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Personal Narrative: My Life In The Colonial Period
Looking at the key events of my life, I know I would not have made the same decisions if I lived in the Colonial period. In my life, I have decided to get a divorce before my 30th birthday. This decision would not have been acceptable if I lived in the colonial era. In the text book, it states that in colonial, “Marriage for them was a practical arrangement that was considered necessary for civilization, not a source of love and affection” (Cohen, 2015, p. 41). In other words, married couples would have stayed together even if they did not have love for each other. I would not have the options to divorce because I would not get the help from families or the state. I probably would not have a lot of choices deciding to get divorces because the

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