believed that they could defend themselves if they united with the economy. Transport made it easier to travel and transport goods interstate. There was also growth in national pride. In this essay it will display how these courses of action led to federation. The colonies decided it would be beneficial for them to unite because they could defend themselves. Prior to federation the colonies were ill-equipped to defend themselves. Each colony had its own militaries consisting of a small permanent force
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Picture this; Ancient Rome 100 BC. Big beefy gladiators marching into the coliseum. Owned by the wealthy Romans. It’s packed with crowds‚ booing and cheering as they fight for their lives against each other. Now‚ let’s fast forward. Grand final day 2013. Richmond playing Collingwood at the MCG. Supporters‚ sponsors‚ live television and corporate business’ everywhere! Oh‚ sorry. Just a quick question‚ does anyone know the name of the Australian women’s netball team? No? Oh good‚ neither did I
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upper-class families and the middle-class families. There are three major key aspects that present a clear difference between class‚ cultural capital‚ and the field. In Lareau book “Unequal Childhoods” she studies many different family situations. In her research of middle and upper-class families‚ she describes how there is a cycle starting from parents to class to children’s evolvement opportunity. She argues that class‚ race‚ and families lives have everything to do with your placement. To
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The Social problem of Americas Wealth Gap Frankie Fischer Social Problems November 1‚ 2012 To research and write this paper I first defined what I meant by the wealth gap. As opposed to income‚ wealth is the assets minus the debts an individual has. Therefore when I refer to the rich or the poor I define them as people with either a vast amount of assets or very little assets. I also lumped lower income individuals and families with the poor since most lower income families do not have very
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ad for Sears or the Penn State Bookstore. At night‚ the last thing I see is the latest peroxide innovation on the toothpaste tube. Most of us ignore these ads as we drive by the Marlboro billboard on the way to work or to the countryside on a lovely day. However‚ most of us do not realize the mind games the advertisers has been playing on our subconscious minds for the past half century. It ’s a scary thought‚ really‚ when you realize the advertisers has gained control of our lives without us even
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loses his job and his wife no longer wants anything to do with him‚ which leads him to have nothing left. He is thrown out on the streets‚ without any will to change his life around and get back on track. While one will argue that the effects of drugs bring good things to the people‚ a lot of others will look down upon the use of drugs. This depends on which type of logical conscience you are discussing with. In modern day culture‚ we are a little more accepting to the use of specific drugs as compared
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not in their heart.” When people gain a lot of wealth most of the time the start to look down on people but in the end it doesn’t matter because we all end up the same. Dead. “We all gonna die‚ we bleed from similar veins.” Tupac Shakur explains this perfectly‚ no matter who we are we’re going to die because we are the same‚ human beings. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald shows how wealth creates social class which can ruin relationships. Wealth corrupts if you don’t be careful. One example
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In a letter dated March 31‚ 1776‚ Abigail Adams requests his husband John Adams not to forget about the women’s rights in the Continental Congress and in the fight for American’s Independence from Great Britain. This piece of text belongs to a series of letters Abigail Adams and John Adams wrote to each other while they were separated between 1762 and 1801. This correspondence of over 1000 letters remains in the Massachusetts Historical Society. Those letters‚ “Remember the Ladies” letter included
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leading up to the Enlightenment. John Locke was an Enlightenment philosopher who advocated for the debilitation of government and the empowerment of one’s rights. The ideas of John Locke enlightened people of the past yet profoundly influenced the modern day America through the ideas presented in
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Our contemporary society has many flaws and issues that can cause severe sufferings for mankind. Among them Contemporary slavery also known as Modern day slavery is one of very unjustifiable problems which clearly demonstrates that inhumanity still exist in the present day in our modern community. Although slavery is illegal in every country in the modern world‚ in a recent statistic‚ approximately 35.8 million people are currently trapped in this curse (USA Today) but unfortunately many of us simply
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