couldn’t stay in one place. Britain’s location‚ financial prosperity‚ abundant natural resources set the stage for industrialization. The industrial revolution that began in Britain spread to other countries as well as to the United States. When the idea of industrialization came out‚ once one country had it and implemented the practice‚ other countries were soon to follow. Industrialization soon spread to other countries and they began adopting it‚ making it a huge industry.
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The Great Awakening and the Enlightenment Sabrina Stroud History 201 Professor Lewis March 5‚ 2013 The Great Awakening and the Enlightenment were both extremely influential times in American history‚ but they affected people in different ways. The Great Awakening focused more on spiritual changes that revolved around faith‚ whereas the Enlightenment emphasized on intellectual change and human reason. In my opinion‚ the
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In the early nineteenth century‚ African Americans were involved in the "Second Awakening". They met in camp meetings and sang without any hymnbook. Spontaneous songs were composed on the spot. They were called "spiritual songs and the term "sperichil" (spiritual) appeared for the first time in the book "Slave Songs of The United States".The negro spirituals "The Gospel Train" and "Swing low‚ sweet chariot" which directly refer to the Underground Railroad‚ an informal organization who helped many
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Nostalgia Marketing The main purpose of this paper is to examine the existing literature and research that has been developed regarding the use of nostalgia as a marketing strategy both in its use in advertisement as well as in products that try to generate a nostalgic response in the customer. The main definitions and causes of nostalgia will be examined and the applications that nostalgia can have to modern marketers. The use of nostalgic motives has been increasing since the early nineties
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Evangelical America After 1720‚ two great European cultural movements‚ the Enlightenment‚ which emphasized the power of human reason to understand and shape the world; and pietism‚ and evangelical christian movement that stressed the individual’s personal relationship with God reached America. Both the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening fostered religious freedom. The Enlightenment underlined individual’s natural rights to choose one’s faith. The Awakening contributed by setting dissenting church
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The Industrial Revolution brought along many changes throughout Europe. The Revolution began in Britain‚ as simply creating better technology that would extend the agriculture that already existed. However‚ the Industrialization also brought along the invention of steam engine‚ railways‚ faster and more efficient machinery. These changes introduced more people to come into cities and towns‚ moving away from the rural areas. There was a growing population in cities‚ due to their being more jobs available
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number of other strikes had happened throughout American history few of them were against employers since the majority of employers had few workers yet alone enough to strike. One of the earliest and recognizable of these industrialized strikes was the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 which turns out to have begun on July 14th. The other factor that resulted from the industrial revolution that encouraged strikes was the formation of unions
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In this era of pre-industrialization‚ people did economic activities as work i.e. worked only for subsistence purposes. Goods were only for the family’s consumption. Production of goods was mostly done by the family and was expected to be for the family. For example‚ a farmer would grow food in the farm not for selling in the market but for his family to survive on and never lack. A mother would make clothes for her kids to wear instead of selling them in the market too (Jessica Whittemore). In this
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Whitney Smith May 30‚ 2013 English 3 Word Count: 900 The Great Gatsby In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book The Great Gatsby Jay Gatsby tries to “repeat the past” with tragic results. The novels narrator Nick Carraway tries to explain to Gatsby that he can’t repeat the past‚ but Gatsby states‚ “of course you can‚ old sport” (Fitzgerald). Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby met in Louisville. Before he left to fight in World War I he fell in love with Daisy. Right before he left Daisy promised to wait for
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world near Lexington and Concord would conjure up a sense of rebellion‚ tension‚ and irritability. The colonists‚ whether divided by loyalists‚ patriots‚ or neutralist‚ turn the tide and revolutionize America. Over the course of the twelve years following the Seven Years War the colonist would grow tired of the sentiments of being solely British subjects and at their beck and call. The most prominent reasons that encouraged the colonist to be in favor of separating from the British regime follow:
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