Compare and Contrast the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution of 1787 with Regard: to Powers of Congress, Powers of the Executive, and Powers Vested in the States
Essay I
Women have always had a dominant role in the prosperity and growth of any community. These roles have changed depending on the time period, geography and race of the people. America had three most important groups of women: the Native Indian, the African, and the European. These three groups came from exceptionally different backgrounds, and played dissimilar roles in their family and community. According to European standards, Native American women did all of the conventional and manual labor. They worked in and around the house, raised the children, prepared the food and created pottery. Preparing for the crops and farming was also part of their chores. The African, female slaves, were basically brought to the colonies as an investment to the plantation owner. They were able to work like the men in the fields, and most significantly could reproduce more native-born slaves, which meant more property for the slave owner. They were only fit to marry with other slaves secretively, because marriage between slaves was not accepted by the colonies. Female slaves that didn't farm the land next to their male counterparts were in the homes with the upper class women. They cared for the children of the household, cleaned, cooked and helped in any way necessary. Working indoors was not surely better than working outside. In the fields, groups working together were not always watched by their masters, but being in the house meant continuous supervision and higher risk of sexual abuse. Constant physical labor like doing the laundry, carrying water and routine chores such as clearing chamber pots and making beds was expected day to day. They were also on call of their masters and master's wives 24 hours a day. The slave women that worked in the fields during the day, also had to prepare dinner for their families after the long day of work. Normally they would not even get a day off during the week, so they would have to fake illness, or labor to
Women have always had a dominant role in the prosperity and growth of any community. These roles have changed depending on the time period, geography and race of the people. America had three most important groups of women: the Native Indian, the African, and the European. These three groups came from exceptionally different backgrounds, and played dissimilar roles in their family and community. According to European standards, Native American women did all of the conventional and manual labor. They worked in and around the house, raised the children, prepared the food and created pottery. Preparing for the crops and farming was also part of their chores. The African, female slaves, were basically brought to the colonies as an investment to the plantation owner. They were able to work like the men in the fields, and most significantly could reproduce more native-born slaves, which meant more property for the slave owner. They were only fit to marry with other slaves secretively, because marriage between slaves was not accepted by the colonies. Female slaves that didn't farm the land next to their male counterparts were in the homes with the upper class women. They cared for the children of the household, cleaned, cooked and helped in any way necessary. Working indoors was not surely better than working outside. In the fields, groups working together were not always watched by their masters, but being in the house meant continuous supervision and higher risk of sexual abuse. Constant physical labor like doing the laundry, carrying water and routine chores such as clearing chamber pots and making beds was expected day to day. They were also on call of their masters and master's wives 24 hours a day. The slave women that worked in the fields during the day, also had to prepare dinner for their families after the long day of work. Normally they would not even get a day off during the week, so they would have to fake illness, or labor to