Do to the fact that Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin the South was then able to increase its cotton supply sending raw cotton north to be made into fabric. Francis C. Lowell increased the efficiency in the making of fabric by bringing spinning and weaving tools together into one factory. In 1846‚ Elias Howe created the sewing machine which revolutionized the manufacture of clothing. All of a sudden‚ clothing began to be made in factories as opposed to at home. Rising industries and factories led
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The motives for the exploration and colonization of the New World did not differ much from country to country. Though different motivations may have been emphasized more heavily in certain counties‚ most explorations were spurred by religious reasons‚ commercial causes‚ and the desire for expanded power around the globe. The population of Europe resurged during the years following the Black Death‚ which was responsible for killing approximately one third of the population between 1347-1447 (Brinkley
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Essay : The American Labor Movement of the nineteenth century developed as a result of the city-wide organizations that unhappy workers were establishing. These men and women were determined to receive the rights and privileges they deserved as citizens of a free country. They refused to be treated like slaves‚ and work under unbearable conditions any longer. Workers joined together and realized that a group is much more powerful than an individual when protesting against intimidating companies
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Europe Meets the New World In 1492‚ Columbus sailed the ocean blue. Everyone knows this phrase‚ but that was just the beginning of a very complex story. Europe was all unified under the Roman Catholic Church. For years Columbus tried to convince the King of Portugal to support him in his idea for an easier western route to the Indies but he was turned down‚ so he looked elsewhere. Finally‚ King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain agreed to sponsor the voyage because they thought it would create
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I find it interesting that we were raised up to think that Columbus was this great man who found America in 1492. After reading this first chapter we learn that he was a greedy cold blooded lying killer‚ he killed thousands of people and lied about what he was doing. He used the innocents of the Arawaks and basically wrote their death certificates. By tricking them into showing their gold and then taking all their people back to Spain was cattle. If it wasn’t the Columbus’s men killing and enslaving
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the Populist party. As shown in "The platform of the People’s party‚" the Populists believed in increasing silver to help the farmers. And although the Populists lost the election. no one remembers the "Acceptance speech of William McKinley." The American people remember W.J. Bryan’s Cross of Gold speech and his ideas of silver coinage. As the number of crops farmers had to produce increased‚ so did the amount of money the farmers had to
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This scripture led to the demolition of cultures and different groups of people all throughout history. The Bible is written and is tangible evidence while the ways of older religions held by the aboriginal people was only passed down by mouth. It wasn’t something that was tangible‚ so therefore it was inferior to that of the Bible. It was easier to
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Shortly after 1492 when Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue‚ death ravaged the great empires and civilizations that the Aztecs and Incas built. Women‚ children‚ and the rich culture suffered at the hands of the Spaniards. Despite all of the destruction‚ it lead to what many call today‚ Latin America. However‚ not just one event created Latin America‚ it was a large collection of many. All of the events that happened after 1492 were due to a difference of knowledge‚ technology‚ and immunity
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In what ways did reinvention shape American History from 1492 through 1865? To start off‚ what reinvention means is to change an event so much that it appears to be entirely new. So why does reinvention play a huge role in American History? Well‚ there is a reason for this. American History is a large mark of historians telling a story in the past. Second‚ historians change as well such as John Smith when he shared his experience when he and his men sailed to confront Powhatan. In some of the
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America has a rich history that dates back to the beginning of the 16th century when the name was first applied to the territory now referred to as South America. The period between 1600 and1877 represents a significant milestone in the American history. Therefore‚ the period is characterized by slavery‚ industrialization‚ and the rise of the American colonies‚ Civil War‚ and attainment of independence. Although some people enjoyed the freedom in this period‚ it marked a terrible time for the Africans
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