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    All through the numerous years of history‚ women have undoubtedly had an impact over men. Whether it be coercing him‚ deceiving him‚ or requesting of him‚ they changed the actions of men. The United States in no different from many other nations in which women have been influencing‚ directly or indirectly‚ the decision and actions of the men. Women did what they could within the confines of their traditionally established role of nurturer and were involved in the medical field. One example of such

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    extent did the political and economic effects of the Seven Years War in North America help cause the American War of Independence? The American Revolutionary War‚ also known as the American War of Independence‚ was a conflict that erupted between Great Britain‚ and its American colonies from 1775 to 1783. In 1775 British soldiers invaded America with the intention to rule the country. The American War of Independence lasted for eight years and over time the War tore American and British relationships

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    often infer the Indians do “nothing‚ resist… [or make] obstacles to the white settlement [and or] victims of oppression”. The truth is the Indians play a huge part in American history regardless to what most textbooks say. The numbers of scholars that believe the Indians were a crucial piece to American history in increasing. The mines of the Caribbean‚ Central and South America would not have been the same without the Indians. History itself would be dissimilar in Colonial America without the Indians

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    Boston. This order did not contribute to any glorious victory‚ but the dispatch of the Astrea to New England during 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

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    the English‚ French‚ and Spanish came to North America? Before the early 1490s‚ North America was only inhabited by Native Americans with no presence of European civilizations. European civilizations decided to start colonizing for multiple different reasons‚ such as economics‚ religion‚ curiosity‚ and adventure. The different European countries had different reasons and tactics as well as difficulties when it came to their efforts to colonize North America. Although Columbus was not the first European

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    Introduction‚ In the beginning American law in the colonial period In chapter one of Law in America‚ the author Lawrence M. Friedman states that every country has a law and people must follow that law. Friedman gives an example of the newspapers‚ where the newspapers can only publish what the law says only. The police officers will only use their state law and each state has created its own individual state rule. They must follow the law and follow the rules and be fair and equal to all people

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    SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD TO PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION Aims of Spanish Colonization • God – propagation of Catholic Christianity • Gold – desire for economic wealth • Glory – to be the greatest empire in the world THE SPANISH COLONIAL SYSTEM Spain Retains the Philippines Despite Economic Loss • As a colony‚ the Philippines was a financial burden to the Spanish treasury. The Philippines as Crown Colony • In the sense that she belonged to the Spanish King. THE SPANISH COLONIAL SYSTEM The Council

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    Colonial America in the 17th Century could be summarized as the establishment period. Colonists had explored and claimed enough land to call theirs‚ and they were focused on implementing customs such as religion‚ politics‚ and ethics. In order to do this‚ colonies decided to force their ideas onto other civilizations such as foreigners or indigenous people. Accomplishing this would open doors to land and overall economic development‚ but it would also lead to battles and wars between the two conflicting

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    person did not have self – control and did not live morally for God‚ then that person was accused of living in sin. One of the biggest sins that Protestants felt was unmoral‚ was the consumption of alcohol. This view led a movement across the north called the Temperance Movement. “In the nineteenth- century‚ the consumption of alcohol was a large amount for just one person. On average‚ a person drunk 7 gallons of alcohol per year.”

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    France or the US‚ countries that equated Progress. What material or technological transformations did Latin Americans seem to have associated to the idea of “progress”? Latin America decided to associate with the idea of progress the idea of being able to export their home grown goods. While England‚ France and the US‚ exported industrial machinery (because it was made in those countries) Latin America decided they could not compete with those countries in selling machinery so they made their economies

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