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    lord‚ or in this case the wealthy powerful men‚ would often wear hose (stocking‚ tights‚ etc) with a jacket. Not only that but often ladies‚ wealthy women during the time‚ would wear linen or silk undergarments with a gown topping the entire outfit. Clothing between both peasants and lords and ladies were different due to the amount of power each person had. Unlike those that were wealthy‚ peasants would be forced to wear cheap cloth or a blanket that way they

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    • The original 13 colonies were divided into three geographic areas consisting of the New England‚ Middle and Southern colonies. The Georgia Colony was classified as one of the Southern Colonies. • James Oglethorpe was a British general‚ Member of Parliament‚ philanthropist‚ humanitarian‚ was the founder of the colony of Georgia in America in 1733. • He was a social reformer in England founding Georgia‚ after a grant from King George II‚ to resettle Britain’s poor‚ especially those in debtors’

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    NORTHERN NIGERIA: BACKGROUND TO CONFLICT Africa Report N°168 – 20 December 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................................... i I.  INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 1  II.  COMMUNITIES‚ ISLAM AND COLONIAL RULE ................................................... 2  A.  THE PRE-COLONIAL ERA...................

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    in the colonies. Slowly‚ England rose to compete in this struggle for colonies‚ settling North America. Although New England and the Chesapeake regions were both settled by Englishmen‚ these two colonies evolved into completely different colonies as a result of their many differences of opinion starting with their reasons for settling the land‚ spreading to create two completely different societies. From the time each ship set off from England‚ both the New England and Chesapeake colonies were bound

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    The Massachusetts Bay Colony was an English settlement on the east coast of North America (Massachusetts Bay) in the 17th century‚ in New England‚ situated around the present-day cities of Salem and Boston. The territory administered by the colony included much of present-day central New England‚ including portions of the U.S. states of Massachusetts‚ Maine‚ New Hampshire‚ Rhode Island‚ and Connecticut. Territory claimed but never administered by the colonial government extended as far west as the

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    The Northern Renaissance began as a result of Italian’s strong influence on neighboring countries when it came to artwork with Christian themes‚ as well as the prolonged conflict between France and England that caused several artists to relocate. In order to avoid the outbreak of The Hundred Year’s War and successfully search for inspiration‚ artists migrated out of the country to further their work‚ while also showcasing new thoughts and ideals that were widely unknown to artists who lived in Germany

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    Catherine Ann Taylor Comparative Politics Spring 2013 The Relationship between the English and Northern Irish in the Context of In the Name of the Father The intertwined and complex history of England and Ireland dates back to the 12th century‚ when English barons seized Irish lands. This continued until the 1300s‚ at which point most of the land in Ireland was owned by English. Loyalty to England weakened when the Englishmen began identifying more in Ireland. In 1534‚ Henry VIII took

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    Massachusetts Bay Colony government was able to be‚ at least partially‚ simultaneously theocratic‚ democratic‚ oligarchic‚ and authoritarian. It was able to be partly theocratic because of the doctrine of the covenant‚ which stated that the whole purpose of government was to enforce God’s laws. God’s laws applied to everyone‚ even nonbelievers. Everyone also had to pay taxes for the government-supported church. This meant that religious leaders held enormous power in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. They were

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    includes the indigenous people of Colombia (otherwise known as the Native Colombians). Both the Colombians and the native Colombians has distinct styles of clothing that help make Colombia very unique. Traditional Clothing Colombians can be found wearing traditional western-style clothing. However‚ it also depends on the climate and the class that they’re in. The Upper class and the middle class tend to wear formal dark suits and/or stylish colorful

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    two colonies in North America of the East Coast. The colonies were known as the New England colonies and the Chesapeake colonies. The New England colonies included of Connecticut‚ Colony of Rhode Island‚ Providence Plantations‚ Massachusetts and Province of New Hampshire. The Chesapeake colonies consisted of Virginia and Maryland. These colonies were settled in by Englishmen with similar resolutions and ethnicities and faced similar obstacles. But these colonies became two distinct colonies with

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