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    In colonial America‚ the citizens did not know exactly what they wanted for their government. The colonists knew they didn’t want their lives to be like they had been in England. They were open to ideas; they did not know what would work and what wouldn’t. The colonists knew that trial and error was the best idea at the time. The democratic and undemocratic features of colonial America were very apparent in that democracy as it was a work in progress. Although they were working out the issues

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    to the plant and machinery has moved largely to cheap labor markets in Asia and Latin America. the world today requires job descriptions typical worker machines to read mechanical drawings and understand designs with the help of computers and operating the machines controlled tools computerized and make important decisions. The United States faces a sharp difference between what the labor market needs‚ and what produced by the education system. There are two aspects to this paradox. First‚ the United

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    Black in Latin America In the film Black in Latin America‚ Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. takes an in-depth look at the island of Hispaniola‚ divided into the nations of the Dominican Republic and Haiti. In Hispaniola‚ the conflicting attitudes of the Dominicans and Haitians concerning their African ancestry is the main focus. The people of both nations share a largely African heritage‚ but their attitudes concerning this past are very different. While Dominicans tend to stress their “whiteness”

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    Democracy in Colonial America which was a work in progress‚ had both democratic and undemocratic features. When colonist got to America‚ they had to make their own laws. They immigrated to America to get away from England’s laws. Not all of the new laws were great‚ they needed to make them better but never made laws‚ so didn’t know how to make them where it benefited everyone. One democratic feature is the rule of law. In a rule of law‚ no one is above the law. From document 3 “The Fundamental Orders

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    Racism: Just because other people do it‚ doesn’t mean its right. A comparative study of racism based on the works of Gates and Rattansi. Race and Racism in Latin America and the Caribbean Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet‚ and‚ hopefully‚ we shall overcome. – Rosa Parks Racism‚ this simple word conjures up images of abhorrence and suffering. Brother hating brother because of the colour of their skin. Whole ethnicities of

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    Slavery and its Impact in Latin America Vs the United States Slavery originally started in Latin America and the West Indies by the French‚ Spanish‚ and Portuguese after the conquest‚ to replace the depopulated labor of the Indigenous people. Shortly after‚ slavery became a profitable enterprise for the capitalistic driven United States. Some of the principal laws and systems of slavery were the same in both regions‚ but others were later changed. It brought about many changes‚ with respect

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    the War of Jenkins’ Ear was the first case that the Royal Navy attempted to provide the overseas naval base with naval stores from North America directly. Therefore‚ her voyage and the views concerned with the Astrea explicate that the navy’s view about the naval logistics in the 1730s and 1740s and how the navy exploited naval stores production in Colonial America resulting from the naval stores policy in the eighteenth century. The construction and the repair of much number of ships required large

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    Traditionally in Latin American culture‚ women did not have the same rights as men. This is because in Latin America is ruled by patriarchal cultures in which men are in control and women are treated as if they are second class citizens. This is a mentality that many Latin American countries around the world have towards women. Women did not revolt against this until the 20th century when woman’s suffrage and social movements became more prominent and women demanded the rights that men had. Some

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    Who are the poor in the happiest country in Latin America? Costa Rica is known for the beautiful landscapes‚ ecologic sites and for being the happiest country in Latin America. But have a serious poverty problem‚ around 20% of its people live in below the poverty line. Who are the poor in the happiest country in Latin America? To answer this question is essential to understand poverty and its causes‚ specifically in Costa Rica. When a person is in poverty means that it can’t satisfy all of the

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    Generally‚ women in colonial America were constrained in the parts they played or restricted in their "spheres of influence." Women were once seen as just required to give birth to children and look after them. Their role was domestic; identified with exercises‚ for example‚ cooking

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