social‚ and economic forces shaped social development for colonial America. It’s quite intriguing as to how only a fraction of young men attended college in the United States at one time. Attending college was recherché during the colonial time period in contrast to today‚ where attending college is so prominent in society. Even the offspring of colonial intellectuals‚ such as "Creasy" Mather‚ seldom attended college. Some of the first colleges ever established‚ such as Harvard

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    heritage made by society (task 1) In The perspectives magazine there is many interesting texts. Some are about old traditions‚ some are about how a country was many years ago and some are about how are name makes who we are. The thing I like the most about the text in the magazine was the ones about how small things like our skin color or our name changes who we are in the eyes of the people around us. In the text “The day I became black” we hear a story from a boy with an African-American mother

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    and women instead got taught how to run the house and take care of the young children. Men had different jobs where they tended to the farm and created furniture. There are many differences from colonial lifestyle and ours and the lifestyle of the southern colonists affected their lifestyle. During colonial times‚ southern colonists lived on farms where they grew almost everything they needed to survive like cotton for creating clothes and growing crops like corn for food.The farm was not just a

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    DEMOCRACY IN COLONIAL AMERICA Colonial America was democratic. Documents‚ agreements and other representative actions are a proof of the establishment of a democracy in the colonies. England was not democratic‚ and the colonies purpose was to separate themselves as much as possible from the Crown and their undemocratic flu. They had freedom of press and religion and were getting accustomed to doing things their way. Documents such as the Maryland’s Act of Toleration‚ the Fundamental Orders

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    In the short story "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker‚ the author portrays opposing ideas about one’s heritage. Through the eyes of two daughters‚ Dee and Maggie‚ who have chosen to live their lives in very different manners‚ the reader can choose which character to identify most with by judging what is really important in one’s life. In Dee’s case‚ she goes out to make all that can of herself while leaving her past behind‚ in comparison to Maggie‚ who stays back with her roots and makes the most out

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    Groups (Women‚ Indians‚ Relgious Dissenters‚ Slaves) in Colonial America? Life in Colonial America for women‚ indians and slaves‚ were all a little different but they did have one thing in common: they were considered inferior to the white males. They had no rights and they were treated poorly. Slaves were treated like animals‚ Indians were told to be savages and women were only supposed to be the supporting wife and mother. Women in Colonial times were expected to follow the daily routine of tending

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    The Colonial Jobs Introduction I chose these subtopics because I wanted to see the difference between women jobs‚ men jobs‚ and children jobs. In the following pages I will say some of the jobs that some those people had. I wanted to do jobs because it has been brought to my attention that people haven’t been focusing on jobs that much so I decided to write about their jobs. Women Jobs Women had a lot of different jobs. Most of their jobs were in the homes. Some of their jobs were preparing the

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    Changes that occurred between the colonial period and 1860s defined the America we are most familiar with. The colonies started off with artisans who specialize and dedicate their whole lives in a field of work. For example‚ artisans would grow up working as an apprentices and journeymen to become a shoe maker or clock making. There were others like the urban dwellers who came to the Americas to live simpler lives. They wanted to live life in comfort and have freedom over what religion the practiced

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    laws in British North America and Colonial Brazil Slavery as it existed in colonial Brazil contained interesting points of comparison and contrast with the slave system existing in British North America. The slaves in both areas had been left with very little opportunity in which he could develop as a person. The degree to which the individual rights of the slave were either protected or suppressed provides a clearer insight to the differences between North American and Brazilian slavery. The laws

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    Does it make sense for Apex to attain full compliance with SOX? And why or why not? I agree with Apex to attain full compliance with SOX. As you know about Apex is private company and will be seeking for new external funding to expansion into a new segment of the printing sector therefore‚ the new investors are needed for them because they have to access capital market to raise money for the expansion to a lot invest in equipment as well as substract inventory and adding more promotional costs

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