PRE-SPANISH LITERATURE Long before the Spaniards came to the Philippines‚ the Filipinos already had their own culture. It was similar in some aspects to that of the Malays but was enriched through their contact with other Asians like the Chinese and the Japanese and with the people India and some Arab countries. According to the early missionaries‚ the Filipinos had their own alphabet. The early Filipinos wrote on clay‚ barks of trees‚ bamboo tubes or palm leaves – materials that were easily
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Philippine Literature in the Spanish Colonial Period The Spanish colonizers wanted to undermine the native oral tradition by substituting for it the story of the Passion of Christ. However‚ the native tradition survived and even flourished in areas inaccessible to the Spaniards. Also‚ the Spaniards were late in instituting a public educational system‚ which contributed to the survival of the existing folk literature. The church authorities adopted a policy of spreading the Church doctrines
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The Paleolithic Age The notion that Paleolithic man was a cave man is preposterous. They were physically the same us people today‚ we are now and were than Homo sapiens. Society than was fairly complex‚ people lived in communities‚ they had art and music‚ they also believed in more than just the physical plane of existence in which they lived‚ even made tools. The common place location of a community was in valleys in France. Primary sources of food were hunting and gathering‚ from the rich
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Muckraking Muckraking is a period in time in the early 1900’s when investigative journalism became popular and was a form of journalism used primarily to expose issues that would not necessarily be addressed else where. One example of an issue that Muckraking exposed and investigated is issues in the meat packing industry and the way our food and drugs were processed. In response to this‚ Congress was persuaded to pass reforms such as the Pure Food and Drugs Act (1906) and the Meat Inspection
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country and the Progressive Era‚ more than a decade. The presidents of this time‚ Roosevelt‚ Taft‚ and Wilson‚ were like chefs developing a recipe for the betterment of the United States. Every act that was passed‚ each decision that was made‚ was a trial or taste-test of the constantly changing recipe for the country. If something angered citizens or drew criticism‚ the president went back to his office‚ his kitchen‚ and was ready to make more changes. Where he left off in the progressive recipe‚ the
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Writing Assignment: Jeffersonian Vs. Jacksonian Era While both the Jeffersonian and Jacksonian Eras had their own triumphs‚ the Jeffersonian Era was significantly greater than the Jacksonian Era. The Jeffersonian Era was more powerful Politically and Economically. However‚ both Era’s lack in social standings. The Jeffersonian Era began after the election in 1801. Thomas Jefferson was a republican‚ whom liked the idea of a simple government‚ and not waste money. "Jefferson‚ in his time in office
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Progressive Era was a turning point for the United States. It was a period of time were people were trying to fix the problems that were created before but not all were fixed. Many U.S citizens and the government work together so that they could improve the country and make step forward even with a few steps back. Roosevelt‚ was known as a progressive president during this era and had many accomplishments from limiting or stopping trusts to giving people the right to a direct vote and it was called
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comprised of cheesy TV sitcoms and delicious Dunk-a-roos‚ upon digging deeper into the ethos of the era’s youth we can determine that the 90’s played a crucial role in the development of The United States today. Numerous elements contribute to the progressive mentality of the 1990’s such as cutting-edge technology‚ a vogue and self-conscious youth‚ readily available media‚ and a longing for social justice and equality
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Progression The Age of Reform was a wondrous time of progressing in which people improved their overall lifestyles. At the time‚ there were so many things wrong with society; it was pretty damn ridiculous. In America‚ the economy throughout the Progressive Movement‚ which was between 1890’s and the 1920’s‚ was incredibly corrupt. Big businesses turned to extreme measures to make and save more money‚ by making the jobs they offered unbelievably simple and repetitive so as to make the jobs so easy to
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Russia were mostly for the sake earning the respect of the powers of Western Europe and claim that his despotism outweighs any reforms he made. A greater majority of historians agree that Peter the Great was a despot‚ but argue that while Peter’s progressive reforms (as will be discussed below) had little effect during his reign‚ they created a firm foundation for the advancement of Russia and defined its future.Peter I (only known as Peter the Great in the latter part of his life) was born on June
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