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    Sailing had always been a spectator sport for women‚ so when a woman attempted to become a member of the New York Yacht Club‚ it created a large debate over what to do. Lucy Carnegie challenged the male supremacy‚ which held strong in the sport‚ and petitioned to be the first female member of the club. After forming a committee to review her petition‚ in 1894 she was admitted as a “Flag Officer”‚ meaning she

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    Women in Spanish America during the colonization: The perception of inequality was evident in the colonial Spanish America‚ man belief that women were lacked in capacity to reason as soundly as men. A normal day for European women in the new world was generally characterized by male domination‚ for example marriage was arranged by the fathers‚ women never go out except to go church‚ women didn’t have the right to express their opinions about politic or society issues. Subsequent to all these bad

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    All my life‚ I have heard one story about California Indians being lazy‚ primitive‚ and immoral people. What kind of story is that we grow up with? The assigned readings of this week offer confusion of California history itself‚ as well as how Mission history been taught and debated in California’s education. The article’s within the essay The Spanish Impact on the Indians‚ 1769-1821 contradicts itself about the past of Indians and Padres. The article of Father Luis Jayme speaks to us as if the

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    and seizing the Philippine Islands for more than three centuries‚ the Spaniards departed leaving not just recollection of slavery‚ but also the rich maturation of the country. Divergent expansions acquired from Spain crept the Philippines away from what was a simple and allusive land‚ to a civilized and erudite realm. Yes‚ suppression was at its peak back then too‚ everyone knows it. And most of the time‚ it’s kind of disappointing to hear that tyrannization’s the only prominent imprint Filipinos

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    Although NAFTA was originally implemented to modernize Mexico’s economy by creating manufacturing jobs for laborers‚ it favored wealthy national leaders and oversaw the detrimental effects it would have on the indigenous people of Mexico. The adoption of NAFTA between the three countries precisely began in December of 1992‚ when President Carlos Salinas of Mexico‚ President George H. W. Bush of the United States‚ and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney of Canada signed the free trade agreement ("Mexico

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    World had begun. Although Spain and England both focused on the colonization and exploration of the Americas‚ their ambitions and goals were very different. The most important reasons for English colonization were religious freedom‚ to seek refuge‚ and new economic opportunities. The Spanish‚ on the other hand‚ exploited the New World in search of gold and silver‚ greed navigated their search. Although both the English and the Spanish experienced mild success‚ the English tactics for daily survival

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    The Spanish‚ French‚ Dutch‚ and English are the European countries that settled in the Americas by colonizing the area. The Spanish colonized the Aztecs‚ Mayans‚ Incas‚ some parts of the South America and Southwest of North America‚ the French colonized Canada‚ the Dutch colonized New Netherland‚ and the English colonized Virginia and Plymouth among the others. Christopher Columbus sailed to earn money and recognition and spread Christianity and by liberating Jerusalem from Muslim rule. When he

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    Urbanization for indigenous people cannot be seen as emancipatory‚ but a display of polarization and confrontation. It can be argued that moving to urbanized areas is freeing from colonization and any negative associated representations‚ however‚ new issues arise from the move. These issues could be poor living conditions‚ unstable jobs‚ no health care and etc… In the US‚ the First Nations were relocated to urban spaces for work during 1950s. With limited government funding many lived in slum areas

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    What are the social impacts of Squatter Settlements? Squatting is an issue that has been plaguing Jamaica for years and with the necessary law and procedures implemented‚ we have grown to seeing this issue steering back at us. Taylor (2012) claimed that squatter settlements encourage theft of public service and nonstandard behaviour‚ which is evident of the numerous thefts of electricity and water supply in these squatting areas. In addition to that it was also argued that these squatter settlements

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    INTRODUCTION African Americans have had a rough history since the 1600s. This is because white people went to Africa and captured Africans and brought them to North America. While they were in North America‚ they were treated horribly because of their skin color. For example‚ they raped the women‚ whipped them‚ killed them and kept them away from their family. These events took place in the south‚ but in 1861 the north and the president Abraham Lincoln didn’t agree with slavery. This started the

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