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    During the 18th century‚ the American colonies saw a great increase in the African slaves that were brought into the country. Before this time most of the slaves in the colonies had been Native Americans or indentured servants that were working off their debt off. During this era‚ the number of people flowing into the colonies also rose drastically. Each region of the colonies from the Northeast to the then Deep South each had different types of slavery and differing ideas of how slaves should be

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    The Great Awakening was a movement of religious revival that swept throughout the American Colonies during the 1730’s and 1740’s. This movement brought people back to spiritual life with powerful messages of salvation. Before the Great awakening crossed over to the American Colonies‚ it all began in England when all religions were repressed because the Church of England was the primary religion of the country. There is no doubt that the Great Awakening significantly impacted religion and democracy

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    "The 18th century period was an era that witnessed great improvements in health and subsequent life expectancy" (Health and welfare during industrialization ‚ p. 109)[1]. Most experts connected the health revolution to the industrial one‚ that also brought success to other sectors. The workers emerged as the most important resource in the production of goods and services. In this light‚ capitalism employed every resource at its disposal to preserve and safeguard their health‚ wealth‚ and general

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    Essay Question: What were the causes of the Great Awakening and to what extent did this intense religious revival affect those who experienced ¡°conversion¡± as well as those who did not? During Europe¡¯s period of Enlightment from 1687-1789‚ new scientific theories and ideas were proposed‚ changing the nature of how the world was looked at and questioned the very fundamentals of religion. The Great Awakening of the 1730s-1740s acted as a direct response to the Enlightment in order to revive the

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    Europeans‚ in the 18th century experienced changes in marriages and families‚ children‚ and food and medical care. Unlike the early years when the people married at young ages‚ more and more Europeans began to marry at much older ages and form families with an established household. In the early 18th century‚ children were often neglected; however‚ as time went on‚ parents began to express their love more openly for to their children. The diets and medical care of the Europeans improved through new

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    In various points in history‚ governments have made regulations which many of the people refused to follow. During the late 18th century‚ prohibition of trade amongst separately colonized islands caused smuggling between these islands to become quite popular. Islands owned by the French‚ English‚ and Spanish each had different goods that were sought after‚ and thus‚ illegal trade commenced and was very successful. Supply and demand continued as it did because the smugglers stood to gain economically

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    The profound economic change that occurred in the early 1900’s was largely influenced and formed by the industrial revolution‚ in particular the second wave that occurred in the late 1800’s. The revolution as a whole resulted in the change from economies based on agriculture and farming‚ to industry based profits. This second wave of the revolution not only refined and improved the prior inventions of iron and coal‚ but brought with it new highly developed technologies such as steel‚ electricity

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    Out With the Old‚ In With the New There were multiple factors that influenced the Great Awakening in the early seventeen hundreds. From 1730 to 1740‚ rebellion spread throughout the colonies causing a major religious warfare between churches. In Contending Voice‚ Hollitz shows us the perspective of two famous preachers that gave the Great Awakening a stir of madness. The “wild‚” “indecent‚” and work of “mad men” revolutionized the way colonist viewed how religion could be so intense frequently

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    Impacts of the Great Awakening and the Enlightenment on Provincial America Although the ideas and concepts of life during the Great Awakening and the Enlightenment periods proved to be drastically different‚ both proved to be influential and shaped America. The Great Awakening was a revival of religion and the Enlightenment was all about understanding science and social structure. The Great Awakening occurred from the 1730’s to the 1740’s. Mainly‚ the cause of the Great Awakening was a decline

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    and Doctors In the 18th century Colonial American people were unaware of the plethora amounts of different bacterias‚ germs and viruses. During this time most doctors were unaffordable and lacked knowledge about the severity of diseases. In addition medicines were usually herbs‚ minerals‚ and animal products which sometimes healed the ill. After many years tools of science/medicine have changed since Colonial American times. The doctors and medicines in the 18th century are not like the advances

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