How it affected Spain. The Spanish were greatly impacted by the discovery of a new continent‚ because it meant lots of things‚ such as the discovery of new species of animals and plants. From the animals‚ like the jaguar or the piranha. Some of the plants were used to make medicines or simply to eat! We could name the achiote (an amazonian tree used to treat prostatic troubles and internal inflammations‚ arterial hypertension‚ high cholesterol level and bladder inflammation) and the
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families and society. Excessive consumption of alcohol‚ primarily by men‚ often resulted in domestic violence‚ poor work performance‚ and carless spending of wages on alcohol‚ which were essential to support families. Although the Eighteenth Amendment did decrease alcohol-related consequences‚ ultimately the Eighteenth Amendment increase the illegal production and sale of liquor known as
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In order to understand why slavery left Sethe in such a dreadful state of being‚ one must fully comprehend how appalling life was for a black person in the 1870’s. From the moment of birth‚ they had their unfortunate futures already set for them. They immediately became property of white people and did not possess the right to make any life decisions for themselves. During this time period‚ they were sold and traded as if they weren’t human. Consequently‚ they were conditioned to feel like animals
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children. He noticed slaves had trouble taking the seeds out of the cotton boll. He then had an idea for a device that could help out both slaves and plantation owners. The invention of the cotton gin‚ by Eli‚ had many big impacts in the south‚ on slavery‚ and on capital for countries. Cotton and tobacco were very popular goods sold for very good money. Cotton was used to make clothing and was considered a high class material. People at the time would show off clothing like a person in modern day
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What made Spain so salient and monumental for its time period? Trade definitely played a significant role in making their empire so enlightened and immense‚ yet in the end made the empire become very poor. Trade in the New World aided Spain in becoming of the most diverse places. Moreover‚ trade made the empire become one of the most successful empires when they started to trade‚ but exhibited more negative impacts on them. Primarily‚ mercantilism assisted in causing much inflation which caused
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influence on art was very obvious‚ it could be seen slowly infiltrating all art throughout the Renaissance. At the begging of the Renaissance‚ most art was very dark and dismal. The works portrayed people doing very menial labor‚ the people did not seem happy and their clothing
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there for those who were considered good and did not cause any harm. He supported Christianity and described it in terms of freedom and sin. A great focus of his work‚ “City of Gods and Confessions”‚ was describing slavery and its existence. While many considered slavery an inhumane practice‚ others like St. Augustine justified slavery as something that is not innate but a result of sin. St. Augustine believed that no one was born as a slave. Slavery was considered a punishment rather than a destiny
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was ending slavery. The reason to that is the war wouldn’t have happened if it wasn’t for slavery and it is bad in the first place. Slavery still effects their daily life in many ways. If slavery didn’t happen in the first place‚ we wouldn’t have had ever had the Civil War. The civil war killed the most people than any of the other wars just because African Americans were treated like property instead of normal people because of their color. Abraham Lincoln played a big part in slavery because he
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Marissa Garcia HIST 1302 Web 5 WWII affects on America While World War II waged in Europe‚ which involved key power world players‚ America’s home front underwent significant change. With each war America became involved in‚ the war would inadvertently affect America domestically in positive and negative ways. World War II affected the America domestically with an increase in production‚ economy‚ and families in various ways. Before the war‚ other nations did not see America as a military threat
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The existence of African slavery has been prevailing for centuries before the infamous American slavery. Beginning in the 1500’s‚ slavery was prominent in the world. During slavery‚ in places like the West Indies‚ Jamaica and even Florida‚ enslaved Africans would rebel against slavery. The first escape occurred in 1512‚ and since then more enslaved Africans began to escape. The enslaved Africans would escape into the jungles and forests where there was no sign of humanity. Eventually‚ communities
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