1. For what reasons‚ according to Thornton in Chapter 2‚ did trade flourished between Africans and Europeans? a. Trade between Africans and Europeans flourished due to both Africans and Europeans desire for luxury and a variety of manufactured products. Africans could have easily produced the imports received from Europeans‚ according to Thornton‚ but they’re production methods were elaborate and they often took a while to make the high quality goods. In turn‚ they began to look to European trade
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Many argue that women’s status in American society was improved during the Second World War through their contributions to the North American economy. During the Second World War women were “allowed” to do the jobs that were originally meant for men. However after the war ended they went back to their roles as housewives‚ gender roles were expected to return to the way they were once the war ended. The changes did not really begin to take place in gender equality until the 50’s and 60’s but this
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The Revolutionary war outline. I. Background and Causes of the Revolution A. Political Turmoil B. Taxation Without Representation II. Taxation and Acts of the British Government A. Navigation Acts B. Sugar‚ Currency‚ and Quartering Acts C. Stamp Act of 1765 D. Townsend Act of 1767 E. The Boston Massacre and the Tea Act F. Intolerable Acts of 1774 III. Major Political and Military Leaders A. American Political Leaders 1. George Washington‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ John Adams 2. Alexander
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Prior to the Revolutionary War‚ many American Colonists dealt with a conflicting issue of whether to remain loyal to the crown or join the Patriots in their fight for Independence. The colonists‚ most in the North‚ were taking the side of the patriots while others were not. The question was whether the colonists were being pragmatic or were they just being anti-liberty if they weren’t choosing a side. It is important to determine the reasoning behind why they would remain loyal or join the Patriot
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Women of the Revolution Why did the 13 small colonies of England with a rag tag army win the Revolutionary War against the strongest military of the time? Some say luck or God’s providence while others explain that it was the people in the background doing cooking‚ cleaning‚ spying‚ and occasional fighting; some say the answer to the question is women. Without women participating in the Revolutionary War through boycotting British goods‚ spying on the British‚ and helping their men in various ways
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War has a profound effect on public health‚ directly accounts for millions of deaths annually worldwide. Many military and especially civilians die in the result of the war. War leads to long-term physical and psychological consequences and causes huge damage‚ often irreversible‚ to the environment. The Civil War had a critical period in American history. It came at a time when medicine in the United States was behind Europe of very few advancements in terms of medical equipment‚ medicine‚ the treatment
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Trade Embargo‚ American foreign policy was overall successful because the US‚ with the help of the French‚ defeated the British in the revolutionary war‚ grew the country in the Louisiana Purchase‚ and signed the Convention of 1800. United States Foreign Policy was successful despite the Trade Embargo of 1807. In order to decrease the national debt‚ Thomas Jefferson imposed a tax on all trade entering the United States. Britain and France opposed the taxes and threatened to start a war.1 In response
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War & Art Bounded by the First World War‚ the period of 1920-1945 witnessed the hardships of the Great Depression and the destructive slide into political conflict. Throughout these dramatic times‚ during both the highs and the lows‚ artists responded to the world in which they lived in dramatic fashion. The events certainly had rippling effects upon all aspects of European life. In this time‚ artists and musicians had little choice but to react to the times to express their feelings and remain
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The Second World War was much bigger and deadlier than the first in every way. It was fought around the world‚ from Norway to New Guinea‚ from Hawaii to Egypt‚ and on every ocean – it was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. Known to have been the most widespread war in history‚ it directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries. But unlike the First World War‚ the Second World War was fast moving and mobile; the use of technology was more widespread and effective. The
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trade to everyone. Europe made a great profit from slavery. Europeans saw Africans as people below them‚ the process allowed them to justify the purchase of slaves. Most slaves were prisoners of war. Europeans used guns‚ money‚ and horses purchase slaves from the Europeans. Some of the African rulers were against the slave trade‚ however‚ the other African rulers were willing to supply European traders with other enslaved people that they were wanting. The majority of the slaves were transported
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