1504. He had three ships: the Niña‚ Pinta‚ and Santa María. On his first voyage in 1492‚ he left Spain and thought he could reach East Asia sailing west through the Atlantic Ocean. He did not believe anything existed west of Europe and Asia‚ and he thought the world was smaller than it actually was. After ten weeks into the voyage‚ he thought he had landed on an island close to Asia‚ but it was the Bahamas. He also found Cuba‚ but first thought it was China. In
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The status of women in the medieval period was mostly that of subjugation‚ very few options were open to women‚ and those that were are often resulted in a harsh treatment‚ of backbreaking labor. However even with such ill treatment‚ women were the integral part to societal growth and stability thus a women’s role was often narrowed and marginalized. To areas thought befitting woman‚ Such as child rearing‚ manual labor‚ the convent‚ or as a wife. This system of casting not only served to maintain
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November 25‚ 1835 in Dunfermline‚ Scotland. Andrews father was a handloom weaver (which is someone who threads yarn with interlacing yarn with another creating cloth) but that sadly came to an end as the steam powered looms came into play. Andrew learned what poverty meant as when his mother had to go to work to support their family. So this set his plan in action to become a great man. His mother moved their family out to pittsburgh in 1848 which in those times it was the iron manufacturing center of the
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be an integral part of African American culture. That historical turning point is celebrated as a reminder that freedom is a treasure. This day is nationally recognized as Juneteenth. But what did newfound freedom really look like for a former slave teenager? As a teenager myself‚ I imagine their first thought would be to reconnect with family members that had been snatched away from them and sold to other slave owners. Family means everything to the African American community and I visualize life
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The results of the First Opium War led to China’s humiliation by the British empire due to their technological advances. The treaty of Nanjing ceased the war‚ but it also forced the Qing regime to abrogate the Cohong monopoly; it forced to compensate Britain a large restitution and to surrender its Hong Kong Islands. It also allowed the British complete commercial entry to 5 significant Chinese ports. Flattered by their defeat to the British and weakened by the opium abuse‚ the Qing Dynasty found
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historical non-fiction book which details the lives and the daily struggles of the white women of the planter class as it existed during the antebellum era in the southern United States. Through the use of historical records and diary entries of the women themselves‚ Ms. Clinton clearly documents that the lives of the Plantation Mistresses were remarkably different and significantly more difficult than what is that of Scarlett O’Hara and her family. Furthermore‚ the expectations of the white females
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DEMOGRAPHY AND EDUCATION: HOW THE LEVELS OF EDUCATION BETWEEN WOMAN AFFECT THEIR AVERAGE AGE AT FIRST CHILDBIRTH. International Studies – Comparative Sociology – Group 55 100348278 1 Research question: Does a high percentage of completed tertiary education between woman aged 20-24 mean a delay in their average age at first childbirth? Hypothesis: The higher the % of woman over 15 with completed tertiary education -as their highest education level- in a country between 20-24 years‚ the higher their
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Rough Draft By: Bella Swarr “Free a man to fight” was a popular slogan for working women during WWII. How did women contribute to the war? When the U.S. was attacked by Japan at Pearl Harbor‚ America decided it was time to join the war effort. This required men to leave work and home to fight for their country. Before the war‚ women who worked had “traditionally female” professions which were sewing‚ typing‚ and stay at home mothers raising their children. When war began‚ “quickie marriages became
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The American Revolution was a difficult time in history for all people involved. When studying the revolution it is easy to recognize the political and military actions taken by men‚ while ignoring the roles of women. Women faced danger in their own homes at the hands of soldiers from both armies. A smaller but vital group of women were those that took an active role in the war. These women showed great courage by performing undercover work that their gender allowed them to do. Additionally‚ women
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racism; she did not give up her bus seat to a white man. This preceded to the Montgomery bus boycott against the city’s bus system which Martin Luther King Jr. led. Ida B. Wells was the first African American to file a suit against discrimination after she was denied a seat on a railroad car for being black. She also founded the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) in 1909 (???). During World War II‚ nearly 200‚000 women joined the Women’s Army Corps or WAVES (Women Accepted
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