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    In Colonial Latin America‚ the conversion of indigenous people to Catholicism took off in 1493. Catholicism was the religion of choice because the Europeans conquering Latin America were from the parts of Europe that practiced Catholicism such as Spain‚ Belgium and Portugal. The rise of Catholicism would enter England as well with Queen Mary’s reign from 1553-1558. However‚ Spain had a larger role in sending missionaries to Colonial Latin America than England. England is referenced to provide prospective

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    Slavery and the Making of America The series Slavery in the Making is a documentary based on the beginning of slavery‚ which then fell into a large increase in southern states‚ eventually tearing the Union apart and then bringing it back together. The series is broken up into 4 episodes The Downward Spiral‚ Liberty in the Air‚ Seeds of Destruction‚ and The Challenge of Freedom. The series starts off with the building up and beginning of the British Colonies‚ then it moves into explain more in

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    Charles Inglis‚ have grown to be a loyalist in colonial North America. I was born 1734‚ in the Republic of Ireland. I was given a private education and due to my father’s death‚ I was never able to attend a University. During my twenties‚ I moved to America. After teaching nearby at a church in Lancaster‚ PA I earned my rights in England to work at higher levels in the church. By 1758 I was an ordained deacon‚ assisted the bishop and returned to America. I became very fond of the Trinity Church located

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    How Slavery still influences America Slavery isn’t a short sweet story (as illustrated above). Slavery (a form of forced labor)‚ contrary to common belief in the USA‚ did not start in the Americas‚ nor was it restricted to black African people; it has existed in almost all cultures and continents‚ and even exists to this day‚ in one form or another‚ in some places. Slavery has affected how people live‚ for good‚ and bad. Slavery made slave owners lives much easier as they get the slaves to do

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    Based on their race‚ social status‚ economic status‚ and culture women within colonial Latin American and Brazilian society had different daily routines and lives and assisted the development of the colonies based upon their cultural‚ social‚ and economic status. For African women‚ slave and free‚ along with Native American women their daily routines were dominated by manual labor on fields and domestic labor with much of their labor fueling the economic growth and development of the colonies along

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    Slavery was the main resource used in the Chesapeake tobacco plantations. The conditions in the Chesapeake region were difficult‚ which lead to malnutrition‚ disease‚ and even death. Slaves were a cheap and an abundant resource‚ which could be easily replaced at any time. The Chesapeake region’s tobacco industries grew and flourished on the intolerable and inhumane acts of slavery. Chesapeake colonies of Virginia and Maryland were settled in the early 17th century. It was a difficult live

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    When the Spanish founded Colonial Latin America‚ the cultures socially‚ physically‚ and politically united to form a new society. The Spanish‚ Indians‚ and African slaves attempted to embed their homeland’s culture into this new society. This formed a clash of cultures because each came with its own set of norms. The go-betweens played a pivotal role during encounters between the cultures acting as interpreters and the Jesuits as Christian converters. As colonial Latin America society was forming and

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    In colonial Latin America‚ one aspect of life that was constantly under attack and had to be guarded at all costs was the ideal of one’s Honour. Women in colonial Latin America had to especially be on their guard to protect their honour‚ as an unanswered attack to their honour could ruin a family’s honour. But if a woman’s honour was attacked there were ways for her to protect it. The honour women possessed at the time was said to be not as important as the honour of a man‚ but it is‚ in fact‚ more

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    The Revolutionary War erupted many conflicts that the nation had to solve throughout its existence. The struggle for independence primarily revolved around the consequences before and after the wars collided. This Era caused Britain’s American colonies to separate from the empire (GML‚ Foner 175). Along with this came the 7 Year War that began when the French and Indian fought against Great Britain. After the war‚ the England government started taxing their own colonist for the damage. “No taxation

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    9/20/13 When did slavery start in america. Once Slavery was introduced into the new colonies it changed the direction that the colonies were heading in. there are many theory’s and ideas linked with the importation of africans to america. Although some may consider racism a major role of the african enslavement‚ the need for Labor‚ Low Cost Price ‚and Availability played a major role on the enslavement of africans in the new colonies. When the start of the colonization of america began the charters

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