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    Traditional colonial family life differed by the different functions performed by every member of the household. In all colonial family home‚ the father was the head of the household. This included being the disciplinarian‚ hunting‚ fishing and providing for families. The role of the head of the house differed between the wealthy and the poor and rural families. In poor and rural households‚ men and their family were more team oriented in making sure the daily operation of the house was intact. Men

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    Jon Butler explains the evolution of slavery‚ including the Africans’ experiences in America‚ and the developing of a sense of community among these people. The author mentions that in 1680 slavery was not very common in English colonies‚ later around 1700 this would change. One of the possible causes of it was the decrease of indentured servants in the colonies of Chesapeake and the Carolinas‚ in which the labor force was in high demand at that time. Captive Africans became easy to obtain due to

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    “lucky” individuals lived out the rest of their lives free from a life of servitude‚ the next decades to come would make this a fate that ceased to exist. Indentured servitude was gradually replaced by slavery as the principal means for plantation labor in the Old South. Virginia was the first British colony to adopt slavery in 1661. Soon after this Maryland and the Carolinas followed suit. The one southern colony to

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    Prison Labor In America Is Prison labor good for America? Introduction: The Benefits and Problems Due to the tight labor market‚ companies are relying on prisoners to provide them with labor. As of now‚ private prisons have become one of the largest powers in the “prison-industrial complex.” There are approximately 18 private prison corporations‚ which guard 10‚000 prisoners‚ and more than 37 states have legalized the contracting of prisoners by private companies (Prison Slave Labor: Fascism

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    Child labor has been going on for quite some time. Many people that you ask that grew up in the 1900s will tell you the story about working on a farm. Many of these people only went to school until the 6th or 7th grade due to the family needing their help on the farm or different business. We used to see this happen all of the time‚ but today the United States has child labor laws that require children to go to school up until a certain age. This may be the case for the United States‚ but not for

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    economic aspects of Britain and Spain’s colonial enterprise” The colonial enterprises of Spain and Britain differ. Spain and Britain’s economic aspects differ greatly. Their social aspects differ as well. Even their political aspects differ greatly. The social‚ political‚ and economic aspects of Britain and Spain’s colonial enterprises differ immensely. Spain and Britain’s economic aspects differ. When people from Britain first settled in the Americas they were part of a privately owned company

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    distinctions between orthodox and unorthodox practices were distinguished (and oftentimes blurred). You may look at Staden‚ the readings on witchcraft and “superstition‚” etc. Beginning in 1492 when the Spanish under the crown of Castile invaded the Americas‚ where their first settlement was in Santo Domingo‚ their main motivations were trade and the spread of the Catholic faith through indigenous conversions and economic gain. Due to these objectives they intervened and attempted to change every facet

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    economic and imperial goals involving land and labor that shaped the social and political development of their colonies as well as their relationships with native populations. Topics Notes A.) Spanish efforts to extract wealth from the land led them to develop institutions based on subjugating native populations‚ converting them to Christianity‚ and incorporating them‚ along with enslaved and free Africans‚ into the Spanish colonial society. The Spanish incorporated the encomienda

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    1. Discuss the racial composition (racial groups) of colonial Latin America In order to discuss the racial composition of Colonial Latin America‚ we must first examine the three civilizations that were present when the Europeans reached Latin America. The three civilizations present were: Mayans‚ Aztecs and Incans which could be considered native Indians. The people of Latin America are a mixture of racial groupings that include native Indians‚ white Europeans‚ black Africans. The central

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    Factors that led to Industrialization in America There were several factors that led to the industrialization of colonial America such as new technologies. These new technologies which were developed in rapid succession‚ were crucial to the formation of factories that led to industrialization. Several other large reasons that led to the industrialization in America were plentiful natural resources‚ immigration and population increase‚ improved transportation and investment capital. All of these

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