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    In the early 18th centurywomen were seen as trophies or devoted housewives‚ they were seen but not heard‚ submissive‚ and conservative. A dramatic change was made in the late 18th centurywomen became sexual objects due to their risqué acts‚ courageous persona‚ and seductive wardrobes. Seeking for equality‚ women wanted to prove to men that they were more than just a pretty face‚ but could be witty and have intelligence. Provocative roles led to stepping stones in bigger careers and ultimately

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    The Crisis of the Seventeenth Century  - The Crisis of the Seventeenth Century ‚  ‚    HUGH TREVOR-ROPER LIBERTY FUND  This book is published by Liberty Fund‚ Inc.‚ a foundation established to encourage study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals. The cuneiform inscription that serves as our logo and as the design motif for our endpapers is the earliest-known written appearance of the

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    During the 17th century in North America there existed several classes of people. Each class had their own varying of freedom. During this period North America rapidly evolved from an experiment of sorts to a powerful colony with a multicultural immigrant base. As the colony evolved so did the social structures of its people. Whether it was with women‚ Indians‚ indentured servants‚ slaves‚ puritans or property owners each class had their own distinct version of freedom. The backbone behind the

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    The American woman has endured more hardship‚ discrimination‚ and abuse then anyone could image. From the revolution to the Great Depression women encountered more battles with men over religion‚ politics‚ jobs‚ equal pay‚ and finally the victory for the right to vote. The newer generation of young women would usher in an entirely different request. Many things were forbidden‚ unheard of and even unthinkable in the 19th century. The twenty century woman were no longer fighting for voting rights

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    Because many American women of the nineteenth century had very different ideals‚ feminism became a global movement‚ and "early feminists found allies abroad." Many feminists believed that married or not‚ all women deserved the same rights as men. An extreme feminist of her time‚ Margaret Fuller‚ wanted to spread her ideas about women’s rights‚ and she became editor of the New York Tribune in 1844. She later published Woman in the Nineteenth Century in which she. Every path to self-fulfillment‚ she

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    As a women have you ever felt as if you have had less freedom? Fewer capabilities as men? That’s what most women felt in the 19th century and they felt that way because of how society treated them. The Yellow Wallpaper by‚ Charlotte Perkins Gilman was about a woman in the 19th century who isn’t given her rights because of the society she lives in and because of her husband. This story lets us see into a mind of a woman who is dealing with a bad case of postpartum depression. She is going through

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    DBQ it was the prompt from the summer essay; access why over the course of the 17th and 18th centuries colonists went from considering themselves British subjects to indentifying themselves as Americans During the 17th century‚ colonies along the east coast were being created. Some of these colonies include New York‚ New Jersey‚ Pennsylvania‚ and Maryland. The people living in those colonies were known as‚ colonists. The majority of the colonists were from Great Britain‚ and were still British

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    the 19th century‚ the industrial revolution changed the United States and Western Europe. It led to power-driven machines in the textile industry. This came with the expansion of commercial farming areas to provide raw materials‚ increased wage labor and rapid urbanization. It also changed family life by decreasing family size because were involved in labor force. New England textile firms employed many people including children. Southern New England mills depended on single rural women who came

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    Colonial America in the 17th Century could be summarized as the establishment period. Colonists had explored and claimed enough land to call theirs‚ and they were focused on implementing customs such as religion‚ politics‚ and ethics. In order to do this‚ colonies decided to force their ideas onto other civilizations such as foreigners or indigenous people. Accomplishing this would open doors to land and overall economic development‚ but it would also lead to battles and wars between the two conflicting

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    During the 17th and 18th century‚ colonial American life was not easy and there were hardships for both women and men to overcome. The New England‚ Middle‚ and Southern colonies made up the original 13 colonies and each one had a different view on school‚ religion‚ family‚ and business. However‚ colonial lifestyles‚ the start of the education system‚ and who went to school were much different for all (children‚ women‚ and men). Life in colonial times were much harder than what most Europeans thought

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