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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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    “The Industrial Revolution was another of those extraordinary jumps forward in the story of civilization.” Stephen Gardiner succinctly describes the Industrial Revolution with this quote as a phenomenal turning point in the world. Between the 1700s and the 1800s‚ Britain’s onset of The Industrial Revolution forever changed life for humanity throughout the world. There were several negative and positive effects of The Industrial Revolution on society. Living conditions‚ mass production‚ and public

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    most important factor in the growth of the British Empire. Do you agree? One of the main factors of the growth of the British Empire is trade. The other main factors are: rivalries with other European countries‚ the spread of Christianity and the desire to colonise. All of these factors are important‚ but I think that the main one is trade. Trade earned a lot of money‚ and the East India Company had a lot to do with this. Some of the money which was made from trade was used

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    If correct‚ Buckingham’s argument would deal a fatal blow to the southern‚ pro-slavery argument that was based on Leviticus 25:44-46. During the antebellum period‚ manumission proved to be a very controversial subject that sparked fear in the hearts of most southerners. Prior to 1800‚ restrictions on manumission in the southern United States were minimal if not nonexistent. Much of this was due to the concepts of liberty and freedom that had grown out of the American Revolution. So great was this

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    The Industrial Revolution is responsible for the way we live our lives today. During the Industrial Revolution‚ cities all throughout the world underwent dramatic changes. While industrialization brought about an improved standard of living‚ a variety of manufactured goods and better transportation of goods‚ it also resulted in often appalling living and working conditions for the poor and working classes. From the start‚ industrialization allowed populations to turn from being rural areas to mostly

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    From the 1870’s to the early 1900s‚ Americans invested heavily into Mexican infrastructure‚ to include‚ oil fields‚ mines‚ plantations‚ and railroads. Around the early 1900s‚ Mexican dictator Porfirio Diaz started nationalizing these Mexican resources due to the growing fear of American interests in Mexico. Angered American investors started placing their support in Francisco Madero‚ a pro-constitutional political opponent of Porfirio Diaz‚ which eventually forced Porfirio Diaz to resign in 1911

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    During the industrial revolution there were two types of people throughout society. Those who loved industrializing and improving their standard of living and those who felt it was necessary to worry about the environment and how the earth would be affected. Cases were brought to people on how the factories were destroying and corrupting the earth’s environment when in reality they didn’t look at the good and they had little to no information on the environment. I have believed the state of a self

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    Gender roles have significantly changed over the past 100 years for women. From the 1900th century until now‚ gender roles for women have changed in the home‚ in the workforce‚ and in the government. Although they have also change for men‚ they have not changed as drastically as they have for women. In the 1900s‚ work in the home was greatly accounted for by the women in the world. Women were expected to clean‚ to cook‚ to do the laundry‚ and to take care of the children in the home. The men were

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    1920s in America the “Roaring 20s.” Not only was there a new feeling of ebullience in pop culture and society‚ but the economy was booming as well. According to Investopedia‚ “Economic growth is an increase in the capacity of an economy to produce goods and services‚ compared from one period of time to another.” There are a variety of ways a country can achieve economic growth: increases in labor force‚ capital‚ natural resources and higher productivity through increased education. During the 1920s

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    Horrible Lives Have you ever wondered if you are related to one of the immigrants in the 1900s? The immigrants had a dreadful life at this time. Immigrants were brave because they crossed the ocean and went through the checkpoint at Ellis Island. To start the immigrants take an awful voyage across the ocean. Immigrants had a lousy boat ride to get to America. Lots of people persecuted the immigrants from their country. On page 20‚ it said “Travelers often made their wills before sailing.” The

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