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    Effects of the Industrial Revolution on Slavery The Industrial Revolution started in Britain‚ where population was sky rocketing and demand for goods was increasing. This higher demand forced innovators and scientists to invent machines that would make production much faster than their old ways. Before the push for new technology‚ goods were being produced through the putting-out system: one where a manufacturer would make part of the product‚ send it out for someone to finish it‚ then put it on

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    The Haitian revolution occurred during the period 1791 to 1804 when conflict developed in the French colony of Saint-Dominique‚ which culminated in the elimination of slavery. Conflict between the classes of St Dominique sparked revolts in different parts of the island which led to many individuals being killed and others fleeing to surrounding countries in attempts to start a new life. The Haitian revolution was inspired by the French revolution; which brought fort ideas of liberty‚ fraternity

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    Slavery was a system of forced labour implemented by the Europeans in the Caribbean. It was the act by which the Europeans brought Africans to the Caribbean on different ships to work on their plantations against their wills. It started in the 1600’s‚ many slaves committed suicide even before they could reach to the plantations; many of them also fell sick and died. However‚ after many efforts to overthrow the slavery system in 1830’s the enslaved populations on the plantations were eventually freed

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    Revolts

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    MAP DISTORTION: Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)  A treaty between Spain and Portugal to divide up all the land of the earth outside of Europe (nonChristian land) Treaty led by Pope Alexander VI   Preceded by Inter Caetera Papal Bull‚ issued on May 4‚ 1493. He drew imaginary line and gave Spain the land to the west Cape Verde Islands and Portugal the land to the east of it.  – all lands discovered west of a meridian 100 leagues (one league is 3 miles or 4.8 km) west of the Cape

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    Pueblo Revolt

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    The Pueblo Revolt: Religious Tolerance Dreivon Thomas Ma’o “Now They Were as They had been in Ancient Times”: The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 (p. 54) 1)      What is the context for this historical source? 2)      What were the causes of the 1680 Pueblo Revolt? What role did labor play in the revolt? 3)      How was the revolt organized? 4)      Why was this revolt successful? 5)      What was the outcome of the revolt on Native-Spanish relations? In what ways does this source clarify “the

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    Revolt of 1857

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    Indian Rebellion of 1857 is also known as India’s First War of Independence‚ the Great Rebellion‚ the Indian Mutiny‚ the Revolt of 1857‚ the Uprising of 1857‚ the Sepoy Rebellion and the Sepoy Mutiny. The many names are the result of the conflict’s continuing importance to India’s national sense of identity. It began as a mutiny of native soldiers (sepoys) employed by the British East India Company’s army‚ against perceived race based injustices and inequities‚ on 10 May 1857‚ in the town of Meerut

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    The First War of Indian Independence or The Great Revolt of 1857: The Indian soldiers in the East India Company’s army rebelled against the British in 1857. The English historians have painted this revolt as a mutiny of the sepoys. But the Indian historians describe it as the First war of Indian Independence. It is also known as the Great Revolt of 1857. Lord Canning was the Governor-General of India at that time. The causes of the Great Revolt were many. They may be classified as political‚ administrative

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    Peasantry and the Caribbean

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    Course description The slaves in the British Caribbean had high expectations of freedom. They hoped that it would give them‚ amongst others‚ the vote and control over their time and labour. This course explores the extent to which these and other expectations of freedom were realised in the period between the abolition of slavery in 1838 and independence in the early 1960s. It examines in some detail the various factors inside and outside the region that impacted on the ability of the former slaves

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    Philippine Revolts

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    Igorot Revolt - The Igorot Revolt was a religious revolt in 1601 against Spanish attempts to Christianize the Igorot people of northern Luzon‚ in the Philippines. - Flavio Maniago in Alliance with Magalat of Cagayan was the leader of this revolt. Governor-General Francisco de Tello de Guzmánsent Captain Aranda with Spanish and Filipino colonial troops. - The Spaniards were determined to convert the Igorots to Christianity. They launched a crusade to proselytize the highland natives of Luzon

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    During the beginning years of America‚ slavery was ever growing amongst land owning whites‚ along with free slaves. Northup was a slave whose master granted him freedom‚ but one night was tricked and taken back into slavery. When thinking of slavery one knows that it was brutal‚ but not the extent of it. Through Northup’s detailed accounts one can conclude that slavery was a dehumanizing institution. For slave owners family life was affected. The Epps family was affected by jealousy from the wife

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