17th century

Women may not have a leading position during the 17th and 18th centuries, but they have always been an integral and permanent member of all the movements and settlements. During early 18th century, their main job was centered around farm and family. They worked in their homes under the general title of housewives and performed various activities such as sweeping, scrubbing, polishing the floor, cooking, dishwashing, laundering, etc. Also, they used to build their own brooms, soap and polishes…

During the 17th century in the Colonial period early Americans didn’t have any suited rules, or laws to protect themselves from criminal behavior. During those years Americans developed their own mechanisms to then enforce the rules of society as well as punishing offenders. Today those are taken over by the police, courts, and corrections. Before any former laws were established in the United States, Americans relied on religion and sins to improve people’s life. That’s why many of their…

Throughout the centuries, African American suffered through race discrimination, slavery, and challenges that other races never experienced. Race discriminations towards African Americans began in the 17th centuries, when Africans were forced to be brought to the United States as slaves. They experienced countless of punishments, starvations, and terrible living conditions. Even today, inequality toward African Americans is still occurring; most people still view African American as filthy,…

In the 17th century New England the pilgrims who settle in America were very religious. Massachusetts Bay settlers where mostly puritans, who thought their religion was the true religion, so they considered Satan their personal enemy. These people where strong believers of witchcraft. They blamed everything that went wrong in their lives on witchcraft. For example: if their cow could not make milk or the butter churner could not church, or the horse went lame, it was all because of witchcraft.…

During the late 16th century and early 17th century, France was an extremely weak country. It struggled to close gaps amongst various social classes and to make an agreement amongst differing religious views. However, the tight grip of Louis XIV held France together while he was king. Louis XIV greatly strengthened France’s religious conflicts, government body, and economic system by limiting the power of the nobility, creating religious uniformity, and expanding territory; making France a more…

these accusations was considered to be overthrowing the court and ended up being imprisoned. Unfortunately, during this era, nineteen people were hanged and one was pressed. And although the events portrayed in The Crucible took place in the late 17th century, the incidents portrayed in the play such as intolerance, fear, hysteria, and reputation, are still relevant in our world today. Today, Muslims are repeatedly being accused of terrorism. This stereotype was triggered due to the 9/11…

genders, religions just to cite a few social issues. People who faced discrimination before the 20’s, died for the most part harshly. An important woman figure who had fought for discrimination against the preaching of her religion during the 17th century was the Quaker Mary Dyer or Mary Barrett as maiden name. Originally from England, her exact day of birth is considered unknown for the most part, but she was reportedly born in 1611. She immigrated to Boston, Massachusetts in 1635 with her…

In the 17th century Karl Marx developed Conflict Theory. Karl Marx’s theory looks at what happens when one group attempts to rebel against the other group and the various roles a group of people (or one person) has over another group of people. Marxist conflict theory seeks to study the inner-workings of struggle, why struggle occurs, and how the ruling class manages to hold onto their power during struggle. Marxian conflict theory is quite a complex topic once you begin to dissect it. In fact,…

In the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries Labour markets in London and in certain Dutch cities were segmented amongst gender lines negatively affecting women. Using Elise Van Meerkerk’s and Peter Earle’s articles as main sources, the aim of this essay is too dissect how the labour markets are segmented first in London and then in Dutch cities such as Leiden and Tilbury. Then to assess how in London there is stability of segmentation throughout the pre-industrial to the industrialised period. However,…

European colonization of the Americas gained momentum primarily during the 16th and 17th century. This was also the period of Renaissance. This period was marked by innovations and new ideas. There was much technological advancement made during this time. Some of them were factors in the colonization of the Americas. The maps were more accurate than they were before, the ships were much better built and though their understanding geography was not perfect, they were soon about to learn a lot…