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    Social African slavery in the American colonies first began in the 1670’s and 1680’s‚ particularly in the Chesapeake region. However‚ it wasn’t until the 1700’s that slavery became a full blown business. Events causing the need for slaves were: the lack of English settlers willing to become indentured servants‚ the ability of prospective immigrants to migrate somewhere else in the United States‚ and the lack of open land which turned away potential settlers. The need of the Chesapeake tobacco farmers

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    Music from the 1960’s and 1970’s is much different than music of today. Classic rock was started in the 1960’s as a cause of the British invasion‚ which included the discovery of bands such as the Beatles‚ Led Zeppelin‚ and Pink Floyd. The British invasion influenced garage rock which many high school aged boys would participate in. Some examples of garage rock inspired bands are: the Yarbirds‚ the Animals‚ the Rolling Stones‚ the Kinks‚ and the Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Also

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    Main household Appliances: The appliances found in houses between 20-50 years ago were a primitive version of what we have today. For example; T.V’s when they first came out were huge‚ chunky and were only in black and white. There were vinyl records that were large and required a record player to play. I think technology has stayed within the same concept‚ but has gotten smaller‚ smarter and more efficient. Size of houses: It was not uncommon to have extremely large families in only one bedroom

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    Acceptance‚ alienation‚ assimilate‚ connected‚ displaced‚ security and rejection attribute to one sense- belonging. Initially‚ there is no one definition of belonging‚ nevertheless each human being perceives this term quite uniquely. ! Personally‚ my collaborative understanding of belonging is this- having a perception of acceptance‚ being included‚ feeling secure‚ and/or comfortable in a social‚ cultural‚ religious and economic group. It brings a sense of inclusion‚ connection‚ unity and identity

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    The roaring twenties was a time full of the extragrant free moving culture. During this point in time there was a huge impactful social and political change. The 20’s was an age for everything new and exciting. There were many inventions during this time including: automobiles‚ the airplane‚ sliced bread‚ the assembly line‚ and the television. With the new inventions came new actions‚ dancing‚ and dressing. Many traditional standards were rejected. There was a break out of organized crime‚ and

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    In the early 1900’s the man was seen as the intellectual individual who takes care of their wife and family‚ who arrives home with the money and who was the supplier. However during the 1930’s this typical idea of the man’s role was extremely hard to keep ahold of due to The Great Depression. While the average woman worked on household dynamics and keeping the family afloat‚ the man was out looking for a job‚ or struggling to keep his current job. As a result‚ the average male came home at the end

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    The 60’s and 70’s brought a huge counterculture and with it came a completely different experience to the youth. Teenagers opposed society and the war. They cared little for middle class values and institutions. However‚ they embraced equality and a peaceful more natural lifestyle. Some of the same things could be said today‚ the only difference is that Vietnam is now the Middle East. Jimi Hendrix is electronic dance music and unfortunately there are still battles over equality and women’s rights

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    In the 1500’s and 1600’s‚ some startling discoveries radically changed the way Europeans viewed how and why things happened in the physical world. Three scientists who contributed to these changed were Nicolaus Copernicus‚ Galileo Galilei and Isaac Newton. These scientist changed some beliefs of which many had been believed for all of time. For almost all of time‚ the geocentric theory was believed to be true. This theory suggested that all planets revolved around the Earth. In 1543‚ Polish scholar

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    Two eras in time were the 1930’s and 1960’s. Both of these two periods in time are interesting in their own ways. Also people usually think the 1960’s were all about fun which wasn’t always true. In addition people think that a main event in the 30’s was the Great Depression which in fact is true but there’s more to the 30’s than most people think. There are many seminaries and differences in these two are fashion‚ inventions/technology‚ and music. Three similarities between them are the people involved

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    to have fun and let loose. They were underground bars that sold alcohol illegally. In addition to this illegal actions‚ gangs played a big part in the 1920’s. The organized groups actually ran the speakeasies‚ establishing placed in all the major cities. Capable of manipulating police and policies‚ they

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