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    A patriarchal family‚ with the man as the head of the household‚ is the traditional structure of the Vietnamese family. Confucianists framed their cultural norm in terms of the duties and obligations of a family to father‚ a child to parent‚ a wife to husband‚ and a younger brother to an older brother. They believed that the welfare and the solidity of the family were far more important than individual interests of any one member of a family. The individual was less independent than a member of a

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    The Wars of Independence in Latin America • Rebellions between 1804-1824 • Colonial govt. ended in S. America • Haiti revolt o led by Toussaint L’Ouverture and Jean-Jacques Dessalines o Merchant‚ landowner‚ professional class participated (Creole elite) o Natives and blacks didn’t as much • Discontentment of Creoles o Slave revolts in Andes‚ scared Creoles o Angry w/Spanish govt.  Taxes too high  Trade limits • Peninsulares-whites born in Spain o Got the best positions

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    Colonialism in Latin America took place over a span of 300 years and came to an end starting in 1821 due to unrest in Latin America. Independence for the former Spanish and Portuguese colonies brought both short term and long term consequences but many of the leaders in the early stages of the independence movements were optimistic about the future of their countries. At the start there was a lot of violence‚ lack of capital investment‚ and constant power grabs by the wealthy elite. Those troubles

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    (Jennings‚ 2002). Within human rights‚ scholars focus on labor‚ civil and educational rights. This latter‚ it is present in all the regions: from Europe to Latin America. In Latin America‚ student activism is not confined within the educational institutions; student activism also connects with the domain of politics. In the past‚ Latin America witnessed how student activism

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    In Latin America 25% of Latin Americans lives on 4 dollars a day or less. Compared to The United States‚ Latin America is very unstable in several ways for several reasons. This instability is important because it affects the lives of everyone that lives there. Looking at how Latin America developed you can learn why it’s unstable. Latin America developed an unstable government because a lack of foreign intervention‚ industrialization‚ and authoritarianism. (Deyonna Lansden‚ Tamia Roshell‚ Quin

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    The Silk Road was a major pre-modern trade route‚ which linked the east with the west along a major land route and by land-based methods of transportation. The overarching connection with historical kingdoms and empires is traditionally based on the movement of silk and other luxury goods from China to the Roman Empire and throughout the Mediterranean. The effect of this trade brought about a major internationalization of trading partnerships with China‚ India‚ and other nations that would connect

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    Religious Change Over Time in Latin America and Caribbean Throughout the years of 1450 to present‚ the religion of Latin America and the Caribbean went through a number of changes. Although the religious beliefs and practices of these areas were mostly animistic prior to 1450‚ they proved to be flexible and went through many alterations get to where they are today. Prior to the arrival of the Spanish Conquistadors‚ the Latin American people had never heard of Catholocism‚ which would eventually

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    society that accomplished incredible achievements in a short amount of time by utilizing fear and cruel tyranny against their enemies. In the Zhou dynasty‚ the unreliability of the dynastic cycle caused the occasional increase of taxes due to the change from one dynasty to the other. CONCLUSION SENTENCE OR ADD

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    In the early 1800s‚ Latin America had a revolution of its own‚ in which most of the colonies became independent by taking advantage of France and Britain’s current fighting. Most are not all of the provinces turned countries decided to utilize a Republic form of government. Mexico in particular also agreed that a Republic would be an excellent way to go‚ as it allows the criollos to have complete power over the government. It also allowed them to retain‚ as well as increase their land size to maximize

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    army‚ which included a half of a million soldiers‚ but on the night of his marriage and after drinking‚ and partying he went to sleep and never woke up again. In the year 986 a Viking explorer named Bjarni was actually the first person to discover America (Canada)‚ but decided not to get off his boat and

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