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    (Dolan‚ 1995). In addition‚ anyone who dissented from the Puritans‚ such as the Quakers‚ were either killed or exiled from the colony because they “posed a threat to the order and harmony of the Massachusetts colony” (Dolan‚ 1995‚ p. 20). By the 18th century‚ however‚ Puritans began to tolerate the existence of some other religions‚ but church and state were still not separated. The key word there is ‘some’ because the Puritans still discriminated against Roman Catholics and Jews (Dolan‚ 1995). It

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    In the early 18th century‚ North America was divided into the English speaking colonies‚ the French-speaking colonies‚ the French colonies which included Acadia and Louisiana; and Spanish territories in the South-West in the USA. There was no clear line of what Canada was and what the USA was. The border areas were dangerous places at that time as the tension between Britain and French was clearly tangible. The territory of Acadia has gone through multiple changes of claims. In 1613 British people

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    Building a Bridge to the Eighteenth Century By: Neil Postman Neil Postman identifies himself as a "neo-Luddite". What bothers Postman most is the fact that the great innovators of this time have no frame of reference other than their own experience‚ and that experience is only that of the 20th century. Advocates of trends such as information superhighways and economic globalization appear to know nothing of history‚ philosophy and culture; they live digitally in the hollow present.

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    While reading Sugar‚ Slavery‚ and Colonialism‚ it was interesting to see the breakdown of Cuba’s population. In 1869‚ the population of Cuba was “1‚399‚809: 763‚176 whites‚ 238‚927 free people of color‚ 34‚420 Asians‚ and 363‚286 slaves” (Pg. 37). This was due to sugar‚ which caused immigrants from Europe‚ Asia‚ Africa‚ and Latin America to come to Cuba and in turn contribute to Cuba’s social‚ cultural‚ and political development. It was in the middle 1700s when Cuban colonists cleverly “took advantage

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    Eighteenth Century Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire was a state founded by Turkish tribes under Osman Bey in 1299. Under the leadership of Mehmed II‚ this fledgling nation became an empire with the conquest of Constantinople in 1452 by Mehmed II. The Ottoman Empire continued in its imperial form until it became the Republic of Turkey in 1923. As an empire‚ it was the most powerful state in the world with 32 provinces during the seventeenth century. In the last half of the seventeenth century‚ the Ottoman

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    this was the major way in which people got others to work the land for them and it was the system that was in place before slavery became popular. Assimilation- Basically‚ conformity into the US culture. Migrant- someone who has moved across one national frontier Emigration- wants to recreate a place where they came from i.e. New England‚ New York‚ New Mexico‚ New Spain

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    Proceedings was often referred to as “Session Papers” but eventually was called “Old Bailey Proceedings” or more simply‚ “Proceedings”. The early editions were not very comprehensive and did not include exact testimonials until 1712. Early in the 18th Century‚ this publication was generally read by Londoners who were seeking news‚ moral information‚ or simply for entertainment. Today‚ cases may be reported in the news‚ but the general public usually is not interested in reading the whole

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    Women in 18th Century

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    -Women view each other as kindred souls‚ not as competition. -Dependent‚ affectionate‚ benevolent‚ self-sacrificing‚ pious. -Pure and lacked sexual desire. -This cult of domesticity opens up a cultural divide between men and women in the 19th century -Most education even still was reserved for male‚ not female. -Women overly educated were seen as more masculine mentally…too much education would make them unsuitable for marriage. -Women were wanting to emerge from traditional roles‚ but society

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    Massachusetts Bay‚ and the Chesapeake region were both part of the New World where England was starting to colonize. Even though the people from these two locations originated from the same land (England)‚ these colonies turned out to be extremely different from one another. They differed in the reason they settled the land‚ the economic activity of the region‚ and the demographics of the colonies. II. Motives for Settlement 1. Captain John Smith settled Chesapeake Region. Massachusetts Bay settled

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    Abbey Martin HST 106H Dr. Katherine Hubler April 17‚ 2015 Industrialization in the 18th and 19th Centuries Revolutions abounded worldwide in the late 18th and 19th centuries. From political independence to industrialization‚ it was a time of great change that would provide the building blocks for modern day society. Although political revolutions created independent nations and abolished slavery‚ it was the Industrial Revolution that truly shifted how society functioned. The Industrial Revolution

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