In my opinion‚ colonial America was on its way to democracy‚ but far from being a true democratic society. Only a small portion of the people were able to make the decisions‚ so government did not revolve around the majority. By the 1720s in most colonies‚ eligible voters were defined as white Christian males who owned land and were over the age of 21. In other colonies‚ only Protestants or members of a particular church could vote. All voters had to own land because colonial leaders believed
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have been many periods of slavery and in the American colonial days slavery was a very common thing in the North and South colonies. Slavery has existed throughout time but American slavery in the colonial days was a unique system. For many black people in colonial America slavery began the day they were born. Their mother would have been a slave and more than likely labored and delivered under harsh conditions. Babies were often separated from their mothers moments after their birth and were unlikely
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In the Progressive Movement that began in the late 1800s was about governmental reforms and correcting injustices in the American life. There were problems that were present in the American life and plans and reforms proposed during the Progressive Era to address the problems faced by many Americans in the early 1800s late 1900s. There were problems that were present in the American Life. Poor families lived in crowded 1 room houses (Doc1). Sanitation was very hard for poor families to keep up
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The Colonial Period began with the settled countries of the time wanting to launch voyages to explore ’the new world’. One of the first successes was the Spanish‚ when they were able to settle in South America as early as 1252. But the biggest exploration of the time by far was set off by Columbus who‚ in search of the Indies‚ instead fell upon America‚ which started mass colonization. Colonization was so popular due to its trade worth and how much it could help the mother country‚ and with‚ in many
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people and beliefs. This includes people’s religious views‚ and political parties they were apart of. The new country wanted to let people decide what they believe in what they wanted to believe in and not worry about punishment. Colonial America was deep with democratic potential. This system of government is what allowed people to believe in what they wanted to believe in. This democracy allowed people to vote for they wanted. The Americans didn’t want to be ruled by a king‚ like they were
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The Classical Era In the classical the style of classicism was introduced. Classicism music was a melody with a subordinate harmony to combine to be called homophony. This meant the playing of chords‚ even if they did interrupt the melodic smoothness of a single part. It became a much more prevalent part of music. This made the tonal structure of works more audible. The genres of the Classical Era consisted of symphony‚ opera‚ sonata allegro‚ sentimental style‚ style galant‚ and overture. The symphony
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In British North America‚ three colonial regions appeared in the different geographical areas; New England‚ the Middle colonies‚ and the Southern colonies. Although these colonies were founded by the English‚ different agricultural and industrial oppurtunities and immigrancy led to a distinctive economy‚ religion‚ and social order between the sectional differences of the American colonies before 1750. Each region had its own type of houses‚ crops‚ churches‚ and values but the things keeping them
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other than horses and ships. They also had a different lifestyle from what we have today were men went to school and got educated and women instead got taught how to run the house and take care of the young children. Men had different jobs where they tended to the farm and created furniture. There are many differences from colonial lifestyle and ours and the lifestyle of the southern colonists affected their lifestyle. During colonial times‚ southern colonists lived on farms where they grew almost
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Precambrian Period – The beginning of life Our planet formed from a cloud of dust and gas some 4.56 billion years ago. The Earth’s vast history is divided in four major eras: the Precambrian‚ the Paleozoic‚ the Mesozoic and the Cenozoic. The Precambrian era covers most of our planet’s history and lasted from Earth’s inception until 542 million years ago. It was during this era that the Earth became solid‚ the atmosphere became breathable and life emerged. There is little evidence about the events
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The Era of Stagnation (also called the Period of Stagnation‚ Stagnation Period‚ Stagnation Era‚ the Brezhnevian Stagnation‚ or the Brezhnev Stagnation) was a period of economic‚ political‚ and social stagnation in the Soviet Union‚ which began during the rule of Leonid Brezhnev (1964-1982) and continued under Yuri Andropov (1982-1984) and Konstantin Chernenko (1984-1985). This period ended when Mikhail Gorbachev‚ who succeeded Chernenko‚ introduced his policies of glasnost‚ perestroika‚ uskoreniye
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