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    Many African Americans turned to selling drugs due to economic deprivation. Once‚ public perception changed‚ many employers moved companies out of inner cities. Factory jobs which required little education where no longer accessible to African Americans whom lived there. Comparatively‚ freed slaves were forced into the criminal justice system through economic exploitation. Deprived of an education‚ many freed slaves could not read or write‚ and as a result often signed working contracts with their

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    a religious endeavor that focused on the desire to convert the Native Americans to Christianity‚ the need for religious havens to worship freely and openly‚ and the belief that Europeans had a God-given right to the lands in the New World‚ which began to fuel economic interests in North America after colonization. The colonization of North America was mainly spurred by the Europeans’ inclination to convert the Native Americans to Christianity. Spain‚ the first European nation

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    the terms of society and economy. Both colonies developed their own characteristics based upon the factors of: the economic motivation of the settlers‚ the political and religious motivation of the settlers‚ and the natural resources and climate of the region. Although located in different parts of the Americas they shared similarities and differences. In 1607‚ James I granted a charter for the settlement of Virginia. The first settlement in the Virginia colony was Jamestown on the James River‚ named

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    Out of all the horrible things that the colonists brought to the Native Americans‚ alcohol and guns were two of the worst. While alcohol destroyed their livers and killed their people‚ guns killed their people and their culture. The World Turned Upside Down gives several accounts of the Native Americans’ lives and the destruction of them as well. I believe that guns had a bigger impact on Native Americans. Not only could they defend themselves against the colonists‚ but they could hunt better as

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    With reference to a conflict over the use of local resource that you have studied‚ discuss the extent to which all interest groups involved can be satisfied with its outcome. [40] Plan: Introduction History of T5 Location Interest groups Main body BAA Locals of SipsonGovernment HACAN Trade unions Environmentalists Conclusion A summary of 3 best facts What could happen in the future? ANSWER Conflict is a state of discord or disagreement cause by the actual or perceived opposition of

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    In the Southern Colonies‚ slaves were widely used as a source of cheap labor for plantation owners that wanted cheap labor. Slaves were subjected to harsh conditions‚ working long work days in extreme heat in horrible working conditions. They were used to grow and harvest tobacco‚ sugar‚ and rice on plantations. Slaves were widely used in the South‚ in contrast to the North‚ who had slaves‚ but not nearly as many. Slaves were used in the South because there was an economic need‚ it was cheaper for

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    Between 1765 and 1783 the Thirteen Colonies won independence from Great Britain. The colonies revolted against the British rule throughout the American Revolution for several reasons. A new initiate era wasn’t their goal‚ but to keep the colonies under the American rule was very important for them. Assessing the reasons for the revolt the colonists had against the British will prove it valid. One major primary reason to why the Thirteen Colonies revolted against the British rule was they believed

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    Colonies got away from England because they had come for many reasons. Their goal is the freedom of religion or whether economic opportunity was the need to target a certain amount of independence from the king. They had all intents and purposes related to some 3‚000 miles away. They had not only willing to owe commitment to the king‚ but also they wanted to pay their fair share of taxes. The result was the spirit of democracy does not exist in the England (Democracy in the colonies‚ n.d). The American

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    Economic Geography--The Starting……. Basically the concepts of Economic Geography is interdisciplinary involving explicitly geography‚ economics and business and implicitly other social and natural sciences. So the discussion should be started with a clear concepts of economics and geography. Concepts of Economics When we think of "Economics"‚ the following words may come to mind representing concepts which we feel might be of particular concern to economists: economic activities‚ markets‚ allocation

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    Permanent damage to landscape – environmentalgraffiti.com With explosions and massive machines scraping into the earth’s crust like a bad case of scabies‚ its small wonder open cast mining has made what many see as an unpleasant impact on the planet’s surface. The face of the earth is beleaguered with giant scars‚ scoured out in our ongoing bid to the plunder the planet of its natural resources. Chuquicamata in Chile is a colossus of a mine that has churned up a record total of 29 million tonnes

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