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    HISTORIC & CULTURAL BACKGROUND OF ENGLAND IN THE 18TH CENTURY The Silver Age of the European Renaissance 1. There was a sense of relief and escape‚ relief from the strain of living in a mysterious universe and escape from the ignorance and barbarism of the Gothic centuries –not referring only to Gothic literature. The dark period provokes that people want to change and improve their lifestyle when they entered the 18th century. There was a general desire to emancipate from the dark aspects of rural

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    By 1200AD‚ medicine in most of the known world was controlled by the Pope and the Catholic Church. Any form of disease was sent by God to punish sin‚ and treatment was extended prayers (if you could afford them) and bloodletting via leeches. In 1347‚ the Black Death arrived and devastated 50% of London’s population and 40% of the population of Europe. Aromatherapy and herbal medicine during this era was limited to wearing lavender pouches to prevent against the smell‚ and thyme amulets‚ which

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    During the 18th century‚ the American colonies saw a great increase in the African slaves that were brought into the country. Before this time most of the slaves in the colonies had been Native Americans or indentured servants that were working off their debt off. During this era‚ the number of people flowing into the colonies also rose drastically. Each region of the colonies from the Northeast to the then Deep South each had different types of slavery and differing ideas of how slaves should be

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    DBQ it was the prompt from the summer essay; access why over the course of the 17th and 18th centuries colonists went from considering themselves British subjects to indentifying themselves as Americans During the 17th century‚ colonies along the east coast were being created. Some of these colonies include New York‚ New Jersey‚ Pennsylvania‚ and Maryland. The people living in those colonies were known as‚ colonists. The majority of the colonists were from Great Britain‚ and were still British

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    Abbey Martin HST 106H Dr. Katherine Hubler April 17‚ 2015 Industrialization in the 18th and 19th Centuries Revolutions abounded worldwide in the late 18th and 19th centuries. From political independence to industrialization‚ it was a time of great change that would provide the building blocks for modern day society. Although political revolutions created independent nations and abolished slavery‚ it was the Industrial Revolution that truly shifted how society functioned. The Industrial Revolution

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    The two major sources of the growth and diversity of the 18th century were because of the African Americans and the Whites. During the early 17th century‚ most of the countries in Europe set out to establish overseas colonies and trading posts‚ because of that it brought back more things than they were originally use too. In the beginning of the 1700s the population was around 250‚000. Over the course of 70 years the population grew to about 2‚000‚000. You ask why the population suddenly increased

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    Clothing has always been a huge factor during the 18th century ranging from amour to cotton picking attire Men usually dressed similar to others throughout the 18th century. The outfit for a typical colonial man was‚ breeches‚ coat‚ cloak‚ cravat‚ neck handkerchief‚ waistcoat hat‚ and buckle shoes. The breeches was lower body undergarment that was used late 16th century until early 19th century. There was a variety of fabric breeches was made out of ranging from silk‚ cotton‚ wool‚ and even leather

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    The history of psychiatric hospitals find its origins in classical workhouses and houses of correction. From the 18th to 20th century‚ there was a transformation of workhouses into insane asylums and finally into psychiatric hospitals and along with this transformation of institutions came a shift to medical understandings of mental illness. Ultimately‚ the barbarous practices that occurred within asylums caused another shift in psychiatric care towards deinstitutionalization‚ psychology outside

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    Christine Boachie Mr. Mezzatesta CHY4U May 14‚ 2014 Renaissance and Revolution: 18th Century Torture In the 18th century law enforcement was significantly different from modern day crime detection and prevention. Unlike today’s society many people were left to fend for themselves and when it came to crime the prosecution of others was left in the hands of the victims themselves. In that day and age it was all too easy for criminals to flee from a crime un accused and unpunished seeing

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    Europeans‚ in the 18th century experienced changes in marriages and families‚ children‚ and food and medical care. Unlike the early years when the people married at young ages‚ more and more Europeans began to marry at much older ages and form families with an established household. In the early 18th century‚ children were often neglected; however‚ as time went on‚ parents began to express their love more openly for to their children. The diets and medical care of the Europeans improved through new

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