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    Education in Victorian England was different from today’s schooling in many aspects. The malicious treatment of students at boarding schools frequently included being beaten and almost starved. Some children died as a consequence of the harsh way of life. Officials at these schools commonly censored mail and did not let pupils take vacations home‚ so parents had little to no knowledge of these problems. However‚ many children still attended these schools‚ because public education was more expensive

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    The Rise and Fall of Castles in England General purpose: to entertain Specific purpose : to entertain people about a story of Castles in England Central ideas: Castles in England served many purposes during the Middle Age Introduction Attention Material There is Castle in England Castles were originally built in England by Norman invaders in 1066. The first castles constructed in England were made from Earth and Timber then replaced by Stone. Orienting Material Norman fortified key positions

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    something I must improve upon. Log#10;4/8 The Social Order in Colonial New England Summary: This article talks about the Role of men and women in Colonial New England. Men were not responsible for anything that went on in the house back in that time. Married and divorced parents spent more time now with their children than 40 years ago. Children time for fathers increased a lot more now than in the colonial times. Fathers weren’t responsible for their children and women were obligated to do

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    independence and government from the New England Confederation‚ the Dominion of New England‚ and the Glorious Revolution? 4. What role did religious intolerance play in the founding of New England colonies other than Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay and in the founding of some middle colonies? 5. Besides England‚ what other nations influenced the colonization of the Atlantic coast of North America? 6. How did the colonization of Pennsylvania differ from the New England colonies and other middle colonies

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    entertainment surrounds us. Before society developed all that it has‚ people still wanted to conquer boredom. A group of such people can be found in the residents of Victorian England. They developed new sports‚ created games‚ wrote plays‚ and made music. Entertainment was an important part of the lives of those living in Victorian-era England. Similar to today’s culture‚ sports played a large role in entertainment in the Victorian-era. The author of “Victorian Sports” notes‚ “Victorian

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    New England: A Matter of Perspective John Smith’s A Description of New England and William Bradford’s Of Plymouth Plantation both present a picture of the same pre-colonial land of New England. Mr. Smith’s writing‚ out of necessity‚ painted a rosy picture of the new land‚ while Bradford’s historical account shows early New England was not Heaven on Earth. Mr. Bradford and Mr. Smith are writing about one land‚ but they present two different accounts of the life in the land. John Smith’s writing

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    The New England and Southern Colonies When the thirteen colonies were finally established in America‚ they were divided into three geographic areas. Two of them were the New England Colonies (Connecticut‚ Rhode Island‚ New Hampshire‚ and Massachusetts) and the Southern colonies (South Carolina‚ North Carolina‚ Virginia‚ Maryland‚ and Georgia). Although they had many things in common‚ both of them had their own religious freedoms‚ crop harvests‚ economies‚ and lifestyles by the end of the seventeenth

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    King Henry At one point in time‚ the Protestant Catholic Church pretty much had all the power in England. The pope had so much power that it is unreal. The man to change this would be King Henry the eighth. The reasons he changed them are honestly hysterical. Who would want to change the history and the power of not only religion‚ but also the power over everything in England? King Henry became king in late April in 1509. He reigned as king for several years until his death in 1547. Henry married

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    punishment” was a series of punishments and penalties the government gave towards the people who broke the laws. In William Harrison’s article “Crime and Punishment in Elizabethan England”‚ says that “the concept of incarcerating a person as punishment for a crime was a relatively novel at the time” (1). This seemed reasonable at the time‚ because back then they didn’t sentence life in prison to criminals‚ so the only way for the government to issue out punishments for criminals was abuse‚ or murder. During

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    Feudalism in England Introduction The Norman Conquest of England of 1066 brought about changes in the organization of the Kingdom when William the conqueror (r.1066-1087) adopted Anglo- Norman feudalism in England. This political system based on the granting of land by the king to his nobles in return for their military service‚ was weakened during the 14th and 15th centuries. Social disorder‚ economic decline‚ plague‚ and endemic warfare led to the decline of the system that had organized England for

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