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    The effects of the industrial revolution The effects of the industrial revolution were negative in many ways. It sure did improve our world with the sacrifices of many lives including kid’s lives. Not only that but it took many jobs from people away and left them with no way to make any type of income. For example it was stated in a documentary about the industrial revolution across the world that people started to riot and attempt to destroy the machines because it left the people with no jobs

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    continuities in these relationships? What did the Europeans want in each area of the world? How was the European trading systems different from the earlier systems involving Dar-Al-Islam? What effects did these contacts have on the Europeans? On the societies contacted? You might want to make a chart of these causes and effects. How did the patterns of world trade change from 1492 to 1914? The Europeans used the power of seas and oceans to control the export of specific products. They had products such as

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    The American Revolution changed the social‚ political‚ and economic aspects of the United States in the period from 1775 to 1800. Events of the American Revolution directly impacted the social‚ political‚ and economic development of American society. Successful revolutions have always changed individual societies to the demands of the revolutionaries. Revolutions have a possibility of supporting the whole society or a development of rule by the few as a result‚ a revolution will always cause some

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    What Is Haitian Voodoo

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    Voodoo – when mind attacks body! “ Voodoo (also spelled Vodou) is an ancient West African religion practiced by more than 30 million people in Benin‚ Togo and Ghana. Voodoo varieties are also present in the United States‚ and the Caribbean. The word ‘vodou’ comes from the languages of West Africa‚ and means ‘spirit’. That is appropriate as Voodoo is a religion of spirits. Practitioners of Voodoo (who are called Voodooists) believe that the world of humans is shared by the world of the spirits.

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    goods. While goods were constantly being produced‚ the time period known as the Industrial Revolution forever changed the production of goods. New machines and factories led to more efficient means for producing goods. With this revolutionary time period came many effects‚ both positive and negative‚ as well as responses to these effects that would eventually lead to the world as we know it today. Some effects‚ however‚ had both positive and negative impacts on the economy. For example‚ rapid industrialization

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    The Market revolution was an economic transformation‚ a scene of the innovation of transportation such as the; steamboat‚ man-made canals‚ railroad and communication such as the telegraph. Steamboats “helped to bring economic development to the trans Appalachian west”‚ up the Erie Canal the world’s largest man-made waterway that connected the region around the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Coast via the Hudson River. The railroads opened vast new areas of the American interior for settlement while

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    Caribbean Revolts

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    include: Rebelling Strikes Poisoning slave masters ( often used Arsenic to do this) Rebellions and Revolutions A Rebellion: An act of open resistance usually or a violent nature towards to a person or group in authority. A Revolution: An overthrow of a government or social order by force for a new system to commence. They were many slave uprisings which lead to revolutions during the enslavement period. Slaves usually revolted to make the enslavers aware that they were

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    Haitian Music: Rara

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    Haitian Music: Rara Haiti has a very interesting history of culture and religion. Currently‚ while Roman Catholicism is the official religion‚ Voodoo can be considered the national religion; about half of all Haitians practice it. This culture and religious history – and current practice – is essential in understanding one of the most important genres of music in Haiti; Rara. One of the most important aspects of Voodoo is the summoning of the Lwa‚ or spirits. This is done in a service and drumming

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    Haitian Sensation One of the more interesting things I’ve had to deal with in life was growing up Haitian in the 90’s/00’s. This was wayyy before it became kind of cool and folks started showing love to Haitians with everyone usually screaming out “shout out my zoes” when referring to Haitian with some not knowing what this even means. I dealt with some pretty comical and sometimes annoying things as a kid/teen so let me share some. While I did not have it rough like some other folks might

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    History 208 Primary Source Paper “Scientific Revolution” 2.24.11 Nicholas Copernicus‚ Galileo Galilei‚ Isaac Newton‚ Francis Bacon and Joseph Needham. According to some excerpts from “Why Europe?” by Jack Gladstone and “China‚ Technology and Change” by Lynda Norene Shaffer‚ the work of these notable men can be traced back to having a significant role in the scientific focus of modern society‚ or what we now know to be the “Scientific Revolution” of the seventeenth century. In a world where

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