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    SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD TO PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION Aims of Spanish Colonization • God – propagation of Catholic Christianity • Gold – desire for economic wealth • Glory – to be the greatest empire in the world THE SPANISH COLONIAL SYSTEM Spain Retains the Philippines Despite Economic Loss • As a colony‚ the Philippines was a financial burden to the Spanish treasury. The Philippines as Crown Colony • In the sense that she belonged to the Spanish King. THE SPANISH COLONIAL SYSTEM The Council

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    In the Colonial era‚ love and intimacy existed in a formal context‚ because these had to comply with the social order. The social order dictated conditions under which men and women could be intimate with each other‚ and these conditions restricted one’s choice of mate to someone of similar social status‚ who had a respectable position in society. In colonial America‚ there was little distinction between the public and private spheres. The public sphere provided the framework for ideal private life

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    Katelyn Martinez LS 459 Ballon 29 April 2014 Midterm Essay Schooling during the colonial and common school era was vastly different than what we know of education today. Although there are some similar themes within these different educational time periods‚ they had their differences as well. Both time periods had their own way of establishing educational goals and social status. The colonial era began in the early 1500s and continued through the mid 1700s. Columbus had just discovered America

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    I understand what plagiarism is and am aware of the department’s policy in this regard. I have not allowed anyone else to copy my work. Signature: SHORT QUESTIONS 1. What were the similarities between the economy of the pre-colonial Khoekhoe and that of the San? (2) The two bands shared a travelling lifestyle where they followed the rains for better hunting and herding to take place‚ however the San was more mobile than the Khoekhoe. Each clan relied on livestock to survive

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    2011 International Conference on Languages‚ Literature and Linguistics IPEDR vol.26 (2011) © (2011) IACSIT Press‚ Singapore Exploring the Post-Colonial Literary Canon Sandhya Rao Mehta Sultan Qaboos University‚ Oman Abstract. This paper addresses some the most prominent problematics of working with an established literary canon‚ including the extent to which‚ when implemented in universities worldwide‚ it represents the emerging concerns of diverse communities across the world. The main argument

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    scarcities that the people of the Colonial Era (1492-1763) faced were relieved with the foundation and development of human labor‚ which‚ depending on a person’s distinct appearance and social backgrounds‚ progressed differently throughout the regions of Colonial America. Two individuals have been highlighted to differentiate between the upbringing of human labor: Mary Jemison and Olaudah Equiano. Each individual had been transported to separate regions of Colonial America from their origin countries

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    I. Chapter 17: The diversity of American colonial societies 1530-1770 18th century Choctow leader red shoes befriended French in Mississippi valley(traded deerskins for guns)became rich but English cut off French shipping so he made an alliance with the English so was murdered by French resulted in 1747 civil war of the Choctow and killed colonist and Chocktows 1.Wars‚epidemics‚and territorial loss but also adapted technology and politics but in the end were dominated 2.political and economic

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    American Literature: Colonial Beginnings to the Early Twentieth Century Group 1: Colonial and Revolutionary Writers -Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca‚ La Relación on the Spanish explorations born in 1490‚ died in 1558 in 1527 sailed from Spain on expedition to occupy North America and in 1528 landed in Tampa Bay Summary Cabeza de Vaca’s ship is caught in a storm. Once it runs around on an island‚ the sailors encounter Native Americans. They are afraid the Indians will sacrifice them‚ however

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    US July 23 2010 Creating Tensions in Colonial Society After the different European nations colonized the Americas‚ societies began to sprout in those colonies. They were very similar to those societies that had been going on for centuries in Europe. There were governments‚ workers‚ schools‚ and hospitals. Issues began to come about in these societies due to revolts and rebellions by the people. They were unhappy with the way they were treated and their life style that they were forced to live by

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    in family life since colonial times. In recent years‚ families have gone through many disconcerting and disruptive changes. But if family life today seems unsettled‚ so‚ too‚ was family life in the past. The family’s roles and functions‚ size and composition‚ and emotional and power dynamics have all changed dramatically over time. Perhaps the biggest difference between families then and now is that colonial society placed relatively little importance on familial privacy. In colonial America‚ the

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