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    By declaring independence‚ America demonstrated that it was possible to overthrow “old regimes”. This was the first time a colony had rebelled and successfully asserted its rights to self-government and nationhood. This inspired many European nations and colonies to revolt. The United States had created a new social contract in the form of its Constitution‚ in which they realized the ideas of Enlightenment. The natural rights of man‚ and the ideas of liberty‚ equality‚ and freedom of religion‚ were

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    As any female figure from this Puritan time‚ Bradstreet faced a world dominated by men and prejudice. Several years later‚ Wheatley also faced racial prejudices with the same gender discrimination that Bradstreet had endured a century before. Bradstreet’s goal was to rebrand how women was viewed through the lens of a Puritan society. Bradstreet uses the Prologue to show society the stereotypes imposed by Puritanism. The statement “I am vulnerable to each scornful tongue who says my hand a needle

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    (1) Trace the changing attitudes towards the roles and rights of women from the 14th to 19th century. Women in the sixteenth‚ seventeenth‚ and eighteenth centuries were challenged with expressing themselves in a patriarchal system that generally refused to grant merit to women’s views. Cultural and political events during these centuries increased attention to women’s issues such as education reform‚ and by the end of the eighteenth century‚ women were increasingly able to speak out against injustices

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    Unit 1: Test Quick Review Below is a quick review guide for the upcoming unit test. This review guide is intended to provide an overview of general topics that may be on the test. However‚ all items below may not appear on your version of the test. At the same time‚ certain items on the test may not be directly mentioned the review guide. It is intended for review only‚ the class readings and materials also need to be consulted. Introduction to History PowerPoint: Be able to define Primary

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    sense of will we experience by perceiving the thought as the cause of action… Believing that our conscious thoughts cause our actions is an error based on the illusory experience of will ...” (italics added; pp. 490) Reference: Wegner‚ D. M. & Wheatley‚ T. (1999). Apparent Mental Causation: Sources of the Experience of Will. American Psychologist‚ 54‚ 480-492. Read this paper‚ and briefly discuss whether the phenomena of consciousness discussed

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    Throughout this chapter we’ve continued to see the phrase "Life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness." It simply means that when you’re on the pursuit of happiness‚ there’s much more to it then just finding a way to have a good time. However‚ the colonists weren’t able to pursue "happiness" while they were under British rule. The Declaration of Independence was obviously meant for an audience‚ but what audience was it made for? The document was created for the colonists who supported independence

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    The topic for discussion is the impact religion had between the African Americans and the Europeans that had migrated to Colonial America. This topic being very vast I will be focusing on specifically the Christian group the Puritans and the African American religion of Christianity. The argument that could be made is that even though both groups shared beliefs of the Christianity faith the Puritans lead a contradictory life style. The Puritans believed in being a Godly people extended a gospel message

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    Stepping Out of the Comfort Zone Communications break boundaries and bring connections between people. In “Some Friends and I Started Talking: Conversation and Social Change‚” Margaret J. Wheatley describes communication as “a timeless and reliable way for humans to think together” (312). As human‚ communication is an essential need for everyday survival. It also brings people closer as they have a better understanding of each other through communication. For many cases‚ it takes people a lot

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    Ch. 4 -Culture in Chesapeake: life is short due to diseases. Men outnumber women 6-1. There are weak marital ties due to premarital pregnancies (A 3rd of brides were pregnant b4 wedding). There was a pop. increase w/native-born ppl who developed immunities (Vir. most populous colony in 18th c) -Tobacco in Chesapeake: It was good 4 tobacco cultivation. By 1700 Chesapeake exported 10 mill lbs of it a yr. The tobacco exhausted land& led to western expansion which agitated the Indians. Also‚ it led

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