1 Fourth History Test: How far did the Vienna Settlement contribute to maintaining the peace in Europe in the period 1815-1914? The Vienna Settlement refers to a series of agreements made by the European powers at the Congress of Vienna in 1815. As the peace terms with France had already been decided by the Treaty of Paris (signed earlier on May 30‚ 1814)‚ the Congress of Vienna was mainly concerned with solving the problems brought about by the Napoleonic wars. To solve these problems‚ the four
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are several literary criticisms used to breakdown works. New Historicism has been informed through different kinds of criticism‚ including psychoanalytic criticism‚ feminist criticism‚ and especially deconstruction. This allows self identifying new historicists to be seen as feminist‚ Marxist‚ or deconstructionist. New Historicism is a literary criticism that allows us to connect events that occur in different time periods and locations. New Historicism in not necessarily a theory that was made up
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the colonies of Chesapeake Bay and New England came to the New World for two different reasons. These differences were noticeable in social structure‚ economic outlook‚ and religious background. As the colonies were organized the differences were becoming more and more obvious and affected the way the communities prospered. These differences are evident from both written documents from the colonists and the historical knowledge of this particular period in time. Although the settlements of Chesapeake
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colonization‚ Hispaniola was the only colony in the Caribbean where the Spanish settled. In the 16thcentury‚ Hispaniola was the centre of the Spanish colonial system in the Caribbean. It was known as the Pearl of the Caribbean. Just like in the other colonies‚ the Tainos thought that the Spaniards were gods and welcomed them into their villages. Columbus believed that Hispaniola had gold and forced the Tainos to work in the mines. Columbus also made the Tainos pay the Spanish a tribute to satisfy both the
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public perception of Puritan Church | Increased influence of other colonies‚ especially Virginia‚ lead to a decline in commitment to the religious/political ideals | Salem Witch trial discredits the Puritan church‚ and much remaining credibility is lost | Economic Equality | ___________________ | Laws forbid the pricing of an item t more than 5% over its actual costs | Rise of free market economic influences from neighboring colonies lead to failure of economic control measures | Increased Education
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To what extent did the Spanish‚ French‚ and English interact with the Native Americans differently from 1492 to 1760? Native Americans came to a great deal of harm because of interactions with the French‚ Spanish and English. Columbus started a Spanish conquest that was able to last for decades before the next European country would get a foothold and begin their unique interactions with the natives including the British displacement and the French alliances. To varying degrees each European power
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social structure‚ family nature and society itself the diversities in the New England and Chesapeake cultures grew immensely. Some differences proved to be too much of a challenge for some and prosperous for others. New England families kept the traditional family structure known as a nuclear family‚ consisting of the head of the household‚ the father‚ mother and their children. The religious traditions carried over from England by these families were easier to practice because of the support of immediate
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The 13 English Colonies (1630-1750) As the colonies grew in the 1600’s and 1700’s‚ they became the home to people of many lands. These people brought their own customs and traditions. In time‚ they shaped these old ways into a new American Culture. 1 13 colonies 2 1.The New England Colonies More than 1‚000 men‚ women and children left England in 1630 to settle in the Americas. They set up their colony in Massachusetts Bay‚ North of Plymouth. Over the next 100 years‚ English
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The term ’urban’‚ as opposed to rural‚ is related to towns or cities. Urban settlement is a large nucleated settlement in which the majority of the employed inhabitants are engaged in non-agricultural activities. Urban areas may be defined by national governments according to different criteria; for example‚ size‚ population density‚ occupation of the people‚ and type of local government. This division between urban and rural is arbitrary and that is why today most of scholars use the term ’rural-
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New England and the Chesapeake Compared MARY BETH NORTON The England that the seventeenth-century migrants left behind was undergoing dramatic changes‚ many of which stemmed from a rapid rise in population that began early in the sixteenth century. As the population grew‚ the economy altered‚ social stratification increased‚ and customary modes of political behavior developed into new forms. England’s ruling elites saw chaos everywhere‚ and they became obsessed with the problem of maintaining
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