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    the main differences between the two is their government system. In Latin America‚ the government used an Ecomienda system‚ and a Mit’a system‚ while in North America‚ they were more independent‚ and used viceroyalties. Another difference between the two was the labor system. In Latin America‚ there were slave labor systems that developed‚ causing the slaves to work more hours. While in North America‚ they already had a slave labor system‚ as well as indentured servants. One of the similarities between

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    System of Education in the United Kingdom The quality of a country’s future life‚ commercially‚ industrially and intellectually‚ depends on the quality of its education system. The state in the United Kingdom provides a full range of free schooling. Those parents who prefer to send their children to private educational institutions‚ are free to do so. There are about 2500 fee-paying‚ or public schools in the country. State schooling in the UK is not as centralized as in most European countries

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    Cotton

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    Cotton Fibers Name: Maya Abou Ajram Subject: Design Material 2 Year: Fall 2014-2015 Introduction Cotton is a soft staple fiber that grown in a form known as a boll around the seeds of the cotton plant‚ a shrub native to tropical and subtropical regions. Cotton fibers are mainly made up of cellulose. Under natural conditions‚ the cotton bolls will tend to increase the dispersion of the seeds. The cotton fibers are attached to the seeds inside the boll of the plant. There are usually six or seven seeds

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    The Cotton Gin

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    The Cotton Gin The cotton gin affected the United States by improving cotton harvesting and therefore expanding farming for cotton mainly in the southern states. Many farmers increased the size of their fields and established cotton plantations. This expansion caused an economic boom but with it came an increase in slavery as slaves were needed to harvest the cotton. The increase of slavery caused the abolition movement in the north to get motivated to fight the increased slavery. The cotton

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    been forced labor in Peru since the beginning of the Inca conquests. What made this system somewhat unique in the New World is that the system did not call for permanent enslavement of people. Often people would work a certain amount of time a year and then go back home. When the Spanish conquered the Inca Empire instead of completely changing the way things were‚ they simply adopted and modified the Mit’a system. After the conquest of the Inca’s the Spanish also instituted a system called Encomienda

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    Cotton And Slavery

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    The antebellum south was built on the success of cotton. Cotton is a fiber used in many products‚ such as fabric and paper. Throughout the 1790’s‚ the production of tobacco declined because of soil depletion and diminishing value; simultaneously‚ in Europe the fabric industry was growing‚ creating an international demand for cotton clothing ("The Cotton Economy and Slavery"). When Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin‚ this provided the South with the machinery for the expansion in the global economy

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    cotton gin

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    became obsessed with the bottleneck in cotton production on his employer’s Georgia plantation. In 1793‚ the fledgling mechanic soon found a solution to the problem of cleaning cotton and the separation of the seed from the fiber. After a few months‚ he wrote the now-famous letter to his father in which he described his discovery: “I involuntarily happened to be thinking on the subject [of cleaning cotton] and struck out a plan of a Machine [to remove the cotton seed]…I concluded to relinquish my school

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    Cotton Gin

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    Alec Baliatico Mr. Trzepinska United States History 25 February 2013 The Cotton Gin The Cotton Gin was one of the great inventions of all time. It was the start to the Industrial Revolution and the many other impeccable inventions soon to come. It allows cotton fibers to easily be separated from their thorns. This allowed for much faster production of usable cotton than manual labor. The Cotton Gin was one of the first machines ever built that single handedly replaced the jobs of human beings

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    Cotton and how it has shaped the course of history Cotton is a plant that has been used by humans for many years. Thanks to researchers and scientists‚ we now know that use of cotton dates back to at least seven thousand years according to the shreds of cloth found and written references to cotton. The oldest discovery of cotton was made in a Mexican caves. Cotton was first referred to in a Hindu book called the Rig-Veda. Therefore‚ it is believed that cotton was first used in India but people

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    COTTON University of Wolverhampton International Business Management Global Business Commodities Rustam Nabizade (1122924) COTTON University of Wolverhampton International Business Management Global Business Commodities Rustam Nabizade (1122924) Cotton is a major fibre crop of global importance and has high commercial value. It is grown commercially in the temperate and tropical regions of more than 70 countries. Specific areas of production include

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