manufacturing and services industries. The war resulted in massive social upheaval particularly on the lives women who attained greater freedom despite tighter Government controls. Women’s lives were upturned as they were thrust into the labour‚ social and economic spotlight‚ something never previously seen in British history. In particular the allies’ defeat of Germany relied heavily on the input of women. Women were used extensively in Propaganda schemes run by the Government as a means to encourage men to
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Quaternary Period 2 to 0 Million Years Ago Summary The Quaternary Period began about 1.8 million years ago and consists of two epochs: The Pleistocene Epoch‚ which is 1.8 million to 11‚000 years ago‚ and The Holocene Epoch‚ which is 11‚000 years ago to present. During this time there was very little movement of the continents themselves (Figure 1.3). During this period there were repetitive cycles of cold and warm climate that created the advancing and retreating of ice sheets. The moving of
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The Enlightenment period played an important part in deciding practically every part of building Colonial America‚ mostly because it change the way people considered legislative issues‚ governmental issues‚ and religion. Without the principle thoughts and figures of the Enlightenment‚ the United States would have been radically different. The ideas that came within this period molded the ideals of the United States in its developmental years. The Enlightenment emphasized normal rights and legitimate
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Chapter 4 The Period of Enlightenment (1872-1898) Historical Background After 300 years of passivity under Spanish rule‚ the Filipino spirit reawakened when the 3 priests Gomez‚ Burgos and Zamora were guillotined without sufficient evidence of guilt. This occurred on the 17th of February. This was buttressed with the spirit of liberalism when the Philippines opened its doors to world trade and with the coming of a liberal leader in the person of Governor Carlos Maria de la Torre. The Spaniards
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1.) Alexander the Great- Alexander the Great played an important role in the intertestamental period. He defeated Darius of Persia and brought Greek rule to the known world. He established seventy cities‚ all modeled after the Greek style. His conquering of the middle east facilitated the Hellenization of Rome‚ and brought the Jews under Grecian dominion‚ to the dismay of many Jews living there at that time. 2.) Antiochus Epiphanes- Replaced High Priest Onias III with Onias’ own brother
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Sam White APUSH 2 Timeline Colonial Era (1620-1763) 1. 1620 Pilgrims land on Plymouth Rock 1.1. Mayflower Compact agrees to submit to will of the majority 1.2. Earliest democracy from puritan roots 2. 1691 Glorious (Bloodless Revolution) 2.1. Lead to Salutary Neglect 2.2. Allowed independence to flourish 3. 1670 Bacon’s Rebellion 3.1. Former indentured servants revolt 3.2. Early instance of class warfare 3.3. Indentured servitude begins to die off as popularity of slavery rises
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No: 1 Define the term Sensitive periods and explain how the teacher’s knowledge and understanding of these periods determines he’s/her preparation and custodianship of the prepared environment. According to Montessori that it is very easy for a child to acquire certain abilities such as language‚ discrimination of sensory stimuli‚ and mental modeling of the environment at certain periods this is what Dr. Montessori called Sensitive periods. (Montessori‚ 1966). In my easy
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this new Democracy in America has achieved in their way to a better world. This law stopped people from attacking other religions and allowed the freedom of practicing any form of Christianity in Colonial America without fear of being beaten for it. But another democratic feature‚ which happened in Colonial America was the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.
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defined by the laws and actions of Great Britain‚ and whether or not to separate from Britain was not decided until 1783. In the early 1760’s‚ Colonials did nothing more than question the true intention of British policies. These people were searching for a sign that they had a voice in the laws they were to obey. However‚ as time progressed‚ the colonials began to develop less passive attitudes. Colonists felt neglected‚ ignored by the British‚ and treated like lower class citizens. With time‚ the
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and women instead got taught how to run the house and take care of the young children. Men had different jobs where they tended to the farm and created furniture. There are many differences from colonial lifestyle and ours and the lifestyle of the southern colonists affected their lifestyle. During colonial times‚ southern colonists lived on farms where they grew almost everything they needed to survive like cotton for creating clothes and growing crops like corn for food.The farm was not just a
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