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    The similarities and differences during the 15th through the 17th century amongst the Europeans‚ Muslims‚ and china is that much of their beliefs varied which than caused much differences among these three types of ethnic backgrounds. How the community interacted with each other influenced the way society acted in general‚ some communities acted in a well concerned manner‚ while some were stressed and disregarding the effects to being able to live in a well adjusted community. The Europeans were

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    17th-century English colonial architecture resembles the late medieval forms that survived in rural England. Houses were built in a range of sizes. Gables‚ overhangs‚ and lack of symmetry reflected the late medieval style of Europe. In Virginia and Maryland‚ brick construction was preferred for the typically story and a half homes with chimneys at both ends and a more nearly symmetrical facade. Aside from fortifications‚ the principal nondomestic structures in the 17th-century colonies were churches

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    The 15th and 16th centuries were a time of great turmoil for Europe. The various religious wars‚ the 30 years war‚ and the fluctuation in the economy were just some examples. There was also a rise in population‚ which led to overpopulation and unemployment‚ which in turn led to poverty. There were a great number of poor people in Europe in the 15th through 17th centuries. There were varied attitudes and reactions towards those in poverty. The attitudes towards the poor included people feeling it

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    What is race and racism? As simple as it might seem‚ race has a historical construction justified by scientists‚ political figures and religion. During the reformation of the 16th century and 17th century‚ European Christian settlers had a key question to understand whether black or Native Americans had souls or even were human. During this time period‚ the two main dominate branches of Christianity among the settlers in the Americas were the Catholic church and Protest-Calvinist Church. The Catholic

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    Chapter 19: The Expansion of Europe in the 18th Century Agriculture and the land 1) Complete this statement about the common people‚ “life remained a struggle with poverty and uncertainty with the landlord and the tax collector. 2) What was the basic problem of ordinary men and women in 1700 in Europe? • Living standards were poor: The common man were poor and worked long and hard hours in poverty. There was a lack of warm clothing‚ housing‚ and good food. Yields for all

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    The ship of the line was the last of the sailing wooden warships. A ship of the line is a ship that fit the standard of a ship deemed suitable to sail in the line of battle. It evolved during the 17th century‚ and significant advancements were made during the Anglo-Dutch wars. By 1700‚ the ship of the line reached the form it would retain until wooden sailing ships were done away with entirely in the 1830s. It was during this era that the English grew to become a great naval power through the use

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    Europeans in the 15th‚ 16th and 17th century had a new state of mind as a result of the Renaissance. They had many motives for exploring since they had many hopes and ideas about other places. They also wanted better lives when the Europeans immigrated as well as fame and fortune as a result of their explorations. The Europeans in the 15th‚ 16th and 17th century undertook exploration and settlement due to a combination of social‚ political and economical motivations. One of the main reasons that

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    Archimedes found that Pi was between 3 10/70 and 3 10/71. Ptolemy was the next researcher. In 150 AD‚ he calculated pi to 3.1416. In 480‚ Zu Chongzhi calculated pi to seven decimal places. In 1665‚ Isaac Newton calculated it to 16 places. In the 17th century pi began being called the Ludolphian number after Ludolph van Ceulen‚ a German mathematician. He calculated pi to 35 places. The first person to use the Greek letter was a Welsh mathematician William Jones‚ in 1706. People use pi everyday

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    William II following the 1688’s Glorious Revolution during which deposition of James II took place. It enumerates certain rights to which common people and permanent residents of the constitutional monarch were thought to be entitled in the late 17th century. The Bill of Rights is the English precursor to the Constitution‚ the petition of right and the Magna Carta. It limited the English sovereign power because King William and Queen Mary accepted it as a condition that dictated their rule. The bill

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    During the 16th and 17th centuries‚ a group of people known as the Puritans wished to “purify” the Church of England and reform the Church from its Catholic practices. At the time‚ these people were more of an unpopular unit‚ but still persevered and grew to be a very well known religious group. The Puritans had a set of beliefs that set themselves apart from other practices‚ and these values that they had influenced their daily lives‚ their own style of writing‚ and even life today. First and foremost

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