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    How were plantations organised to maximise self sufficience On a typical 18th century sugar plantation‚ self- sufficiency was promoted by the workers‚ fuel‚ water source‚ sugar works yard and sugar being on the plantation. The plantation was divided into three. One division was Cane Field and Cash Crops. Another was for WoodLands to provide timber for fuel to heat the boilers and for contsruction. The third was for farming to produces as much as possible for all who lived on the plantation

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    What Factors In The 15th to 18th centuries were decisive in permitting the emergence of Western Europe as the dominant force in the world economy and in world politics? Present the factor‚ present evidence supporting this factor‚ present any quotes that support the view‚ There were both positive and negative factors that resulted in the growth of capitalism in Western Europe‚ 1. Europe always had a high count of resources both in terms of working population and materials. This can be

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    Introduction Slavery in the Caribbean began in the 16th century‚ when the first set of slaves was brought to work on plantations. During their journey and their arrival‚ they were abused‚ sold like animals‚ killed. The white slave owners‚ oppressed‚ abused and overworked them‚ with the belief that it would go on forever. This project tells about The Amelioration Act of the 1800s. It contains; the Amelioration Proposals‚ its impact on the planters and the slaves and how‚ eventually‚ it led to the

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    because women did not have equal rights as the men did. In early history women did not have some of the same rights that male citizens had. Women that were married were expected to focus on raising children and house work. they weren’t allowed to own property of their own and did not have claims to any money that they might have earned. Through the 18th century many reformed group’s rioted across the Untied States against a mix of diffrent forms of organizations or movements and in a number of the women

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    In the 18th century the populations of Great Britain‚ China‚ Western Europe‚ and Japan increased greatly. The increase in population caused a focus in specialization of specific tasks and caused the people to stray away from cultivation. During this time there were growing industries‚ and the most popular styles were factory systems. During this time‚ products were made faster and more efficiently than ever. There was a huge need for steel‚ iron‚ cotton‚ and coal (Bentley‚ Ziegler pg. 654). In the

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    eighteenth century spent their days performing many strenuous tasks in and around their homes. Pregnant women were at really high risk for bearing children‚ colonial women would give birth to about five and eight offsprings. Many of the pregnancies would often end in miscarriages and about one in eight could expect to lose their lives in childbirth. In addition‚ colonial women were always consumed by household chores and always had work to tend to‚ an example of this is an 18th century woman‚ Mary

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    There weren’t races based on countries anymore‚ everyone was seen as white. They all realized that they had something in common; they were white and they were patriots. Blacks in America still didn’t have many rights and advocated for themselves immensely‚ but in the North they were also seen as patriots. After the Boston Massacre‚ there was an image in the newspaper of four coffins of the people killed. They included an African American’s coffin that died as well. This was significant because it

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    Throughout the nineteenth century three political ideals began influencing states and their  citizens like no other ideals had done before. These ideals were liberalism‚ socialism and‚ the  most important‚ nationalism. Each one possessed its own uniqueness which inspired mass  followings of people that would last thoroughly into the twentieth century. Each one also proved  to form a catalyst for the modernisation of many European countries. However‚ in comparison‚  none of these ideals had the impact that the nationalistic approach had

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    It is known that‚ “The first established death penalty laws date as far back as the Eighteenth Century B.C. in the Code of King Hammurabi of Babylon‚ which codified the death penalty for 25 different crimes” (“Introduction to the Death Penalty”). In the seventh century B.C. the death penalty was a part of the Draconian Code of Athens while the death penalty was the only punishment for any crime. During this time‚ the death penalty came to the extent of drowning‚ beating to death‚ crucifixion‚ impalement

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    Towards the end of the 18th Century American foreign policy underwent major change. Fueled by the Progressive movement and new interpretations of Manifest destiny‚ Americans sought to expand the United States’s influence around the world. During the 1890s the United States mainly used military and economic prowess to accomplish their international desires. Progressives used this new foreign policy to expand their domestic agenda onto to an international level. These advancements were widely supported due

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