The United Nation's describe as part of the Rights of the Child that children should be "protected from economic exploitation and from performing any work that is ... introduction of the factory system during the industrial revolution. During the 1700's, England's villages grew into towns and cities. Factory profits had boosted the economy, and more food was available, both of which helped the population with increased health care. The Revolution first took advantage of Britain's largest industry, textiles. In the 1600's, cotton cloth ... new machines put an end to the putting out system. The...

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... an independent country into a British Empire. This was the rule under which Mohnadas (Mahatma) Karamchand Gandhi was born; when he died it was India, a free nation that mourned his loss. The disinherited had recovered their heritage and the "dumb millions" had found their voice. The disarmed had won a great battle and had ... life, for him, more than any other was the architect of this miracle. Since then, his grateful countrymen have known him as the Father of the Nation. Gandhi did not free India on his own, but his ideals and principles helped the people to find their own voice once a...

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... months from June to September, it often results in widespread destructive floods. Assam's forests cover about 20 percent of the total area. The Kaziranga National Park, the stronghold of the fast-disappearing great Indian one-horned rhinoceros, is its most famous wildlife refuge. The most important forest products are timber and bamboo, firewood and lac (the source of shellac). There are ... the majority in the State and the dominant populace in almost all the urban areas, their lifestyle is considerably modern and closer to what is dubbed the "mainstream" of the nation. They are the pe...

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