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    Some boys who did not work attended schools such as grammar school. These schools were not any easier than working‚ however‚ and it did not provide money for the family so only the wealthy could afford to send their kids to schools. These schoolboys usually worked similar hours and had breaks for meals. Corporal punishment in these learning facilities was not uncommon. Teachers could punish children by smacking their bare butts with birch twigs or hold naughty boys down by their necks. The aristocratic

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    The industrial revolution was undoubtedly one of the most important events in the formation of the contemporary world. Sparked by the agricultural revolution of 1750 and 1880‚ the industrial revolution would transform Britain‚ and later the whole western world‚ into powerhouses of metal work‚ mining and industry. Beginning in England in around 1760‚ the revolution would continue well into the nineteenth century and bring around crucial inventions‚ such as steam pumps and railways. Crucially‚ the

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    The industrial revolution that transformed western Europe and the United States during the course of the nineteenth century had its origins in the introduction of power-driven machinery in the English and Scottish textile industries in the second half of the eighteenth century. But far more than the cotton textile industry was transformed in the course of that revolution. Non-industrial wage labor increased; urban centers grew; and in farming areas‚ outwork occupations and commercial agriculture

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    The Second Industrial Revolution took place between 1870 and 1914. Urbanization and territories that were being expanded fueled the Second Industrial Revolution. Transportation‚ factory production‚ and various other industries caused the United States be a producer of one-third of the world’s industrial services output. Many inventions from these industries were interconnected because of the technologies in the Second Industrial Revolution. The revolution effected the world by these new or improved

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    The Industrial Revolution According to the videos‚ the Industrial Revolution changed the role of a woman immensely. The women of the Industrial Revolution were now given the opportunity to become the money makers of the family if they really wanted to. Women were given more choices on what they could pursue in their lives. Many would go out and get jobs in hopes to provide for their families‚ and then there were some that went out looking for jobs to better their education‚ and to make something

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    generation has had their technology revolution. Technology has had overpowering effects on the different lifestyles that people live‚ throughout human history. Mostly‚ people emphasize that the train was a major factor in the market revolution; although‚ the trains played a huge part in spreading the market from the Islands to the Pacific coast; there can be an equally strong argument‚ that other historical factors played a huge role in making the train and market revolution successful. The most important

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    the relationship among the Iranian government and religious and ethnic minorities (Armenians‚ Assyrians‚ Bahais‚ Chaldeans‚ Iranian Christian converts‚ Jews‚ and Zoroastrians) in order to survey the driving force of this extremism and its impact. What role did the Iranian Revolution in 1979 play? What is a response of international communities and what has been the response of religious minorities? (How far could an ideological state go in implementation? What form has this dogmatic

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    The American Revolution Women’s lives began to change significantly with the American Revolution. Every war means more women taking charge during the absence and after the deaths of husbands and fathers‚ their active role in the war was very important. After the war‚ talk of rights raised issues of women’s rights education. Religions also play an important role for women in the American Revolution. Women’s roles were limited in the colonial times. Marriage and motherhood were the primary goals

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    The American Revolution was a changing point in history for the new United States. The victory in the Revolution gave America the freedom of the nation deserved and fought so hard for. The British no longer controlled the United States‚ and this new found freedom would turn the government into a democracy and make the much needed first steps to abolish slavery. The new government wasn’t in favor of everyone being treated and represented equality though. White wealthy males would benefit the most

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    Women Role In Revolution The American revolution was a political upheaval that took place between 1765-1783 during which colonies in the thirteen American colonies rejected the British monarchy and aristocracy‚ overthrown the authority of the Great Britain‚ and founded in United States of America. During the war‚ the women would stay at home with the family and work jobs like such as being a “seamstress and a maid” as the men went off to fight the U.S. The women found themselves unable

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