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    Cherie Wallace English 95 Mrs. Endicott March 13‚ 2013 Not many people know what the Dept. of Correction’s requires for parolees released from prison into the community. Approximately three months before an inmate is released back into the community the Dept. of Corrections does a RISK Assessment to determine how much Community Supervision will be required and what risk that inmate is to the community in which they are released. Most inmates that are required to service time on community custody

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    Men and women had their own important role in the settlement and development in the new world. The different areas women occupied may have been overlooked in a male dominated society. In Jamestown the arrival of women symbolized the start of a permanent settlement. Women in the early colonies helped with the development of the new world without settlement would not have been possible. One of the main things that they were responsible for was the raising of the children that would live in the new

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    of the Americas‚ while the British wanted their newly conquered land for money. King George III & members of Parliament believed that the colonists were ungrateful so they decided to “disciple” the colonists; they wanted the colonists to pay for the tremendous debt from the war. Along with paying the war debt‚ King George III wanted control over all new land settlements. George Grenville (Brother in law of William Pitt) wrote The Royal Proclamation of 1763 which forbid colonial settlements

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    DBQ - Democracy in Colonial America Essay Colonial America played a major role in the way America is run today. In this particular time period‚ America was just beginning to be its own country. Now that America was finally free from British rule it needed a government of its own. Democracy seemed to be the best option for the new government‚ but it was a little hard to switch to all things democratic immediately. Democracy was a work in progress in colonial America with democratic and undemocratic

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    Final Paper 2. Discuss the evolution of women’s place in society from colonial times to 1877. From Colonial period to Reconstruction‚ women were not equal to men in many aspects‚ which included family roles and suffrage. Nevertheless‚ white women faced violence and inequality from men; they realized that the only people who could change this circumstance were themselves. As time went on‚ white women did not give up and struggled for their rights by forming political parties. With their efforts‚ they

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    Utopia in Colonial America In the seventeenth century‚ there were two different versions of utopia. When a person hears the word utopia‚ a different thought will come to each different person’s mind. A utopia can be anything‚ as long as it brings joy to the specific person. In Colonial America‚ all people went over to the new world with a fantasy of their perfect place. In fact‚ two very important historical figures had extreme views on North America. While John Smith viewed The New World as new

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    Colonial America’s democracy was a work in progress with democratic and undemocratic features. With features like Individual and Human Rights‚ Equality‚ and Limited Government‚ colonial America was continuously finding new ways to govern a new society. While‚ some of their strategies were undemocratic and cruel‚ they realized and fixed it with democratic solutions. Their efforts were enormous‚ and created the free land of colonial America. One democratic feature would be Individual and Human Rights

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    involuntary labor in Colonial America operated from the early 17th century to late 18th century. The two most popular forms of involuntary labor were indentured servitude and slavery. Often indentured servants are of European origin either carrying out their sentences or paying off their passages. The Experience of Bondage: Gottlieb Mittelberger’s account‚ 1754‚ was written by a German schoolmaster about his voyage to Philadelphia as an indentured servant. In his account‚ he describes the horrid conditions

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    peace. As the police force started to form‚ key difference in why police were need in the south and north started to show. In the North‚ the issues they were facing were an increased immigration population moving into the larger cities and in the south runaway slaves. Slave patrols (or “paddyrollers”) were created to manage the race-based conflict occurring in the southern region of Colonial America; these patrols were created with the specific intent

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    Colonial America Colonial America was difficult early settlers coming for a new life. These settlers were looking for new freedoms in a new land. They faced many hardships during the early years‚ but through trial and error they finally established a new life. In these colonial times there was a lot of talk about beliefs. The English didn’t want a lot of Christianity in England. So the Christians left England to go to America so they could have their religious beliefs. The Christians didn’t have

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