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    Buildings are products of the imagination‚ that is what connects us to them. Some go further than that and become just a romantic obsession. Throughout time we have begun to modify the landscape in which surround us‚ This leading us to create large industrial cities with many buildings of disuse. As time passes buildings are being left derelict due to many factors such as dying trades‚ for example‚ coal and mining villages. Buildings to this day have been changed and modified and have housed so many

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    Monica M. Jones Dr. James Rosenheim History 437 30 Apr 2013 The Last Dying Words Executions in 18th century Britain are a subject of merit for study as an insight into the lives of people of during that time. In the spirit of that aim‚ one could focus upon the final accounts of the condemned just before or on the day of their executions. Executions were a main attraction to the local townspeople during this period. There were several reasons for the popularity of executions – one being

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    Ryan Archer Eddy Period 1 6 May 2010 Do We Live In the 18th Century? There are a few German scholars who believe that a 300 year time period was just written in the history books‚ without actually existing. The gap in history has been coined the Phantom Time Theory or Phantom Time Hypothesis. Although it is not a very widely accepted theory‚ there is a fair amount of evidence to back it up. Time itself has very many definitions‚ the historical records of the time don’t coincide‚ and astronomy

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    history and a determining factor in the world economy of the eighteenth century. Millions of African people were torn from their homes‚ deported to the American continent and sold as slaves. This issue began when European interests in Africa moved away from hard affordable good – gold‚ too much more profitable commodity-slaves. This trade took two centuries‚ from 16th century‚ when this trade was in full swing‚ till 18th century. Every stages of the infamous transatlantic slave trade‚ that connected

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    During the late 18th century‚ slavery was major part of America’s way of life. Its growth was assisted by certain factors such as: geography‚ economy‚ trade‚ and social. It was widely accepted by white American citizens until it was challenged during the Revolution Era by ideals‚ religion‚ and the decline of profit in tobacco. The decline was more noticeable north of Delaware due to laws abolishing slavery‚ though this institution still persisted for a while in the 19th century. Geography was what

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    and an infant child died in prison. People believed witches were associated with the devil and evil‚ this is why people feared them during the Salem Witch trials. These beliefs originated from the European Witch-Hunts of the 14th to the 18th century‚ this caused the executions of tens of thousands of people. Over time‚ the idea of white magic transformed into dark magic and became associated with demons and evil spirits. From 1560 to 1670‚ witchcraft persecutions became common as superstitions

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    The 17th and 18th centuries are commonly referred to as the Enlightenment. The ideals of the period are based upon reason. People began thinking for themselves rather than the government or the church think for you. People began questioning‚ and not relying on fear‚ superstition‚ government or faith to guide them. Instead people used reason and logic to search for truth. Searching for the truth leaves out faith and science becomes the new focus. The scientific method becomes the standard when

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    Over the course of two centuries‚ the ways that wars and battles are fought have changed drastically‚ and yet the end goal has always remained the same‚ to win and not be defeated no matter at what cost. As the progression of the Industrial Revolution escalated‚ it paved the way for what could be produced to help military forces win in battle. Industrialization during the 18th & 19th centuries caused the battles of Waterloo and the Somme to be a great example of how industrialization helped evolve

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    Name: The American Revolution: The Upset of the Eighteenth Century Part A “How did it happen that thirteen colonies on the fringe of civilization‚ as it were with perhaps half a million males of fighting age‚ without military resources without leaders‚ without even a national government‚ a national army‚ a national treasure‚ brought the mightiest of European powers to its knees‚ and wrung from it concessions beyond the greed of conquerors?” This summary explains the attitude of

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    Isabella Noble-Hartzler Mr. Young SOCS 51A 23 January 2015 Lesson 2 During the seventeenth and eighteenth century in North America‚ toleration for religious differences did increase. North America was an area of the world that was considered much more tolerating of different religious groups than in other parts of the world. There were many reasons for this‚ and just some of them had to do with Jonathon Edwards‚ a radical preacher during this time period‚ the Maryland Toleration Act‚ a law that

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