NOTES I. Freehold Society in New England Farm Families: Women and the Rural Household Economy • Puritan commitment to independence did not include women • A wife’s duty was to “love and reverence” her husband • The courts prosecuted many women and few men for having sexual intercourse outside of marriage (fornication) • Daughters usually received livestock or household goods‚ while brothers were given land • Women assumed the role of dutiful helpmates to their husbands • Bearing and rearing
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After the slaves were freed the production of the South dropped because they were part of the economic production system. The production of the landowners decreased because the labors who worked on their crops were the African Americans but were freed. However‚ here is where the Jim Crow laws came in by charging African American for minor crimes and imprisoning them to continue their slave work legally but in jail. What Jim Crows laws of segregation where that the African American were put in a second-class
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between the North and the South. The Southern states broke away from the United States of America and made the Confederate States of America because they wanted to have slaves and have more freedom. The war lasted for four years between the Union and the Confederacy. Many different people were affected by this war. Some people that were affected include women‚ children‚ and African-Americans. Before the war‚ women didn’t have a lot of rights. During the war‚ the women had to pay the bills so they started
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detailed analysis on what life was like in the New England colony when the settlers first arrived. Cronon describes many things that the settlers experienced when they arrived over into New England and how it differed from England. Cronon discusses Indian relationships and how each group had different customs. In the book Cronon describes the landscape and how everyone was able to benefit from it. Cronon’s thesis is “the shift from Indian to European dominance in New England entailed important changes--well
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alcohol had on families and society. Excessive consumption of alcohol‚ primarily by men‚ often resulted in domestic violence‚ poor work performance‚ and carless spending of wages on alcohol‚ which were essential to support families. Although the Eighteenth Amendment did decrease alcohol-related consequences‚ ultimately the Eighteenth Amendment increase the illegal production and sale of liquor known as
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Malnutrition among poor family in Mindanao Philippines Curbing malnutrition in North Cotabato and Maguindanao Source: http://www.unicef.org/philippines/reallives_19053.html#.UTMVUjfJSKU By Dr. Paul Andrew Zambrano UNICEF Nutrition Officer for Emergencies The nutrition of children in conflict-affected areas in Mindanao continues to be a serious concern for us at UNICEF. Recurring emergencies due to armed conflict and natural disasters in this region – combined with challenges on appropriate infant
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Britain particularly in England then spread to Western Europe‚ japan and northern America as well as rest of the world. This industrial revolution was a process where machines take over the functions of hand tools‚ thus‚ the production increase. Many new machines were invented by the inventors in this period‚ for example‚ James watt invented the steam engine in 1755 to pump water out of mines. There were many factors overlapping why Industrial Revolution was started in England‚ enough supply of labor
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impact of young women to the America’s culture. After the World War 2 (WWII)‚ Americans referred to the decade of the 1920s as the Roaring Twenties because of a varied of factors which include rapid social change‚ impact of technology on domestic life and the changes in social values. Women started to have more social freedoms and young people start picking up smoking and drinking‚ despite alcohol were illegal in USA. Furthermore‚ technologies has greatly impacted on domestic life with the creation
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cherish; from this day forward until death do us part.” African American superstar‚ Nick Cannon has beat the odds of being an African American men and getting married. This vow is rarely said by most of the African American males population. Over the last twenty-five years‚ marriage rates among African American males have declined dramatically. By 1994‚ the percentage of never-married men increased to 42.4 percent and only 46 percent of African American men were married (Statistical Abstract of the United
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Franklin. During this period there are also several slave revolts and in 1940‚ fifty slaves are hanged due to suspicion of revolt. 1745-1760 During this time‚ the British Parliament begins to pass laws that limit the colonies greatly‚ they begin to cause the stirrings of a war. In 1750 they pass the Iron Act‚ this
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