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    lives. In other words‚ an American woman may have the same kind of broad concerns about conducting her life that men have. However‚ this has not always been the case. For instance‚ in Colonial America‚ women were considered the weaker sex. In fact‚ they had a totally different role than this of women today. The Colonial women were inferior to their men. They were expected to obey their husbands’ orders without argument. We could say that they had no rights. Despite‚ not all women had the same rights

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    the War of Jenkins’ Ear was the first case that the Royal Navy attempted to provide the overseas naval base with naval stores from North America directly. Therefore‚ her voyage and the views concerned with the Astrea explicate that the navy’s view about the naval logistics in the 1730s and 1740s and how the navy exploited naval stores production in Colonial America resulting from the naval stores policy in the eighteenth century. The construction and the repair of much number of ships required large

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    EQ – 1 The five Indian tribes that lived in the New York State area‚ before English colonists arrived‚ merged together into the Iroquois Confederacy around 1450 in an effort to get rid of fighting between tribes and to create a larger and more peaceful Indian nation. Furthermore‚ the tribes intended to create a form of representative democracy to ensure all of the tribes that joined were happy with the changes that would have to be made to keep the peace among the groups.¬ In an effort to achieve

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    earliest experiences with textile-making in North America. Dating back to the 1600’s‚ they showed the English settlers how to make fishing nets using a process of cord wrapping. Over time‚ the Native Americans grew to depend on European trade materials or imports. By 1640‚ the production of handmade textiles‚ such as woven‚ knitted‚ and embroidered material began. In these early American times‚ Colonial textiles made an appearance as well. Colonial Americans traditionally practiced weaving and one

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    by human civilization for years. During colonial America‚ the issue of abortion was more of a moral issue and social issue that turned into a legal matter in the nineteenth century. The historical case of Roe vs. Wade‚ changed the social and legalistic views of abortion in America. During colonial America‚ the word abortion was not to be spoken out loud‚ but over the centuries‚ it has been spoken the loudest on the social and political platforms of America. The historical case of Roe vs. Wade did

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    Before exploring the economic history during the colonial time‚ it is remarkable to study the European empire that established colonies in the current Colombian territory. The geographical location of the European civilization made them able to be exposed as a constant technological improvement since different field. A clear reference mentioned several times is the horse domestication(cite) Expand. Animal training facilitate the transportation over long distance and a powerful military tool. The

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    The girls of the American colonies were educated in order to grow and become fitting wives. After a woman’s homemaker education‚ she was ready for courtship. This took place at about 16 years of age. During this courtship‚ the woman did have full decision on which she was to marry. While it was ultimately up to her which man she would choose to spend her life with‚ her family did have some say. Before a man could date a girl‚ he would have to receive permission from her father. If he did not find

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    something so great? In the Colonial America slavery rapidly increased over time. Starting in the 1600s slavery was legal in the first thirteen colonies‚ but it was more common in the south. Many africans were brought over and began to be enslaved. Slavery in america initiated when the first african slaves transported to the North American colonies of Jamestown‚ Virginia in 1619 to help in the manufacture well-paid crops as tobacco. In the expansion of the America was the arrival of Africans

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    The practice of involuntary labor in Colonial America operated from the early 17th century to late 18th century. The two most popular forms of involuntary labor were indentured servitude and slavery. Often indentured servants are of European origin either carrying out their sentences or paying off their passages. The Experience of Bondage: Gottlieb Mittelberger’s account‚ 1754‚ was written by a German schoolmaster about his voyage to Philadelphia as an indentured servant. In his account‚ he describes

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    Shifting Economies The criminal justice system in America exists on a continuum in which theories‚ practices‚ and built form don’t necessarily come to an end‚ but rather still exist in modified versions. If we treat the criminal justice cycle as a continuum‚ then we must also treat its major informing component—the economy—as a continuum. America’s shifting economies provide not a clear-cut‚ start-stop timeline‚ but rather a contiguous sequence punctuated by the introductions of new economies whereby

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