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    Anne Hutchinson was the spirited daughter of a clergyman. She was born in England‚ but moved to Boston in 1634. The main reason she moved was to follow Reverend John Cotton‚ whom she greatly admired. Once in Boston‚ Cotton helped to get Anne accepted into the church. She was very spiritual and would have gatherings at her house in which those there could discuss the sermon of the week. This started out as a godly activity‚ but soon began to be a place where people could complain about and criticize

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    Cotton Gin’s Contribution Eli Whitney was born in Westboro‚ Massachusetts on December 8‚ 1765. As a young boy he enjoyed taking things apart and then putting them back together. When he was young‚ he worked in a plantation in Georgia‚ tutoring children. He noticed slaves had trouble taking the seeds out of the cotton boll. He then had an idea for a device that could help out both slaves and plantation owners. The invention of the cotton gin‚ by Eli‚ had many big impacts in the south‚ on slavery

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    many things better because everything didn’t have to be done by hand and it just made things much easier‚ But then you think where everyone worked during those days. People worked in factories with small amounts of ventilation and the cotton workers had to work with cotton flying around the room which they were having to breath in. They didn’t have many windows which were placed up high on the ceilings just so that the people can see and no more windows other than that. The managers of the factories

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    industries grew and increased the need for industrial labor. For example‚ the cotton industry grew and the creation of mill girls appeared‚ who worked in mills weaving cotton (Schaller et al. Pg.382). Industrial labor was also interconnected with slave labor as both participated in the cotton and tobacco industry. For example‚ there would be no mill girls in the cotton industry if there was no slave labor available to pick cotton in the South. The growth of industrial labor caused American cities to grow

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    all of the rest. Primarily‚ the change in agricultural output led to the change in the need workers. Moreover‚ in the south‚ as talked about in the book‚ the cotton industry was beginning to boom at rates where plantations became so large they needed more workers. Mainly‚ these plantations owners would end up buying slaves to harvest the cotton. In the video “Brotherly Love”‚ it talked about the tens of thousands of slaves that were forced into the south per decade. This‚ in large part‚ can be attributed

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    The results of the Industrial Revolution were extraordinary and reflected in all sectors of human life‚ In the nineteenth century‚ technology advanced‚ reaching first the United States and later the whole of America‚ as it will be presenting in classes from number 3 to number 6. In addition‚ the consolidation of this new industrial capitalist society will confront colonialism in the American continent‚ causing several countries in America to fight for independence‚ as we will see in classes number

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    And by 1850‚ England had become an economic titan. Its goal was to supply two-thirds of the | |globe with cotton spun‚ dyed‚ and woven in the industrial centers of northern England. England proudly proclaimed itself to be the

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    lifestyle with municipal water supplies‚ sewage systems‚ and building codes. This improved the safety and sanitation of urban life. Due to the increasing population‚ producers turned to technology that rapidly mechanized the textile industries such as cotton‚ iron‚ and steel. The flying shuttle was invented to weave faster‚ the mule contributed in producing more thread faster‚ and the steam engine was used in engines for multiple uses. Altogether‚ these technological advances included quick and cheap

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    Ronald Cotton - Eyewitness Testimony Jennifer Thomas‚ a 22-year old college student from Burlington‚ North Carolina‚ was raped in her off-campus apartment on July 28‚ 1984. During the assault‚ Jennifer studied her rapist’s face and other characteristics in the case that she made it out alive. Thomas was able to escape and ran to a police station and with the help of a detective‚ she was able to make a composite sketch of the perpetrator. The rapist also managed to rape another woman a few blocks

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    The factory owners approach poor families and orphanages and offer them a home to sleep in‚ food to eat and clothes in exchange for hard labor. The first jobs children often work at are in the water powered cotton mills‚ they are called apprentices. The spinning factories require a humid and warm atmosphere to be able to function properly‚ steam engines contribute to the heat in the factory and the children have to work through long days in these uncomfortable

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