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    What concerns me about the world? There are many things that concern me about the world; there is poverty‚ war‚ and fighting over objects while there is no respect for the people. Our society has its views and mentality backwards‚ “People were made to be loved. Things were made to be used. The reason why the world is in chaos is because things are being loved‚ and people are being used.” (Unkown) I question the world powers‚ United States‚ Russia‚ United Kingdom‚ France‚ People ’s Republic of

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    FRQ #3 The "early modern period" the period where the pressure to work harder and longer was a personal side to the systemic changes that were reshaping the world‚ distinguished from the post-classical period ahead of its time. Several developments opened the doors to this period the revival of empire building‚ the steady progression of explorations by Europeans along the Atlantic coast of Africa‚ and new military technologies. The changes in world empires‚ trade routes‚ and the effects

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    Privacy Concerns with Electronic Medical Records Scott R. Roberts Mercer University Prior to the Information Age‚ medical records were all stored in folders in secure filing cabinets at doctor’s offices‚ hospitals‚ or health departments. The information within the folders was confidential‚ and shared solely amongst the patient and physician. Today these files are fragmented across multiple treatment sites due to the branching

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    Women in Colonial America

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    Ziheng (Tony) Fang Professor Jesse Markay HIST 251 – 003 27 February 2015 Women in Colonial America During colonial times‚ the lives of women were very different compared to the lives of men. Regardless of economic status‚ the role of all women was to assist the men. English law also made women dependent on men. There were many rights and privileges that women and girls did not have. For example‚ colonial America defined men to be “independent citizens”‚ which allowed them to own land‚ slaves‚ and

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    Laura Gilliar History 151.15 Professor Burrows March 3‚ 2013 Slavery in British North America Slave ownership was a common practice in the British colonies in North America. Slaves were owned in the Chesapeake as well as New England though the nature in which the slaves were used was very different. The reason that slave ownership became common was the patriarchy. During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the idea of patriarchy was practiced in the colonies‚ especially the south

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    During the Colonial period there was a lot of different outlooks on how the women were treated‚ how the men thought‚ how the children were raised. Colonization is dominating land‚ and its components. What I learned about the colonial period is that how they did things back then‚ is not how we do them now‚ they were more strict‚ powerful‚ demeaning. The first thing I realized about the colonial period had a difficult time seeing women‚ and men as equal. In one of the speeches we read in “The letter

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    and diversity in opinion spread.The British Colonies in America were a breeding ground for tension between colonists due to the social structure that stemmed from the vision of each colonies founders compare to what the population of the colony actually wanted and even the way in which some colonists found themselves making it to the new world. The europeans who migrated to America did so for rather different reasons than the reasons the crown and corporations had for starting the colonies. While the

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    Religion played a crucial part during colonial America‚ not only during the 18th Century but ever since colonist began settling from Britain. Churches were the center of colonial towns and often held the most local power regarding rules and regulations during the colonial period allowing them to keep peace within the colony. Those who were caught in opposition were tried and often banished from the colony‚ which further reinforced the churches influence on colonial life. As the colonies progressed into

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    Life In Colonial America

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    Life in Colonial America By 1700‚ more than 250‚000 people of European origin or descent lived within what is now the United States. These settlers covered much of the eastern seaboard. Each region of colonization was economically and socially distinct‚ as each area developed differently based on geography‚ immigration trends‚ and other factors. The New England Colonies The New England colonies spanned modern-day Massachusetts‚ New Hampshire‚ Maine‚ Connecticut‚ and Rhode Island. New England’s

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    in America started began when the first ship of slaves landed in Jamestown‚ Virginia‚ in 1619. Slavery was brought to America to aid the production of lucrative crops like tobacco‚ indigo‚ sugarcane‚ corn‚ and the list goes on. Slavery went on throughout the 17th and 18th century in the American colonies‚ leading the way to build an economic foundation for the new nation. By the mid-19th century‚ Americans started to expand out west‚ and fought for the abolitionment of slavery from the North. That

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