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    Outline: I. Colonial Mentality A. Definition B. Symptoms of colonial mentality C. History 1. Cultures and practices shared by foreign countries a. America b. Spain c. Japan II. How colonial mentality is inherited by Filipino individuals A. Denigration of the Filipino self B. Denigration of the Filipino culture and body C. Discrimination against less acculturated Filipinos D. Tolerance and acceptance of historical and contemporary oppression of Filipinos III. Effects of Having Colonial Mentality

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    Conditions changed for Englishwomen over the colonial period in America. In early colonial period men‚ woman and children traveled to America to settle. This was unusual because usually young men are going first to the frontier then woman and families follow afterward. The families coming to America together created a tight knit community where they had public elementary schools for the children to learn to read. More Englishmen than Englishwomen who came to Massachusetts could read. Some woman in

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    Masculinities in colonial Kenya. The subject of masculinity or masculinities is the one that has drawn attention to gender scholars around the world. Through interactions with Robert Morel’s writings about Gender and Masculinity‚ I have come to understand that masculinities differ depending in the context which they are in. This essay will analyse how and why did the production of masculinities change among the Maasai as a result of colonisation in Kenya. Many factors including environmental change

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    Colonial Brazil Analysis

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    representational go-between due to a necessity to remain alive. He was lucky in that he attained all the skills necessary to perform this role before he was even aware that being multilingual and understanding multiple cultural practises would come to save his life. Of German descent‚ he traveled to Portugal and then Spain to seek out adventure‚ new cultures‚ status and wealth in the New World. Writing about the “savages” in his first hand account of his experience in the captivity of the Tupinamba‚ Staden describes

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    Colonial Square Case

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    With the guidance of the Board of Directors and you‚ the Membership‚ Colonial Square continues to prosper and move forward‚ improving our community and cooperative living. The management staff is striving to move forward with changes in our policies and procedures‚ and developing initiatives to provide better service. The average sales price of townhomes/shares is continuing to increase. The average time on the market is very short. I have received very positive feedback from new Members. Most

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    Shaping Colonial America

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    Many different things affected the shaping of colonial America in the new world. Factors such as colonialism‚ geography‚ and religion affected the way North America was formed and dictated how other people look at colonial America. Colonialism affected America’s demographic and also the ease of forming colonies in the new world. Geography also played a roll in shaping the identity of America. Geography affected where people settled based on the layout of rivers‚ ocean‚ and waterways. People also

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    In Colonial America the level of opportunity available for each resident depended upon how much money they had‚ where they live‚ and what position they held in the social hierarchy. In this time as well as in today’s society money rules over everything. Colonists leave their homelands not only to gain religious freedom‚ but to free themselves from the poverty they live in everyday in Britain. Colonial America offered an opportunity to start fresh. In Colonial America the more money you had the

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    Women in Colonial America

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    Ziheng (Tony) Fang Professor Jesse Markay HIST 251 – 003 27 February 2015 Women in Colonial America During colonial times‚ the lives of women were very different compared to the lives of men. Regardless of economic status‚ the role of all women was to assist the men. English law also made women dependent on men. There were many rights and privileges that women and girls did not have. For example‚ colonial America defined men to be “independent citizens”‚ which allowed them to own land‚ slaves

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    Religion has always been of importance in America. During the colonial and Revolutionary eras‚ religion was spread throughout the lives of Americans. There were even laws that kept the Sabbath holy and influenced consumption laws that limited the actions of the people. Christianity was one of the few links that bound the American society together. The bible served not only as a word of God helping people through life but as a textbook for history. It gave people something to go to so they could learn

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    Spanish Colonial Era

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    America and the Caribbean. England British Guiana‚ Central America‚ Caribbean‚ and east coast of the present U.S. Vast world empire taken over by Spain’s King Philip II in 1580. Relying more on agriculture than gold-mining‚ Portuguese colonial leaders often returned home within 10 years. Focused almost exclusively on commerce‚ the Dutch brought few settlers (only 1500 by 1665 in New Netherland—New York). Sugar and slave trade in Caribbean and South America dominated Dutch

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