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    the fundamental problem of gender and women oppression. That effort of gender adjustment must seek to answer a fundamental question whose efforts is to understand the order that define the oppression of women for it is in the empathetic of such an order that a possibility of alternatives‚ therefore better futures could be explored (Nkenkana 2015‚p 14). A further contention is that coloniality of gender speaks to the perennial question of liberation of women from various forms of oppression. The

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    how the woman lived her life. Social class was a big issue in both Upper Canada and India. Women that were unmarried were pitied and they had to rely on relatives for support. This again falls under the social aspect. Women were overruled by men in both nations until they finally stood up and fought. But until then women were beaten by their husbands if they even tried to speak up to them. Secondly‚ women had to carry out duties. Some of the things a woman in Upper Canada would have to do would

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    In the 19th century‚ London England experienced many tragedies. The rise in industrialization in many cities resulted in an increase in population and a decrease in living standards. These two factors were prime contributors to the generally unsanitary conditions that the majority of citizens were faced with during this time period. These unsanitary conditions caused many different diseases and illnesses. One of these diseases was cholera‚ a disease characterised by diarrhea and vomiting‚ which can

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    During the late sixteenth and into the early seventeenth centuries‚ colonizers reached the  New World‚ which had previously been discovered‚ for various incentives. England‚ in  particular‚ sent numerous groups to two major areas. The New England and the Chesapeake  region were of English descent‚ however‚ both emerged to be very different societies by 1700.  Both grew to have their own unique identities. These separate identities spurred from the  reasoning behind their settlement to the New World. By 1700‚ New England and the Chesapeake 

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    GKE 1 Task Three Themes in U.S. and World History REVISED Colonialism in North America During the 16th and 17th centuries‚ several European nations dispatched delegations set on colonializing portions of the Americas. The British were undoubtedly the most successful in this regard by first establishing the Jamestown colony in 1604 and then the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629 (Reich‚ 2010). The Native Americans that the explorers encountered were weary of the unfamiliar

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    History 1 Honors October 4‚ 2010 The events leading up to 1700 that occurred in the New England colonies and the Chesapeake colonies made both of these establishments vastly different. While both the New England and Chesapeake colonies can be separated by their culture‚ and government and religion‚ their motivations for colonizing was the most significant factor in differentiating the two. The New England and Chesapeake colonies were both settled for different purposes‚ and this played a major

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    WOMEN IN THE 16-17 CENTURY Women in the 16th and 17th century faced many challenges and restrictions within society. During the 16th century the main role of women was to manage their households. Women were expected to focus on practical domestic pursuits and activities that encouraged the betterment of their families‚ and more particularly‚ their husbands who were seen as their only financial source1. Girls didn’t go to school as it was thought to be detrimental to the traditional female virtues

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    gender‚ and social class. School subjects included reading‚ writing‚ and math. New England Colonies On farms in New Englandwomen were usually working in the home and rarely worked in the fields. Trade was usually a task the men completed. Although these were the norms in many colonial regions‚ there were some areas that women held the same roles as men. However‚ holding a job that a man usually held did not give women equality. The man was head of the household while the woman’s role was to obey

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    Perhaps the Early Modern ages in Western Europe were what established the continuous years of oppression for the female gender. During this time‚ women were barely even looked at as human‚ evident when essayist Richard Steele defined women in 1710 as “...a daughter‚ a sister‚ a wife‚ and a mother‚ a mere appendage of the human race...(Hufton)” Throughout a woman’s life‚ it was the norm for them to prepare all their lives to serve domestically in order to get married young‚ and care for her husband

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    The New England colonies and the Southern colonies are slightly similar in some aspects‚ but drastically different in most. For example the new england colonies were strictly puritan and they did not tolerate any other religion but the southern colonies were not dominated by a single religion which gave way to more liberal attitudes and some religious freedom. The economy of New England was powered mostly the manufacturing in factories‚ whereas the Southern colonies’ economies were more agriculturally

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