western Europe and the Caribbean happened throughout the time period of 1440 to 1700. During this time Europeans were moving and settling in the Caribbean and they needed laborers to help tend to land. Which created the atlantic slave trade.This vast trade route expanded across the atlantic and left staples on both the Americas and western Europe. All the trading and interaction with new civilizations led to inflation of european currency‚ spread of foreign diseases‚ and the sharing of crops. Throughout
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In the late 1700s‚ there were defined gender lines and each sex was held to certain standards set by the society. Men were the source of everything for a family ranging from the daily household income to the caring of the estate while women just had to be respectably quiet and take care of their families at home. These social codes were not written but instead were reflected in laws made and shared collectively between males and females alike and established a base idea for the entire society to
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European Exploration—Causes and Effects Causes Desire for wealth and power. (Gold and Glory) European explorers hoped to find riches in distant countries and to discover a sea route to Asia. Search for spices (nutmeg‚ ginger‚ cloves‚ cinnamon‚ pepper‚ etc.) and luxury goods (silk‚ gold‚ silver‚ jewels‚ ivory‚ porcelains‚ tea‚ etc.) from Africa and the East. Religious aims (God) Europeans hoped to spread Christianity to people throughout the
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Mary McAuley sets out to describe the failure of communism in Russia and its sudden collapse in 1989-91. The Russian political experiment failed due to the following reasons‚ Communist theory assumes that all humans are basically good‚ well-motivated‚ and possess equal capabilities and motivation. This simply isn’t so‚ and Communism never found any way to overcome the problems this assumption caused. The failure of communism is due to human nature. Power corrupts. If Stalin was not corrupted by his
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From 1700 to 1900‚ the world was expanding. Many countries took on a expansionism type known as imperialism. Countries such as England used the British East India Company to conquer parts of Asia. America used imperialism to spread their rule westward‚ known as Manifest Destiny. They both used this tactic as migration. During these encounters‚ many factors stayed the same‚ but also differed in some ways. In the 19th century‚ the Americas were finally free of British control‚ and decided to spread
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Rebellion Against the British In the 1700s there was growing anger with the British because of the taxes being raised. They passed acts that included the Currency Act and the Stamp Act. The colonists were justified in rebelling against the British government because the colonies had multiple problems with the British rule. The colonies believed that the government was taxing them unfairly and they didn’t like the fact that one family was running the government‚ and the government was not giving them
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shuddered‚ and making the eyes and cheeks of the bighearted maiden objects of horror to the lover" (Macaulay). Imagine walking down the busiest street in 1700s London‚ and you only saw a dozen people. In every window‚ bodies swelling with bumps were everywhere. Dead‚ ravaged bodies were tossed aside. No one could escape smallpox’s destruction. During the 1700s in Europe‚ 400‚000 more were left dead with each passing year. The lucky survivors became deaf‚ blind‚ scarred‚
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American origin who‚ in the early history of Jamaica‚ called their home a paradise of wood and water. The Arawak were there to greet Christopher Columbus when he arrived in Jamaica in 1494‚ beginning a long period of European colonization there. The history of Jamaica as a European outpost saw the island under Spanish rule for 150 years‚ during which the city now known as Spanish Town was established and flourished as the colony’s economic hub. In the 1650s‚ Jamaica was captured by the British
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During the 1700’s‚ in a kingdom in England‚ there were a lot of people in poverty‚ and very few people that had money. And those people were the royal family‚ and their helpers. The king was‚ Alexander The Great II‚ the queen was‚ Queen Elizabeth‚ and the prince was‚ Alexander the Great III. The one thing that Alexander wanted to do was give to the poor. But‚ his parents didn’t like that. They were greedy and they wanted more money than you could possibly believe. They even said publicly‚ “I want
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whenever possible. In 1971 the Cherokee tribe was in the process of making treaties with United States. The state of Georgia recognized the Cherokee tribe as a nation allowing them to make their own laws and follow their native customs. In the late 1700’s their land started to be invaded by the white man. The Cherokee Indians began to move to Arkansas. (Historical Context) I believe the Indians were taken advantage of and had no option but to move when their land was taken away from them. Georgia
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