Between 1450 and 1700‚ attitudes toward the European poor changed dynamically‚ roughly following a three-part cycle. In the late 1400’s‚ the poor were regarded with sympathy and compassion; generous aid from both public and religious institutions was common. By the 16th Century‚ however‚ the poor were treated with suspicion and harsh measures‚ to ensure that they were not becoming lazy‚ using welfare as a substitute for labor. Beginning in the 17th Century‚ the attitudes toward the poor again shifted
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HOW DOES TOBACCO LINK BRITAIN’S EMPIRE AND AMERICA’S DEVELOPMENT FROM 1600 ONWARDS? The key element‚ tobacco‚ was the vital reason for America’s development and the British Empire’s throughout the 17th and 18th century. The demand for tobacco and the trade involving tobacco helped the British Empire thrive as well as lead to America’s independence. During the early 1600’s Britain’s main drive towards economy was agriculture. Eventhough they flourished in that section the economy itself wasn’t
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22 March 2013 Victory of the North There are many causes that led to the victory of the North‚ as well as many effects that follow their victory. Three important causes that led to the victory of the North are economic growth‚ secession‚ and the election of President Abraham Lincoln. Three important effects that followed the victory of the Northern States in the American Civil War are emancipation‚ a new financial system‚ and political freedom. The Civil War of America has been discussed as
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QUESTION 1: Why did many textile jobs apparently migrate out of the United States in the years after the establishment of NAFTA? ANSWER 1: Between 1994 and 2004‚ despite strong and growing demand by American consumers‚ U.S. apparel production fell by 40 percent and textile production fell by 20 percent. The cuts in production led to significant job losses‚ with employment in textile mills falling from 478‚000 to 239‚000‚ and apparel employment dropping from 858‚000 to just 296‚000. Most students
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O’Neill martin.oneill[@]york.ac.uk Lecture 2: Positive and Negative Liberty 1. William E. Connolly: Liberty as an ‘Essentially-Contested Concept’ • See Connolly‚ The Terms of Political Discourse (1983)‚ and the relevant excerpt in CKS (i.e. Freedom: A Philosophical Anthology‚ ed. Ian Carter‚ Matthew Kramer and Hillel Steiner (Blackwell‚ 2007).) • The idea of an “essentially contested concept” – a concept that cannot be specified in detail in advance of normative debates. • The meanings of terms
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seventeenth century? (83) 3. Between 1607 and 1763‚ Americans gained control of their political and economic institutions. To what extent and in what ways do you agree or disagree with this statement? (71) 4. What role did unfree labor play in colonial American society? (72) 5. Although many Northerners and Southerners came later to think of themselves as having separate civilizations‚ the Northern and Southern colonies in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
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North American Territory The United Kingdom gradually became interested in the North American territory through a series of events. First was their use of privateers to private Spanish merchant ships. Being an island country‚ the United Kingdom also happened to have the most heavily populated empire in the Old world. It’s so populated they began sending people over from the United Kingdom to the New world to reduce the population in their country. This lead to more and more colonists and ultimately
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The American Civil War In 1860‚ arguably the world’s greatest nation was locked in Civil War. The war divided the country between the North (Union) and South (Confederate). The war lasted five years and by 1865 the Confederate forces were truly beaten. Out of this horrendous war though‚ where some 600‚000 men died grew a greater sense of nationalism than is today‚ unrivalled around the world. The American Civil War is interpreted differently by many historians but most see the catalyst as
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The colony of Maryland is a very unique colony in many different ways. The colony was formed in 1634 by two hundred emigrants‚ mostly Roman Catholics. With the founding of Maryland came the first permanent proprietary government of America‚ that is‚ a government by a lord proprietor‚ who‚ holding his authority by virtue of a royal charter‚ nevertheless exercised that authority almost as an independent sovereign. Maryland is surrounded by the three colonies Virginia‚ Pennsylvania‚ and Delaware and
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Do Americans still value Freedom? America was founded upon “Certain Unalienable Rights” which among those were Life‚ Liberty‚ and the Pursuit of Happiness. Those three values‚ or wants‚ or ideals are what has shaped America to what it is today. Government of the United States has always made sure Freedom took a huge part in the way America functions. The Quarter has been worth 25 cents for quite some time and has had the emblem of “Liberty” on the left hand side of it. For the word liberty to be
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