This meant that only relatives on the father's side of the family were important for emotional ties or for transfer of property of wealth. ... He had total authority over every member of the household and owned all the property of the family. ... It also took over property left by members who died without any heirs. ... It even passed resolution which were binding on it's members. ... Sons were especially desired in order to continue the family line, its religious ritual, and its property. ...

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England in the Seventeenth Century Charles I and the English Civil War • Took the throne in 1625 • Parliament did not like him due to his personality and his ways which led to a debate on the constitutional powers of the Crown and Parliament • Charles requested tax increases which the Parliament refused to grant Eleven Years of Tranny • 1629 Charles brought England the closest its ever been to absolutism  Ongoing war in Ireland shattered this  1640 Charles I recalled Parliament for support in order to fund the war • Charles ...

• Word Count: 721
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Morgan, Edmund Sears. The Puritan family; religion & domestic relations in seventeenth-century New England. New York: Harper & Row, [1966] The Puritan family Edmund S. Morgan gives a comprehensive understanding of the Puritan Faith in his book, The Puritan Family. He shows how the Purit...

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They always continue to grow sufficiently unlike afterwards to have their share of vexation; and it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life." ... Since money is so important, Wickham tries to elope with Georgiana Darcy only because of her fortune of £30,000 since the property of a woman automatically becomes the property of the husband in the marriage. ...

• Word Count: 1070
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Family households were run by the older men, and although women could inherit, male children normally received the greater share of family property." ... The highest class was the scholar-gentry class, and to become part of this class you had to pass the civil service exam. ...

• Word Count: 769
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After my grandmother passed away just a little over five years ago, those duties have changed for my family members and also how we get together since she was unable to do the things that she used to do. ... Roughly eighty percent of my family lives on the same property today. ... Since I have lost both of my grandmothers, my mother and aunt have been passed the honor of assembling and coordinating family holidays. ...

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The neighbor I am referring to owned the property, which my grandparents lived on. ... His main social support, his wife, passed away in 1976 of heart disease. ... Everyone knew that at this stage of his life it was better for him to pass away than to continue to live the manner in which he was living. My grandfather passed away on February 19, 2000. ...

• Word Count: 1988
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Crawford, had purchased the ranch in the mid-1800's and named it Little Keechi Creek Ranch, due to the fact that the Little Keechi Creek ran through the property. ... The musty air that fills my lungs as I walk through the dust-covered house makes me realize how many years have actually passed since those youthful days of my grandmother. ...

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The purpose of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle was to bring the grim conditions of Chicago's meatpacking industry and its workers to the American public's attention. After Sinclair was commissioned to investigate labor conditions in the Chicago stockyards he wrote about his observations in The Jungle. ...

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Women were believed to transfer traits of character and intelligence along to their children; in the nobility, women passed on the family status along with ownership of certain land and slaves. ... • Women simply leave the household if a divorce is granted; children and property all stay with the husband. ...

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They are property owners and hold high authority in the household. ... By 1950, in order to ease long economic suffering, Congress passed a law that would allow the people to adopt a constitution, under the U.S., that could be voted into power by their own people. ...

• Word Count: 1851
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John Wesley and June Star's parents just sit there as the two children poke fun at there grandmother, as well as other passers by (328-329). ... Besides a lack of open respect for their grandmother, the children care little about other people or their property. ...

• Word Count: 1516
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"Linden Hills", by Gloria Naylor successfully creates a chilling argument against oppressive patriarchal societies and families. She vividly exposes the implications of what can happen to a society when cultural traits, morality and close family and neighborhood ties take a backseat to the attainmen...

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In the book "All God's Children" author Fox Butterfield delivered his point of view and his theory on the Bosket family and the American tradition of violence. Fox Butterfield was born in 1939 in Lancaster PA, graduating from Harvard University, Fox Butterfield became a famous journalist and author ...

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• Grade Level: High School