The girls of the American colonies were educated in order to grow and become fitting wives. After a woman’s homemaker education‚ she was ready for courtship. This took place at about 16 years of age. During this courtship‚ the woman did have full decision on which she was to marry. While it was ultimately up to her which man she would choose to spend her life with‚ her family did have some say. Before a man could date a girl‚ he would have to receive permission from her father. If he did not find
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Utopia in Colonial America In the seventeenth century‚ there were two different versions of utopia. When a person hears the word utopia‚ a different thought will come to each different person’s mind. A utopia can be anything‚ as long as it brings joy to the specific person. In Colonial America‚ all people went over to the new world with a fantasy of their perfect place. In fact‚ two very important historical figures had extreme views on North America. While John Smith viewed The New World as new
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something so great? In the Colonial America slavery rapidly increased over time. Starting in the 1600s slavery was legal in the first thirteen colonies‚ but it was more common in the south. Many africans were brought over and began to be enslaved. Slavery in america initiated when the first african slaves transported to the North American colonies of Jamestown‚ Virginia in 1619 to help in the manufacture well-paid crops as tobacco. In the expansion of the America was the arrival of Africans
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The practice of involuntary labor in Colonial America operated from the early 17th century to late 18th century. The two most popular forms of involuntary labor were indentured servitude and slavery. Often indentured servants are of European origin either carrying out their sentences or paying off their passages. The Experience of Bondage: Gottlieb Mittelberger’s account‚ 1754‚ was written by a German schoolmaster about his voyage to Philadelphia as an indentured servant. In his account‚ he describes
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Shifting Economies The criminal justice system in America exists on a continuum in which theories‚ practices‚ and built form don’t necessarily come to an end‚ but rather still exist in modified versions. If we treat the criminal justice cycle as a continuum‚ then we must also treat its major informing component—the economy—as a continuum. America’s shifting economies provide not a clear-cut‚ start-stop timeline‚ but rather a contiguous sequence punctuated by the introductions of new economies whereby
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During colonial times immigrants from Europe discovered more opportunities in the Northern colonies‚ making immigrant labor less available in the South. As the amount of workers decreased‚ the southern colonies needed a new source of labor to work in the vast fields of the plantations. The large sugarcane and tobacco plantations required more labor than any other place in the Americas. About half of the slaves exported to the colonies went to the sugar plantations. The profits on sugar were high
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The colonial period in American history is often described as a stricter period of times‚ especially on things they were not accustomed to. It was a time where men were widely in charge and reason or religion dominated most people’s views. In this unit we talked about a lot of people who have shaped the writing of the past and also we have discussed many of the views of the past as well. Views such as the Puritans‚ who valued religion over all‚ and were willing to give up everything and sacrifice
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Colonial America in the 17th Century could be summarized as the establishment period. Colonists had explored and claimed enough land to call theirs‚ and they were focused on implementing customs such as religion‚ politics‚ and ethics. In order to do this‚ colonies decided to force their ideas onto other civilizations such as foreigners or indigenous people. Accomplishing this would open doors to land and overall economic development‚ but it would also lead to battles and wars between the two conflicting
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issues they were facing were an increased immigration population moving into the larger cities and in the south runaway slaves. Slave patrols (or “paddyrollers”) were created to manage the race-based conflict occurring in the southern region of Colonial America; these patrols were created with the specific intent
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During the late 18th century‚ the American colonies began to revolt against their mother country‚ England. These actions made by those brave rebellious souls‚ would change the new world forever. The American colonies won the long war for independence and emerged as a fledgling country. The Founding Fathers of the this country knew they were in the process of making history‚ yet as they built the framework of what would soon become a republic they spent years away from their homes‚ families‚ properties
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