most women assumed that because women gave birth and produced milk for their infants‚ God intended that their place was in the home. Men’s egos‚ as well‚ did not allow for women to compete with them. Males thought their place was to rule‚ fight wars‚ provide income‚ teach and be the head of his family. Women were not accepted in academics‚ politics‚ church leadership‚ business‚ or the military. Despite these prejudices‚ women saw an opportunity in the sciences. As a discipline based on observations
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enlightening others” (Document 1). This shows the pressure of less powerful European powers‚ such as Belgium‚ to acquire colonies to advance their global influence. Leopold held these views because the more strong European powers had colonized. In 1903‚ French Diplomat Eugene-Melchoir de Vogue repeated this belief in‚ The Master of the Sea‚ when he wrote “What used to be a European balance of
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go back to the Cold War‚ when tensions between NATO and the USSR where incredibly strong and the world was threatened by a nuclear-bomb war. During this period of time‚ the United States was part of a group of western allies called the NATO‚ which was supposedly interested only in winning the war against communism. To win the war both the NATO and the USSR established military bases near both Russia and The United States. Even thought NATOS’s interest was only winning the war‚ the United States’
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medieval europe? Well now is you chance! The middle ages where a time of war‚ violence/crime and disease so the best label for medieval europe was the Dark Ages. War was one of the of the hardest things about the dark ages it plagued the land and there was almost always a war somewhere in Europe. “Between 1337 and 1453‚ England and France fought in a series of war over the control of lands in France. Know as the Hundred Year’s War…” (pg.58) This shows that in this time period France and England were
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acquiring land. The governor was William Berkeley who had friendly policies toward the Indians and he refused to retaliate for a series of Indian attacks on frontier settlements‚ so Nathaniel Bacon who was a twenty nine year old freeman planter‚ and also the leader of the Bacon’s Rebellion in which Nathaniel and his followers chased governor William Berkeley out of Jamestown and fell murderously upon the Indians and also torched the capital. When Nathaniel Bacon and his followers had died of sudden
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United States’ Involvement in the Vietnam War Source Based Vietnam in South East Asia had always been a desirable country. Since the 19th century‚ it was ruled by France and called Indo China. Apart form one rebellion in 1930‚ France had total control of the country until they surrendered to Germany in the Second World War in 1940. Japan‚ Germany’s ally‚ took control of Vietnam and the resources in it‚ such as coal‚ rice‚ rubber‚ railways and roads. An anti-Japanese resistance organisation
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The Mongol empire of the 1200s remains a sort of anomaly to this day. Their unconventional war tactics and nomadic way of life defied all other empires that were in existence at the time. However‚ their strategies proved extremely successful‚ and they were able to establish the largest empire the world had ever seen in a mere 20 year span. The unification of Asia (excluding India) under the strict rule of the Mongols brought about a period of relative peace and of economic improvement. While there
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AP U.S History DBQ Essay 1. "From 1781 to 1787 the Articles of Confederation provided the United States with an effective government." Using the documents and your knowledge of the period‚ evaluate this statement. The Articles of Confederation did not provide a sound basis for a new developing country of the United States. The vague responsibilities of the Federal government did not allow it to regulate and govern its states as a result led to social‚ economic and political problems
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1. I think the French Wars of Religion was more about religious differences because ever since the French nobles became Calvinists‚ they would show independence from the central power. It created the conflict between Catholics and Calvinists where power was the main struggle making religion become a way bigger issue. The last of the wars would be the war of the Three Henry’s where it showed the overall religious differences between the Catholics and the Protestants. Which this was between Henry III
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its treasure fleet against English ships‚ French settlers‚ hostile Indians (1st permanent Euro. settlement in US) Comprehensive Orders for New Discoveries-new policy Spanish leaders introduced after military setbacks to pacify Indians by Christianizing missionaries not conquistadores (1573) Ecomenderos-privelaged spanish landowners in NM‚ who were allowed by the Franciscans to utilize the goods and forced labor of Indians and their land Popé-an Indian shaman‚ who killed and drove away Spaniards
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