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    religion‚ and science in the colonial America all started with colonial demographics such as cheap land‚ gender equality‚ early marriage‚ high birth rate‚ and rapid population growth. During those times the women were viewed inferior to men‚ and remained behind the scenes as it was a part of the English tradition but over time changes were made to those thoughts (p 110‚111). When it came to economy‚ trade was flourishing among England and another thriving colonial trading company. They

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    In early America‚ unfree labor was originally done by indentured servants. As time went on‚ changes in the laws created the condition of chattel slavery. Slaves and indentured servants differed both in the way they were treated‚ and in their possible futures. (I am assuming I am supposed to write an essay about how they differed). In early colonial America‚ arable and available land was plentiful. Even though Native American tribes such as the Iroquois and the Anasazi had made their homes here for

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    The majority of African Americans in the 18th and 19th in colonial America were slaves. However‚ a small portion lived as free men and women. Although the promise of freedom seemed great‚ for African Americans‚ it was very limited. They faced persecution in nearly all aspects of society. However‚ for the slaves who had escaped the whip of slavery‚ there was nothing better than being free. Throughout the United States’ involvement in the slave trade‚ nearly 400‚000 slaves in the United States were

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    James Dean Ms. Hitchock USH per. 4 10/7/13 Thesis: The Antebellum period (1781-1860)‚ a time of heated debate and opposition‚ was not a time of expanded democracy‚ conflicting with the words of President Lincoln’s Gettysburg address‚ “by the people‚ for the people”. Although Antebellum period provided some democratic freedoms to some citizens of the American democracy‚ it was not a time where all persons in America were represented 1) TS: The Cherokees‚ a Native American tribe in the

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    someone’s natural rights. However‚ if a group feels their rights are being harmed‚ it is not justifiable for them to take mob action against those that do not agree with them. Mob action should only be used on those perpetrating the harmful or illegal nature‚ not those that merely agree with the perpetrators. In the New York Tories case‚ the Sons of Liberty were justified to mob action in defense of their property rights‚ but their actions against the Tories were unjust because they were taking the Tories

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    The Catholic Church played a large role in colonial Latin American society. The Church served as a unifying institution in a society made up of many different kinds of people - Europeans‚ Africans‚ Indigenous‚ and mixed-raced individuals - from a variety of economic backgrounds. Documents from the colonial period show that the Church was a maintainer of Iberian social order‚ and its officials and priests were expected to serve as exemplars of their religion. The Church maintained order and conveyed

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    technological advancements in Antebellum America such as the cotton gin‚ the steamboat‚ and the power loom‚ but none changed Antebellum America more than the Erie Canal. The Erie Canal is considered one of the greatest technological advancements of its generation. The Erie Canal was not only impressive technologically but it also connected markets that otherwise were not connected‚ and it helped spark the Market Revolution. The Erie Canal led to massive changes in Antebellum America because it brought markets

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    The three regions of American colonists had many differences in how things were done economically‚ religiously and socially. The three regions were also had different climates and a different terrain forcing them to live differently. New England was the most northern colony. The landscape had very rocky soil. Their whole economy was mainly shipbuilding and shipping. Though they did also participate in fur trading and the fishing industry. The whole reason the colonists settled was because of religious

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    Since the beginning of America’s colonial period‚ slavery has been practiced within America’s different lands. Many slaves from Africa would be imported into America to serve as laborers for the financial gain of white people. White supremacy is known as the belief that was held in the minds of many white Americans‚ as they believed that their race was the superior race to others. The upholding of the ideological belief of white supremacy had led to the building of a society that dehumanized and

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    the purpose of women’s education in colonial America was to become skilled at household duties and chores in order to find a suitable husband.” Women did not have the same educational opportunities as women of today do‚ in fact although Harvard opened in 1636‚ the first college to admit women did not do so for another 200 years. Thankfully today gender is not an obstacle to get admitted into a

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