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    immigrated to different lands where their new lifestyles had very little in common. This was obvious in the settlement of the New England and Chesapeake colonies before 1700 which caused the development of dissimilar societies. The people of New England and the Chesapeake colonies formed different governments upon arrival to North America. They had different motives and incentives for immigrating to America. The composition of the colonists of New England and the Chesapeake area were nothing like

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    reasons‚ including different religious ideals‚ economic discrepancies‚ and contrasting social classes of people arriving in the New World. New England and the Chesapeake region were both founded for different things‚ the first of which being religion. New England‚ for the most part‚ was founded for religious reasons. While the Protestant Revolution was going on in their home country of England‚ those looking for religious freedom were fleeing to the New World to escape prosecution. This caused many

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    the 17th century. The Middle passage is an historical term indicating trade with three ports or region in which millions of West African captives were captured and sold into slavery against their will; this was the journey from West Africa to the Americas. Dehumanizing is to deprive someone of their human qualities‚ personality or spirit. There was a need for slaves in the Caribbean to work due to the advantage of the sugar revolution. The Spanish had enslaved the indigenous people of the new world

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    Throughout the last 40 years‚ the earnings of women to men has been an issue that has had widespread implications and sometimes even controversy as it relates to the women’s movement‚ changes in the overall labor force‚ and the ongoing discussion about economic equality and opportunity between men and women. Additionally‚ there have been great economic differences amongst women in the workforce along racial and educational lines as well. Since the 1950s‚ women in America have trailed men significantly

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    Despite New England and Chesapeake regions both having similar English settlers‚ these two colonial areas developed vastly unique identities because of politics‚ economics‚ and the reasons for settling.The Chesapeake region includes the colonies of Virginia and Maryland where the New England colonies were New Hampshire‚ Massachusetts Bay Colony‚ Rhode Island‚ and Connecticut. One of the main differences between the two regions was the reasonings behind the settlements which was the causation of

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    emotional fulfilment for females. These constructs kept women far away from the public sphere in most ways‚ but during the 19th century charitable missions did begin to extend the female role of service‚ and Victorian feminism emerged as a potent political force. The transformation of Britain into an industrial nation had profound consequences for the ways in which women were to be idealised in Victorian times. New kinds of work and new kinds of urban living prompted a change in the ways in which

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    In 1735 a ship set sail from England on its journey to the New World. Aboard was a young Anglican minister named John Wesley‚ who had been invited to serve as a pastor to British colonists in Savannah‚ Georgia. When the weather at sea got bad‚ the ship found itself in serious trouble. John Wesley‚ who was also chaplain of the vessel‚ was in fear for his life. Also on board was his younger brother Charles Wesley and a group of German Moravians‚ who were on their way to preach to the American Indians

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    In 1735 a ship set sail from England on its journey to the New World. Aboard was a young Anglican minister named John Wesley‚ who had been invited to serve as a pastor to British colonists in Savannah‚ Georgia. When the weather at sea got bad‚ the ship found itself in serious trouble. John Wesley‚ who was also chaplain of the vessel‚ was in fear for his life. Also on board was his younger brother Charles Wesley and a group of German Moravians‚ who were on their way to preach to the American Indians

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    NOTES I. Freehold Society in New England Farm Families: Women and the Rural Household Economy • Puritan commitment to independence did not include women • A wife’s duty was to “love and reverence” her husband • The courts prosecuted many women and few men for having sexual intercourse outside of marriage (fornication) • Daughters usually received livestock or household goods‚ while brothers were given land • Women assumed the role of dutiful helpmates to their husbands • Bearing and rearing

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    Contribution of education sector toward economic growth Abstract This report is design to show the increase in economic growth of country with the development of its education sector. An increase in the capacity of an economy to produce goods and services‚ compared from one period of time to another is known as the economic growth of a country‚ which shows the development of a country. Nations cannot be developed without investing in education. Education is

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