Essays Tagged: "colonial times"

Capital Punishment

----------------+THE DEATH PENALTY+-----------------+Since our nation's founding, the government -- colonial, federal and state-- has punished murder and, until recent years, rape with the ultimatesan ... ars, rape with the ultimatesanction: death. More than 13,000 people have been legally executed sincecolonial times, most of them in the early 20th Century. By the 1930s, asmany as 150 people were exec ...

(7 pages) 400 0 3.8 Jan/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Eighteenth Amendment. Reason, analysis, and the cause of the Ammendment.

he middle of the Atlantic Ocean for a long period of time, fresh water can run out quickly. Back in Colonial times, there were no refrigerators. In fact, electricity would not be invented for several ...

(4 pages) 89 0 3.8 Apr/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Child abuse

Maltreatment of children is not a new phenomenon. It dates back far into history, as far as the colonial times and even back to biblical times. During the recent years child maltreatment has had a ...

(7 pages) 452 0 3.1 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays

this essay is on the times leading to the civil war

roads lead to war. From slavery to the social, economic, and political points of view, dating from colonial times, everythin gradually drove the two sections farther and farther apart, and closer and ...

(3 pages) 84 1 4.3 Jan/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

Martin Luther King, Jr. Malcolm X. Patrick Henry. Which one of these people did the best job persuading people to bring on a cultural/colonial revolution

s this better than Patrick Henry. He gave speeches to congress trying to persuade them to start the colonial revolution. Although congress members were shocked, his speeches worked well and successful ... ked well and successfully brought up a revolution, or major change, in the United States during the colonial times. But it's not just having a silver tongue that moves an audience, but the technique a ...

(2 pages) 48 0 4.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Henry David Thoreau and Nathaniel Hawthorne.

born on July 4, 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, to a family that had been prominent in the area since colonial times. Hawthorne was very handsome and never had problems with looks. When Nathaniel was fo ...

(4 pages) 143 2 3.8 May/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

Capital punishment.

e are different directions to capital punishment. In the United States, capital punishment began in colonial times when we didn't listen to English peoples wishes. Some resolution passed some of capit ...

(4 pages) 43 0 0.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

The differences between the developing societies of New England and the Chesapeake regions.

ed turn the New England and Chesapeake regions into separate, distinct societies.New England during colonial times was a growing system of small towns, isolated farmlands, and bustling port cities. Th ...

(4 pages) 96 0 5.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers

Politics and the Family.

values comes morals and ethics that relate to communities. This idea has existed as far back as the Colonial times in American history. The colonial times were inevitably some of the most stable times ... of the family structure. This is almost a direct result of the value system back then. Back in the Colonial times, the family was the primary provider of such things as healthcare, education, religio ...

(10 pages) 141 0 4.3 Sep/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

Essay About The Death Penatly in America (1500's-Today)

dea of the death penalty was first introduced by the British and introduced to the United States in colonial times. Britain influenced America's use of the death penalty more than any other country. W ...

(3 pages) 50 0 4.5 Dec/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Pro death capital

ts to citizenship and even to life itself. More than 13,000 people have been legally executed since colonial times, most of them in the early 20th Century. By the 1930s, as many as 150 people were exe ...

(2 pages) 69 3 2.5 Feb/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights

Capital Punishment: This piece shows both sides to the death penalty. Includes history and statistics.

Capital PunishmentThe death penalty dates back to colonial times, where American colonies inherited this system of law from the British. When European ...

(12 pages) 161 1 4.8 Apr/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Child Abuse...... is it allowed?

Maltreatment of children is not a new phenomenon. It dates back far into history, as far as the colonial times and even back to biblical times. During the recent years child maltreatment has had a ...

(2 pages) 47 2 2.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters > Child Abuse

History of vocational education

ocess of progressing through school.Apprenticeships were the main avenue to most occupations during colonial times. The average apprentice began as an adolescent and continued until the age of eightee ...

(1 pages) 53 0 1.9 Apr/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

The Red and Blue Thorn is the name of the essay and its about how Great Britain can be traced back to many of problems that have faced the United States.

been a thorn in the side of the United States since the birth of the nation.It all started back in colonial times when the thirteen colonies were still under the control of the English monarchy. The ...

(8 pages) 28 0 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Pocahontas and how it isn't accurate!

The traditions of the Indian tribes depicted in the movie accurately reflect how they lived in the colonial times. Powhatan actually was the leader of a tribe and Pocahontas was his daughter. Also th ... was indeed saved from execution by Pocahontas. Along with these specifics, the general drift of the colonial times is captured and portrayed nicely. However, although historically accurate in some res ...

(1 pages) 43 1 3.8 Apr/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Family life in ' to kill a mockingbird

ckingbird fully, we should be familiar with some of the background of its setting. The South in the colonial times grew into an area with large cotton plantations and small cities. Because of the nece ...

(3 pages) 25 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Death Penalty

n though capital punishment has been a part of our country's history since the beginning. Crimes in colonial times, such as murder and theft of livestock were dealt with swiftly and decisively. Crimin ...

(5 pages) 142 3 4.5 May/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

Voodoo.

forcibly shipped to Haiti and other islands in the West Indies.Vodun was actively suppressed during colonial times. Many Priests were either killed or imprisoned, and their shrines destroyed, because ... 02.Voodoo emerged as slave traffic increased. It was threatened by expulsion/suppression under both colonial and native rulers, matured, and were diffused. Isolation intensified in the 55 years follow ...

(8 pages) 90 0 3.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Paranormality & Spirituality

Law School, A Journey

eatly from their earlier counterpart, in that many more requirements and responsibilities exist. In colonial times, students pursuing a career in law would enter institutions for instruction of the la ... ed. The aspects of the practice of law have changed significantly from that which was considered in colonial times, where students of law, perhaps unqualified, could easily be licensed to practice. Th ...

(6 pages) 66 0 4.3 Feb/2006

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law