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    In colonial America‚ the citizens did not know exactly what they wanted for their government. The colonists knew they didn’t want their lives to be like they had been in England. They were open to ideas; they did not know what would work and what wouldn’t. The colonists knew that trial and error was the best idea at the time. The democratic and undemocratic features of colonial America were very apparent in that democracy as it was a work in progress. Although they were working out the issues

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    AP U.S. History Document Based Question DOCUMENT BASED QUESTION PROJECT Question: How did slavery affect American Society socially‚ economically and politically during the Antebellum years? Document A Source: William LLoyd Garrison‚ letter to a friend‚ 1830 Now‚ how is it with the slave? He gets a peck of corn (occasionally a little more) each week‚ but rarely meat or fish. He must anticipate the sun in rising‚ or be whipped severely for his somnolency. Rain or shine‚ he must toil early

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    Democracy in Colonial America which was a work in progress‚ had both democratic and undemocratic features. When colonist got to America‚ they had to make their own laws. They immigrated to America to get away from England’s laws. Not all of the new laws were great‚ they needed to make them better but never made laws‚ so didn’t know how to make them where it benefited everyone. One democratic feature is the rule of law. In a rule of law‚ no one is above the law. From document 3 “The Fundamental Orders

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    There were many reform movements which took place during the 1800s leading up to the Civil War‚ a primary effect of these movements. Still‚ each different campaign had at least one aspect of similarity: their cause. Antebellum reform was motivated primarily by humanitarian goals due to the influences of evangelicalism‚ human morale‚ and democratic ideals. Religion played a major role in the lives of all citizens during the building and expansion of the United States into the West. Its greatest influence

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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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    Problem statement “The colonial cities in the ‘New World’‚ that is‚ the Americas‚ were founded and laid out according to specific rules and intentions. What were they? Did similar rules result in similar appearances or features in the cities of the different European colonisers? If not‚ why not? Use a specific city as suitable illustration of your argument.” Essay Plan 1. Introduction/argument (150) 2. Spain colonies rules (politics and religion) (200) 3. English colonies

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    1. a. Family structure: Colonial families were mainly nuclear and few homes were made up of extended family members for long periods. Families began with six or seven children‚ with large age gaps between each child. The religion was Protestant‚ in which they had the right to intervene in families that did not follow their duties. Also‚ few people survived outside of the family structure and each family was considered a "little commonwealth" (Benokraitis 57). Each family was a self-sufficient business

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    of working force on demand‚ ready to initialize the work. Therefore Southern landowners‚ wanting to maximize profit and diminish any sort of excessive spending‚ found it vital to institute a system of slavery which could provide them with a controlled system of labor on demand at low cost. Slavery became their source of sustainability and a resource that supported the prosperity of Southern slave owners. Cultivation of cotton and tobacco is a multi-step process that requires much dedication and

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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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    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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