The Black Plague was one of the worst pandemics of Europe affecting one-third of the population. Caused by the bacillus Yersinia Pestis‚ the epidemic was carried through fleas and rats that accompanied Genoese ships. The first known outbreak in Europe started in 1346 and swept from the Mongol Empire to southern France and Spain. Street conditions and warm weather were ideal for the spread and made people more susceptible to the disease. Many physicians tried to come up with ways to prevent the disease
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The different status of the Indians had no effect on the law. During the seventeenth and eighteenth century‚ several rules were put into action to prevent slaves or servants from running away. For example‚ in Boston it was not allowed for slaves or servants to be out at night after nine without their owner‚ as was stated in the Boston news-Letter (“These are”). This led to the slaves not being able to walk around at night without being suspicious‚ making running away at night harder for both Afro
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a time period when the American colonies where neglected by Britain. During this time they flourished and developed a British origin‚ yet with a distinctly American flavor. They were allowed to become commonwealths. Great Britain’s policy of salutary neglect influenced the colonies to great extent. It influenced the American colonies in religion‚ commerce‚ and legislative assemblies. Religion was greatly influenced by salutary neglect. When some of the colonies were founded‚ the offered religious
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the Southern labor force for a long time. These African-Americans first arrived in ships from Africa and progressively started setting in the South‚ were they worked and served as a labor powerhouse. These slaves were used predominately for plantations‚ were treated as animals and worked under extremely harsh conditions with no pay. Historians have argued for a long time on whether slavery destroyed the black family. Despite the fact that Eugene D. Genovese states that slaves created there own system
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Throughout the history of mankind‚ there has always been a gap between the wealthy and the poor. America made miniscule attempts to end this course of action‚ but it is simply human nature and therefore cannot be changed. From 1700 to 1750‚ the differences in wealth and status in the colonies continued to increase. Once the gap started to widen‚ it was very difficult to alter due to the structure of the political system (or lack thereof). The plague of war created a class of widows and orphans‚ who became
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whites‚ whites would intimidate the blacks that would wanted to vote. During this time it was a struggle to have equal opportunity to employment‚ housing and education. Not only racism was a problem but people who were gay were not respected either‚ it was often rude or inappropriate to have two men or two women show affection to one another in public. Many of these problems were solved in the civil rights movements of the 1950s. Today problems between the blacks
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To what extent and why did religious toleration increase in the American colonies during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries? Answer with reference to three individuals‚ events‚ or movements in American religion during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. People went to America to search for religious freedom and to escape religious persecution. They came from all of the world and so with it came religious diversity. As a result‚ religious freedom began to replace religious persecution
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When thinking of the growth of the American colonies in the early 1600s and early 1700s‚ slavery might not come to a consideration. Slavery is commonly known as the ownership to a human being for the use of labor or cheap labor. Slavery will be always frown upon since the thought of just owning a human will always be morally wrong‚ but slaves did play a huge role in the growth of American colonies and allowing the colonies to prosper economically. Slavery was a common trend for large world powers
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differed from Christianity. Laws were put in place against those who had other beliefs‚ and it was considered common knowledge that a country could not exist unless all people held the same religious beliefs. Though many people in Europe agreed with this‚ there were a lot of people who did not. This brought up the idea of migrating to the new world‚ the Americas‚ in search of religious freedom. Freedom of religion greatly impacted and contributed to the founding of the English colonies by motivating
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At the Battle of Chancellorsville‚ the Army of Northern Virginia was faced with a serious threat by the Army of the Potomac and its new commanding general‚ Major General Joseph Hooker. General Lee decided to employ a risky tactic to take the initiative and offensive away from Hooker’s new southern thrust – he decided to divide his forces. Jackson and his entire corps went on an aggressive flanking maneuver to the right of the Union lines: this flanking movement would be one of the most successful
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