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    Over the past 50 years‚ European Colonies have seen a massive growth in their population. With immigrants from Ireland‚ Scotland and Germany coming to America in search of religious freedom‚ a new American culture has seemed to evolve. Data shows that Englishmen have dominated the Colonies with an outstanding 49%. 14% of the population consists of Scottish and Germans‚ and the Scots-Irish make up 5% of our general public. While Blacks make up 20% of the Colonies‚ and are generally located in the

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    of some colonies‚ while other colonies such freedom was denied‚” is very much true. Looking back to the Northern Colonies‚ it’s evident that the Puritans were completely set on the Christian faith.Different from the New England Colonies: the Middle Colonies were very diverse with their religion and just everything having to do with things among that nature. Moving onto the Southern Colonies‚ the major religion was‚ like in New England‚ Christianity. The New England (Northern) Colonies were extremely

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    approach is in feminism rather than masculinity. (Beauty and the Belles Discourses of Feminism and Femininity in Disneyland‚ Allison‚ 2002)‚ (Damsels in Distress: A Textual Analysis of Gender roles in Disney Princess Films‚ Nandini Maity 2014)‚ (Gender Role Portrayal and the Disney Princesses‚ Dawn Elizabeth England & Lara Descartes &Melissa A. Collier-Meek‚2011)‚ (The Mask of Beauty: Masquerade Theory and Disney’s

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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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    Gender Roles In Dracula

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    In Dracula‚ the normal gender roles are reversed‚ and the traditional Victorian readers are treated with an epic novel that does give the women the power over men. Gender and sexuality have been changing gradually‚ and its role in the society has equally been changing. In a succinct way‚ the change in the gender roles combined with the use of gothic descriptions gives this novel a very powerful impact on various aspects in the society. Gender provides a crucial role in this book with Count Dracula

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    New England was settled by English Puritans‚ mostly Congregationalists‚ in the 1620s. It was held together by its common religion‚ which gave the region stability in its early years. Contrastingly‚ the mid-Atlantic colonies were made up of a variety of different religious groups‚ including Lutherans‚ Catholics‚ Jews‚ Congregationalists‚ and Quakers in Pennsylvania. During the Great Awakening of the 1730s‚ the influence of older forms of Protestantism‚ especially Calvinism‚ increased dramatically

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    News of the first execution to occur in New Holland has come back‚ apparently having taken place on the 27th of February last year. The convict Thomas Barrett of the ship Charlotte was hung for his crimes having stolen butter‚ peas and pork from the government stores. While it seems to be a severe punishment‚ reports from the colonies say that many convicts are malnourished‚ as they are having difficulties planting crops‚ meaning the food supplies are some of their most valuable possessions. As well

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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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    New England and the Chesapeake Compared MARY BETH NORTON The England that the seventeenth-century migrants left behind was undergoing dramatic changes‚ many of which stemmed from a rapid rise in population that began early in the sixteenth century. As the population grew‚ the economy altered‚ social stratification increased‚ and customary modes of political behavior developed into new forms. England’s ruling elites saw chaos everywhere‚ and they became obsessed with the problem of maintaining

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