Essays Tagged: "colonial days"

"The house of seven gables" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

onomic times. She is an ancestor of a patrician Puritan background that goesall the way back to the colonial days of the United States. One of her earliest relativeswas Colonel Pyncheon who built a ho ...

(2 pages) 68 1 4.8 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Many Faces of Freedom in America. Refers to the definitions of William C. Havard, Edmund Burke, Robert S. Ross, and William J. Murray

human race--there is a constant state of conflicting emotions in our country which date back to the colonial days. Just as the new settlers struggled to identify and actuate their ideas of freedom, so ...

(7 pages) 115 0 3.7 May/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights

Crime. Speaks of how they can be classified in different ways

t this is no longer illegal. Today, it is becoming a serious crime to pollute the air and water. In colonial days, pollution received little attention because it caused few problems. During the 1700's ...

(8 pages) 318 0 4.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Independence of Brazil, unique in the way it was achieved and announced

alking abouthow Brazil overgrew its mother country Portugal which led to the events of1822...During colonial days the greater part of the immense area of Brazilwas covered with dense forests. Brazil i ... ring have taken on huge proportions. Infact, Capistrano de Abreu went so far as to characterize the colonial epoch inBrazil as "the age of leather" because of the amount of cattle raised. It hasbeen s ...

(5 pages) 128 0 4.0 Mar/1997

Subjects: History Term Papers > Central & Southamerican History

Cultural diversity in education

American history, schools, like society, have addressed cultural diversity indifferent ways. In the colonial days, some attempts to adjust to cultural differences were madein the New York colony, but ...

(7 pages) 923 0 4.8 Jan/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Essay prompt: Discuss the extent to which there was colonial unity and identity in America by the eve of the American Revolution.

complete sense of identity and unity necessary for an independent country to flourish.In the early colonial days, there was absolutely no colonial unity. The colonies actually saw themselves as rival ... s left them defenseless against attacks by the Indians and the French.The first attempt at creating colonial unity was made by Benjamin Franklin in 1754, after the start of the French and Indian War. ...

(5 pages) 130 1 4.6 Mar/2003

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

Creole's of Louisiana.

rpose of this paper is to educate others about Creoles and their wonderfully rich heritage.From the colonial days of New Orleans to the present time, a unique group of people has contributed to the mo ... and atop cemetery crypts is due to the artisans of ironwork that brought this craft from Africa in colonial times (Desdunes, 2001.) Creole dishes are a main attraction to visitors to New Orleans. The ...

(12 pages) 81 0 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Europeans settled in North America, plauged with smallpox. Medical notes

led cities, universities, formal medical training and hospitals were essentially unknown.During the colonial era, doctors' education was informal. Most were literate, but some, particularly those rais ... Edinburgh, University of London or University of Padua. Medical education, while never very good in colonial days, actually declined in the early federal period due to a lack of teachers, inadequate c ...

(2 pages) 36 1 3.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

The American Civil War: Causes and Effects

upon slavery. The whole issue was filled with much controversy. It started back in America's early colonial days. Although slave-owning had become quite expensive and even though Congress had tried t ...

(7 pages) 196 0 4.3 Feb/2004

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

Creole Louisiana

rpose of this paper is to educate others about Creoles and their wonderfully rich heritage.From the colonial days of New Orleans to the present time, a unique group of people has contributed to the mo ... and atop cemetery crypts is due to the artisans of ironwork that brought this craft from Africa in colonial times. (Desdunes ) Creole dishes are a main attraction to visitors to New Orleans. The blen ...

(12 pages) 60 1 0.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Feminism by Minda Wu

In 1619, the first colonial women set foot in Jamestown. They were shortly followed by Puritan women, who landed in Mas ... t reached the current momentum of feminism, which is leaning toward a radical reversal of the early colonial days.Women were the predominant accusers and accused during the Salem Witch Trials. However ... a common story for many American families. The opportunities are greater for women now that in the colonial days, but perhaps Stanton and Anthony will wonder what they have instigated, beginning with ...

(9 pages) 71 1 4.6 Apr/2005

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

A Town I Visited

nt.After eating to my heart's content,i visited the Balai Nobat where royal musicians performed.The colonial architectured buildings housed the courts and municipality.These reminded me of the British ... l Hamid College which was the alma mater of the premier and many prominent persons.Built during the colonial days the buildings were an intermix of British and traditional structures.It was time to go ...

(2 pages) 27 0 4.1 Jan/2008

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays > Travel Descriptions

Organization as Political Systems

nce of these American brands is done freely on the foreigners and it's not forced upon them like in colonial days. Therefore it is only logical to say that globalization will only lead to "acculturati ...

(5 pages) 17 0 0.0 Mar/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges