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What People in the Colonial Era Knew

Knowledge and learning were extremely important in America during colonial times. With examples such as Benjamin Franklin and Thom...

Colonial Missions in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone, at the current site of the city of Freetown. The newly-freed slaves did not fare well in Freetown; they suffered fr...

North American Colonial Period, Native Americans and African Slaves

It was also based on the Europeans ability to see Africans as a source for slave labor. Africans who were captured and shipped to ...

Sugar Production in Colonial Cuba and its Effects on Slavery and Business

This paper presents an overview of sugar production in Cuba during the country's colonial era. The author notes the various impac...

A Colonial Newspapers Review

Boston newspaper. Combing through a variety of papers from this era, and meticulously reading the articles, it appears that much a...

Colonial Era and How Mental Illness and Retardation Was Treated

Iin six pages this paper examines the colonial era's unfair treatment of individuals suffering from mental illness. Four sources ...

John Demos, Joseph Plumb Martin and Wartime Experience

one stroke" (Demos 29). Williams and his five children make it to Montreal alive. Once they arrive in Montreal, the Indians begin ...

Connectivity, External and Internal Drive Bays

front panel." Kozierok (2001) also explains that the term "external drive bay" is a "bit of a misnomer" in that the term ex...

Livy's History of Rome/Heroes & Villains

king also ordered killed. They were subsequently left to die of exposure and were discovered by a she-wolf. Discovered by the king...

Function of Economic/Political Factors in Pre-Colonial Asia

This 5 page paper looks at the systems that were in place and changed by the colonisation of Asia. The paper considers the role th...

Howard Zinn and the Civil Rights Movement

This research report looks at this era but focuses on one book called A People's History of the United States. This five page pape...

Is Govermental Power Too Great or Insufficient?

entities take liberties and make rules that do not abide by the clear-cut convictions of a democratic system of administration. ...

Furniture/Desk and Chair

For instance, in January of 1976, Herman Miller, Inc. began marketing the first "fully integrated ergonomic chair, The Ergon Chair...

Colonial Women of Latin America

Because of this, the family changed from being the focus of both production and consumption toward a paradigm in which it was simp...

African American Education Throughout History

years later, in 1775, Ben Franklin founded the Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery (Socialist Equality Party, 1997)....

NC During Colonial American and Early Republic History

Bays, Rivers, Isles, and Islets belonging unto the Country aforesaid; And also, all the Soil, Lands, Fields, Woods, Mountains, Far...

Poverty, Women, and Social Work

community solidarity which...provided a sufficient rational for local responsibility" (Trattner, 1999, p. 16). Furthermore, the po...

New World Colonization by England

to not only stay afloat but to allocate sufficient funding for the identification and colonization of various new lands which were...

History of American Women

single women over the age of twenty-one and widows had the power to make contracts and hold property in her own name (22). A marri...

Fire on the Mountain by Anita Desai

In eleven pages this research paper applies this Indian novel to Indian nationalism's historical development during the colonial e...

Marriage from a Colonial Perspective

writes in Marriage to a Difficult Man: The Uncommon Union of Jonathan and Sarah Edwards, "The Puritans loved robustly and gave mar...

The Slave Drivers by William Van Deburg

the black slaves was indeed Gods will as retribution for some evil which they had committed (Slavery). Many of the slaves who c...

Crime and Punishment in American History by Lawrence Meir Friedman

In five pages this comprehensive American history text is examined in terms of the author's detailed consideration of the U.S. cri...

Colonial Peru and Women's Roles

In three pages women's roles during Peru's colonial era are considered in a summary and analysis of Daughters of the Conquistatore...

Analysis of the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and Its Impact Upon Colonial America

In five pages this paper discusses the legal and political effects on America during the colonial era as a result of Great Britain...

Slavery Perspectives

In five pages various perspectives on slavery are considered in a comparative analysis of African Americans in the Colonial Era by...

The Economic History of Eighteenth Century America

In four pages this essay focuses on eighteenth century America's economic history and includes productivity and conquest that were...

US Frontier Myth

In six pages this paper refers to Gunfighter Nation The Myth of the Frontier in Twentieth Century America by Richard Slotkin in t...

Differing Opinions about Society

Karl Marx is known for his arguments against capitalism and how the elite exploit the weak. Durkheim is known for considering the ...

Situationism and Other Issues

We know that people are strongly influenced by culture but how do people influence culture? Examples for this are discussed. Other...