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    Women’s Roles A woman’s work ethic and subserviency 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

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    the end of the 17th century Puritans wanted male authority; common law tradition that restricted women’s rights Women were only equal in relation to spirit and religion; could become official church members; divorce was legal; marriage = two-sided love; Man = God in church & governor secularly; magistrates (law enforcers) supported male superiority‚ but not physical abuse of women John Winthrop stated that a woman lives up to her role when she subjects to men and does her job; women always had to

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    a matter of course for women in the past. During the whole centurieswomen were disadvantaged. Women had no right to property after they get married‚ and they seemed to have no protection in law. But there was nothing they could do about that‚ as they had no right to vote‚ so they could not influence the law-making system. Nevertheless‚ even at that time some women were determined to make change in the system and to fight for their votes. During the 17th centurywomen already began their attempts

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    Research Paper July 11‚ 2011 The Role of women‚ sexuality‚ and Independence in the 17th and 18th century There are two short stories that relates to the women in the 17th and 18th century. There is “The story of an hour”‚ and “Astronomer’s wife” and the two short stories related by the women being in a disconsolate marriage. Both Kate Chopin and Kay Boyle suggest to their reader that a woman need a man to connect with her physically to be happy. The two women experience a hard life that made them

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    In the 17th Century‚ as France established a colonial empire in the Western Hemisphere‚ they soon learned the profitable ventures they could soon enjoy. France founded colonies in much of eastern North America‚ on a number of Caribbean islands‚ and in South America. Most colonies were developed to export products such as fish‚ sugar‚ and furs‚ selling them for profit to others in Europe. The European relations with the native peoples of the Northeast were characterized by a confusing and shifting

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    Throughout the 17th century African American slaves were awfully mistreated and even murdered by white people. They were purchased and considered property of white people who mainly used them as slaves to work for many hours on rice and tobacco plantations. Unfortunately‚ even after African American slaves were freed from slavery‚ they still struggled for their civil rights in America because whites continued to deny them of their basic rights. One way whites successfully did this was by segregating

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    Under the rules of 17th century siege warfare the New Model Army were allowed to kill the townspeople‚ however this right was rarely if ever exercised. The attitude was that revenge could be taken upon a town that took so much effort to besiege. Even during many of the brutal wars in Europe at the time much of the violence‚ such as those that took place during the French Wars of Religion were in fact conducted by angry mobs. This piece of parliamentary brutality was different and was much more

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    Hippocrates first wrote about hysteria in women‚ the prevalence of diagnoses of mental illness has been steadily climbing. Terminology has changed slightly over the past several centuries‚ evolving from hysteria to madness to mental illness; however‚ to what degree attitudes about mental illness have changed remains unclear. While methods of treatment used in the 17th century are no longer prescribed today‚ there still exists a strong disparity between the number of women diagnosed as mentally ill compared

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    Women in the 17th century were faced with many difficult challenges as they were seen as not equal to men until the early 1900s. They were faced with the task of living in a patriarchy that gave them little to no opportunities to express themselves or their talents. The roles of a woman in any household were narrowed down to a housewife. No matter if they were a noblewoman or a commoner all women were expected to stay at home‚ prepare the household and respect the orders of their husbands. A woman

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    Several sects from all over Europe made North America their home throughout the 17th century. Beginning with the southern Chesapeake colonies‚ the North American regions were assembled by their founding nations. English Puritans and Separatists and Spanish Conquistadores eventually formed settlements in the New World; however‚ Puritans and Separatists and Spanish Conquistadores differed fundamentally in their original motivation to explore the foreign paradise. After facing prosecution in England

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