limited in the colonial times. Marriage and motherhood were the primary goals for women. They lost property and legal rights upon marriage; therefore‚ women were not expected to participate in the war. Despite their low positions in society‚ women did participate. One example was Pennsylvania Mary Hays McCauley carried water to troops in battle. When her husband fell at the battle‚ New Jersey‚ in 1778‚ she took his place. For this action‚ she receives a pension from the state of Pennsylvania for
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As humanity has progressed throughout history‚ there have been a number of times in which the interest and involvement of politics has changed. As we look back we can see that as the eras changed‚ interests of the people changed as well. One example of this is during the time of the Ancient Greeks. At this point in Western Civilization one polis by the name of Athens located on the coast of the Aegean Sea felt that political participation was a key factor in everyday life. Unfortunately not all
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they were something new and had out-did anything Europe had done so far. It was “the building of the 20th century”. It was a whole new way of creating art and architecture that was very different from any cathedral in Europe at that time. Art critics like Clement Greenberg commented how New York was “the most industrialized city with the most advanced people.” Artists like Duchamp would rave over New York’s skyscrapers and pretty much rub it in Paris’s face because they had no buildings like it
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a plan to combat the issues. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the president at the time‚ what he came up with to fight the Great Depression was called the New Deal. Within the New Deal there are the three R’s‚ which are relief‚ recovery‚ and reform. Roosevelt believed the New Deal would help heal the U.S. economy‚ but in the end‚ only a few aspects of the New Deal helped the economy‚ whereas a lot of the other aspect did no good for America. To start off with the first of the three R’s is relief. A large
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Cherokee Removal In 1828‚ Andrew Jackson was presented as president. He wanted to remove Indians to have more land for the white people. When Jackson wanted to remove the Indians most cooperated‚ but not the Cherokee Indians. The Cherokee Indians refused to leave their land. Jackson had given a speech about the removal act. He didn’t care what tribe of Indians it was he didn’t want any Indians on "His" land. In Jacksons mind if one tribe of Indians left they would all leave. If only it was that
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1. What hardships did passengers suffer at sea? What relief could they hope for upon reaching Philadelphia? At the point when in such a hurricane the ocean rages and surges‚ so that the waves rise frequently like high mountains one over the other‚ and regularly tumble over the ship‚ so one apprehension to run down with the ship; when the ship is always hurled from side to side by the tempest and waves‚ so that nobody can either walk‚ or sit‚ or lie‚ and the firmly pressed individuals in the compartments
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territory‚ And Humanitarian Issues. These topics had such an impact because they showed just how divided the nation was over the debate of slavery. The first factor that slavery had a part in was the economic differences between north and south. For example‚ the North’s economy was mostly textiles and developing the industry. The north was much more industrialized than the south was‚ this allowed the north to have a much better
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Using your notes and the knowledge you have gained‚ how do you think the Treaty of Versailles contributed to the beginning of WW2? WW2 was the byproduct of the Treaty of Versailles since the Treaty had absolutely ruined the German’s military power‚ economy‚ and pride. What is the Treaty of Versailles? The Treaty of Versailles is the after-war clause‚ it was a forced blame on Germany for them causing the most damage during the war. The clause was made by the four commanding and most influential countries
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day of merriment. Squanto tells the plymouth settlers that Massasoit and the Narrangasets have made a plan to kill the Pilgrims and attack Plymouth. A small group of Pilgrims finds out from Hobbamock that Squanto lied and it was a plan to turn the Pilgrims against Massasoit and kill him so that Squanto may assume his role as Sachem. Massasoit is enraged and orders Squanto executed‚ but Bradford will not have his close friend killed and protects the Interpreter. Soon after‚ Squanto dies of disease
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speech capabilities of Homo neandertals led most scholars to regard the topic as unsuitable for serious study (2012) . H. neandertal speech capabilities have proven in recent years to be a task capturing much of the time and research of anthropologist. In the 20th century it was commonly thought that H. neandertal was too brutish and simple to have evolved into modern humans‚ and had very little modern behavior or capabilities. As the fossil record grew and the technology progressed the scientific
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