... before the advent of the castle. The Iron Age peoples of Ancient Britain fortified hilltops with massive earthworks, such as Maiden Castle in Dorset, for tribal defense. The Romans dotted the countryside with innumerable military encampments and built the impressive chain of fortresses, known as the Saxon Shore forts ... behind earthen banks and timber palisades to create fortified towns, burghs, from which is derived the modern word "borough." Yet, all these structures were for, essentially, communal purposes. What distinguishes the castle from these and other, later fortifications is ...

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... . Between 1580 and 1650, many English men and women chose to migrate to the New World. Some elected to relocate because of competition for food and land, because of dreams of wealth, or to attempt to escape poverty. There were other reasons that migrants left England, and ... one of the most prevalent ones was that settlers yearning for religious freedom believed it would come in America. People of English origin settled both New England and the Chesapeake region, yet the two regions ... large plantations were started, with tobacco being the item most frequently grown on these plantatio...

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... taken captives in the first Big War to help in a war whose cause they never knew. And when they came back? Their land was taken away for a settlement of the white soldiers." Here it is seen that Africans dislike the British ruling there, and taking over their lands. Many black people lost their ... people have their land in the country of black people. White people have land in their own country. England is for white people only. And they left their country to come and rob us acres of what we have" . Here we see that the black people wanted their land back because it was not fair ... pla...

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... their proper owners. Then Charles paid and disbanded most of the army, leaving only three forces to defend the country. He was constantly asking Parliament for money to fund his "little changes". In 1662, he married the Portuguese princess, Catherine of Braganza, to ensure good relations between England and Portugal. ... same year, the Great Plague swept through London. By June, people who showed plague-like symptoms were locked in their houses with their families for forty days after they died or were cured. Houses were even guarded to prevent the infected from escaping. Guards were al...

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... Life Expectancy Anglo-Saxon women had a high mortality(death) rate. The most common cause of death was from pregnancy, miscarriage and childbirth. The reason suggested for this was from lack of iron. Common ailments(sicknesses) were earaches, toothaches, burns, wounds, headaches and shingles. Pregnant women in this period were advised not ... gold, to induce her to accept his suit, and he granted her the estate at Street with all that belongs to it, and 150 acres at Burmarsh and in addition 30 oxen and 20 cows and 10 horses and 10 slaves." The husband had to promise that he would take ...

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... - The conquistadors were low-ranking nobles known as hidalgos. 4. Encomienda- The encomienda system was a way to reward the men that had defeated the Aztec. 5. Hacienda- The haciendas covered thousands of acres. 6. Vaquero- The vaqueros herded the cattle. 7. Northwest Passage- King Francis I sent Giovanni da Verrazano to map North America's coastline and to find the Northwest Passage. 8. Coureurs De Bois- ... Pizarro- Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish army captain. John Cabot- John Cabot was an Italian navigator that hoped to find a western route to Asia. John Cabot also explored North Ame...

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... Revolution would lead to rapid urbanization. There were many revolutions that took place within the Industrial Revolution. "A revolution in agriculture had paved the way for the Industrial Revolution." (491) Farmers were in dire need to increase production, which in turn would increase trade. "The Agricultural Revolution began in ... Watt was recognized as developing the first practical steam engine that burned coal. (Perry 493) "While repairing a model of a Newcomen-type engine for Glasgow University, Watt realized that a large quantity of heat was being wasted by successfully heating t...

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... with England was plentiful in these colonies as well. The Southern Colonies were almost entirely agricultural. The main feature was the plantation, a large plot of land that contained a great many acres of farmland and buildings in which lived the people who owned the land and the people who worked the land. (A large part of the workforce was African slaves, who first ... arrived in 1619.) Southern plantations grew tobacco, rice, and indigo, which they sold to buyers in England and elsewhere in America. More than simply for religious freedom, economics played a large role in the settleme...

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