simultaneously. Motets started to be written during the medieval period and then developed throughout time and was most known throughout the Renaissance period. During this time‚ there were a list of schools and churches that had well known composers and pioneers of the motet. The Burgundian School was a group of composers in the 15th century in northern and eastern France‚ Belgium‚ and the Netherlands‚
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guiltier if they treated slaves well. This is because treating them well would have required acknowledging that they were human; if slave owners had recognized the humanity of slaves it would have been difficult for them to stomach the institution of slavery. Douglass points out the digression of Mrs. Auld’s ethical treatment towards him‚ and believes that her increasing cruelty is a type of coping mechanism. This means that in order for her to hold the irresponsible power of slave ownership
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Being a republican mother was the idea that woman were allowed to raise their children to be moral and in terms of political and societal concerns (Kerber‚ 2002). Women needed to be patriotic‚ meaning that they still needed to be biologically determined in order to properly educate their offspring. During this time‚ women had a way of living society. For example‚ women took part in many activities such as raising money by going door-to-door selling things that she may have made. With that money‚
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Constitution‚ was it pro-slavery or anti-slavery? People had different viewpoints on slavery and the Constitution and whether or not slavery was divisive and caused sectionalism throughout the country. Frederick Douglas was a free slave and prominent black abolitionist who thought that the Constitution was opposed to slavery but‚ Jefferson Davis‚ the president of the confederacy‚ thought that the Constitution was pro-slavery. However‚ it can be argued that the Constitution was neither anti-slavery or pro-slavery
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The purpose of slavery was to get free labor so that they didn’t need to pay workers.This is why it was often used in the South‚ because of farms and things like that. But‚ the actual % of slave owners around Civil War time was very low.They wanted the slaves to work in tobacco plantations and they did not pay them for their work. These Slaves had no life.The salves were there only to work giving their bosses free labor.The slaves were not treated like normal people they lived in huts.Their bed
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In order for something to be revolutionary‚ it must not only be new and innovative‚ but it must be a change in the system that‚ for the most part‚ is for the better. The American Revolution was certainly a period of time in which the country we know today underwent somewhat of a change and created a ripple in our country’s history. However‚ the American Revolution was not truly revolutionary. Taking into consideration the experiences of both racial and ethnic minorities in the new United States‚
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Following the Revolutionary War‚ many tribulations arose in the newly independent thirteen colonies. Problems such as disunity‚ slavery‚ foreign/interstate relations‚ land disputes‚ and national debt led to the formation of the Articles of Confederation in 1777. America’s first constitution‚ however‚ only lasted ten years until fifty-five delegates met in Philadelphia with the same common purpose: to preserve the American union‚ protect the American democracy from abroad‚ and curb the unrestrained
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Slavery was a harsh time period in America‚ but there were people who believed it was wrong and who fought for an end. Speeches‚ writing newspapers‚ and writing books were the main ways of persuading more and more people to believe that slavery was wrong. A very famous abolitionist was Harriet Tubman‚ who escaped slavery and risked going back to save more slaves‚ which showed how much she cared and her bravery. The American Anti-Slavery Society was a society formed by abolitionists to go out and
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British Mistakes during the Revolutionary War December 17‚ 2012 Topic: Was American success in achieving independence due more to General Washington’s strategic skill or to British blunders? While there are numerous contributing factors to America’s success in achieving independence‚ the most critical factor can be attributed to the series of British mistakes throughout the conflict. Prior to the onset of the Revolutionary War‚ the British government faced serious challenges‚ both
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Disadvantages for Women Deborah Samson Gannett‚ from Plymouth‚ Massachusetts‚ was one of the first American woman soldiers. In 1782‚ she enlisted under the name of her deceased brother‚ Robert Shurtleff Samson. For 17 months‚ Samson served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. When she was wounded she had to cut a musket ball out of her own thigh so a doctor wouldn’t find out she was a woman. Years later‚ in 1804‚ Samson was awarded a pension for her service. This is one of the bad things that
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