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    The gender roles have changed for women since the early colonial America. The women seemed to have been pressured to be at home full time. The men were shown to work all day‚ so they can provide for the family and keep the women at home. As‚ the 19th century came along‚ times have changed as now women work part time at home and help with bring money in the household. Work was done away from home and people were paid wages for this labor. The women weren’t equal to men because they were female. The

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    The success of the French in North America was largely due to the associations they developed with the American Indians‚ and the fur trading that provided animal pelts that were in high demand throughout Europe. The French built missions and worked to convert the Indians to Christianity‚ they settled primarily in Canada and the Great Lakes. France attempted to pioneer several settlements throughout North America that failed because of war with other countries‚ bad weather and diseases. Even though

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    sailed off to The Americas‚ also known as the New World. A lot of these sailors came the new world with many hopes and aspirations of creating a new life‚ being part of a new colony‚ and escaping the religious persecution that was occurring in Europe at the time. Regardlessly‚ there existed one major problem with the colonization of the Europeans‚ Native Americans had already inhabited North America for many centuries. This did not stop the Europeans from coming to North America. Furthermore‚ Narváez

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    Ancestor worship still exists in North America through many different heritages in many different ways. Belief in ancestral spirits varies from cultures and religions and are plentiful. Science has tried and tried to prove that there are spirits that linger‚ with popular shows like Ghost Hunters showing evidence of some sort of supernatural presence living with family members. They often reveal a spirit that helps them‚ or has a story to tell about their past to their descendents. People from

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    This essay written by Jon Butler explains the evolution of slavery‚ including the Africans’ experiences in America‚ and the developing of a sense of community among these people. The author mentions that in 1680 slavery was not very common in English colonies‚ later around 1700 this would change. One of the possible causes of it was the decrease of indentured servants in the colonies of Chesapeake and the Carolinas‚ in which the labor force was in high demand at that time. Captive Africans became

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    with a stressed economy will not profit from growths in population. Foreign investing has taken an important role in the expansion of Asian economies in the past numerous decades. North America has outsourced a substantial quantity of labor to Asia due to their cheap labor prices. You can say the same for North America. In the light of the industrial revolution‚ many European corporations invested in manufacturing their

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    As said before by many people‚ the better man in certain situations is the person that learns that they are wrong‚ are willing to learn from their mistakes‚ for the sake that they will be able to move on forward from what they learned. The North and the south are like a teacher and student‚ the North can teach the South as a student how lead the reconstruction era for it to become successful however‚ its up to the South as the student to see what they think is best. As so the South did act foolish

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    Economic Freedom North America has been referred to as a “land of opportunity” in the past; with the strong economies that both the United States and Canada have as well as the every growing industries in each country‚ it is no wonder that they have gained this reputation. But this begs the question‚ why are other countries not referenced in this way‚ particularly developed countries like Sweden? The answer quite simply boils down to economic freedom. “Economic freedom is the key to greater opportunity

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    Significance: The Iroquois‚ originating from present day New York‚ began to prosper after their dealings with the French‚ and later the Dutch in the fur trade. Eager to expand their territories strategically‚ they divided into the five nations of Senecas‚ Cayugas‚ Onondagas‚ Oneidas‚ and Mohawks‚ compiling into a confederation. Granted from the fur trade‚ these Natives had ample access to guns‚ steels and other goods to help conquer and wage on both European and fellow Native American settlements

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    Have North Americans become too dependent on the automobile for travel? The question is‚ Have North Americans become too dependent on the automobile for travel? Today‚ people all over the word‚ prefer the automiobile to using for travle. In my opinion‚ people in North America such people all over the world‚ strickly depandent on the automobile for travel. I feel this way for two reasons‚ which I will explore in following essay. First‚ these days‚ people accustomed to the automobile for all transportation

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