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    regarding the find have been lost due to negligence. However‚ the loss of information does not render the discovery invalid as it clearly displayed that colonists in Virginia were attempting to prevent witchcraft from its very beginning. The records of colonial Virginia are explicit to this need for the prevention of witchcraft.

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    Women in Colonial America

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    Ziheng (Tony) Fang Professor Jesse Markay HIST 251 – 003 27 February 2015 Women in Colonial America During colonial times‚ the lives of women were very different compared to the lives of men. Regardless of economic status‚ the role of all women was to assist the men. English law also made women dependent on men. There were many rights and privileges that women and girls did not have. For example‚ colonial America defined men to be “independent citizens”‚ which allowed them to own land‚ slaves

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    Slavery In Colonial Time

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    Slavery is an evolving institution that has changed‚ but some factors have remained the same. Modern slavery is currently followed for its high risk high reward‚ but in colonial times for America it was driven by the need for cheap labor leading to slavery to continue to current day. The varying forms of slavery include forced labor‚ Sex trafficking‚ and early marriage. The Transatlantic Slave Trade was the system used to move slaves from Africa‚ to colonies in North America‚ to Brazil and South

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    British Colonial Military

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    Brigitte Schweigert HST 327.01 February 20‚ 2017 The Military in British Colonies of North America There has been some sort of military in existence alongside some sort of America. In British colonial times‚ the military consisted of a militia for the colonies and provincial armies. In analyzing the military‚ it is important to look at the composition of the military‚ the military members’ reasons for serving in the military‚ and their understanding of their service. In this paper‚ those aspects

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    Empire of the Sun

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    ------------------------------------------------- Empire of the Sun ------------------------------------------------- An analysis of “Empire of the Sun” focusing on the supporting roles occurring in the four matrices of the film. The film “Empire of the Sun” tells the story of Jamie “Jim” Graham‚ a young boy who goes from living in a British‚ wealthy family in the suburb of Shanghai‚ to becoming a prisoner of war in a Japanese internment camp during World War II. The Japanese Empire had been at war with China since

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    Colonial South Analysis

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    three hundred years before the American Revolution‚ the colonial South was a kaleidoscope of different people and cultures. Yet all residents of the region shared two important traits. First‚ they lived and worked in a natural environment unlike any other in the American colonies. Second‚ like humans everywhere‚ their presence on the landscape had profound implications for the natural world. Exploring the ecological transformation of the colonial South offers an opportunity to examine the ways in which

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    The Puritans are best known for fleeing to America to escape religious persecution in England. They settled mostly in the New England area as our school books tell us‚ they landed on Plymouth Rock. They built their new society entirely on the belief that the "Bible was God’s true law" (Kizer). Consequently‚ education became an important part of Puritan life. According to the Puritans‚ "Satan was keeping those who couldn’t read from the scriptures" (Education in the Colonies). Puritan education

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    1150 Spain Case Study

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    1150 – In Spain‚ paper is first mass-produced http://users.stlcc.edu/nfuller/paper/ • Muslim conquest of Spain brought paper making to Europe • Both Spain and Italy claim to be the first to manufacture paper in Europe • One of the first paper mills in Europe was in Xativa‚ Spain • The first wire mold for making paper is identified in Spain dating to 1150. • 1276 decline of manufacture in Spain http://paperproject.org/paperhistory3.html |1150

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    In British North America‚ three colonial regions appeared in the different geographical areas; New England‚ the Middle colonies‚ and the Southern colonies. Although these colonies were founded by the English‚ different agricultural and industrial oppurtunities and immigrancy led to a distinctive economy‚ religion‚ and social order between the sectional differences of the American colonies before 1750. Each region had its own type of houses‚ crops‚ churches‚ and values but the things keeping them

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    The history of Spain is one of the most fascinating in the world and the Spanish history and culture has helped to shape the modern world into what it is today. Although Spain is a relatively small territory located in southwestern Europe‚ the history of Spain is of grandeur and is strikingly different from that of the rest of the continent. The timeline of Spanish history tells the story of a land that has been sought after by many civilizations. The first to appear were the Iberians‚ a Libyan people

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