Centuries

The economies of Cuba and Puerto Rico are very similar during the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. As Spain colonized these two islands in the 16th century under the idea that gold was abundant. Thus in turn the islands became a safe port for Spain and her vessels. It also set out to be a huge migration from the Spain to the islands, because everyone was set to search for gold. . This turned out to be short lived as the mining of gold peaked in 1517 till 1819. By Spain using Cuba and Puerto Rico for

The 19th century was considered a fundamental age of progress in science and technology. The European region was also trying to make progress in different ways. Most of the nations in Europe experienced relative peace and prosperity. The development came about partly due to conservative and liberal ideologies. In the initial part of the 19th century, conservative notions were more pronounced in Europe than any other century. In 1815, conservative ideas were substantially expressed in the Congress

Abstract in Abstract in principle, yet individually quantifiable, nationalism swept through 18th and 19th century global populations, igniting the fire for some of the most significant and revolutionary changes of the time. During the period, eons’ old hierarchal systems found themselves closeted, as novel enlightenment principles were bred and spread throughout the world. Kingdoms fell, borders were redrawn, and ultimately, nationalism led to the worldwide adoption of a new sense of individual identity

M. Beard, “strictly deficiency or lack of nerve-force” (American Nervousness, vi) in the 19th century. Nervousness at the time, was commonly acknowledged and accepted, so much so that it was written into literature, such as many of Jane Austen’s works. Many doctors considered nervousness to be a “woman’s disease” meaning that women were the most afflicted by this condition. Doctors of the 19th century have found excuses to restrict, restrain, objectify and metaphorically and literally lock women

19th and early 20th century was a byproduct of the development of nationalism, the expansion of industrialization, and shift toward Liberal values. In the 18th and 19th century, nationalism was a sensation that national leaders and governments utilized to unite its citizens under a single identity. The Industrial Revolution was a period of tremendous technological and commercial growth that required the expansion of its market to maintain its economic prosperity. In the 19th century, Liberalism questioned

The Puritans had numerous degrees of beliefs where family structure, society, and most importantly, religion is concerned throughout the Puritan colonies. Puritanism began in the early seventeenth century as a religious reform movement, it originated when the people of the church of England sought to “purify” the church. Puritans lived in villages that were made up of four city blocks. The Puritan family was a social unit of society, but was very basic

Part 2 -What kind of world do we want for the 21st century? In today's society, when people are asked the question “what are your hopes for the world”, many automatically respond with “achieving world peace” and this is a great dream, but it is just a dream, not reality. People have begun to fight for world peace without thinking rationally about what it means because world wide conflict has become a very substantial conflict in the world today. People around the world have recognized that raising

During the 19th and 20th century, the arts played a major role in helping society move toward social and political changes. Most of the writers, and other influential people during this time used the arts to emphasis the importance of the current problems that needed dire change. This included literature used by the transcendentalists, slavery abolitionists, and even in the Harlem Renaissance and more. During the early 19th century transcendentalists writers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry

show their importance. Even though sculpture and its concepts changed throughout history, the first drastic changes didn’t occur until early in the twentieth century, when exploratory international artists began to derive their inspirations from Cubism and translated collages intro three dimensional objects. Furthermore, over the past century sculpture has gone through many drastic changes according to the political, socio-economical situation as well as the process of modernization. Thus, from being

The 21st Century, the time period that we all live in today, smothered in continuous social, economic and political issues. An interesting era for films of this genre is the late 1930’s to early 1940’s which we see reflections in the literature today. War World 2 was a turning point in history and was a time of sheer horror in many places such as Spain, Germany, Poland and Eastern Europe. In today’s age, contemporary literature writers often draw their inspiration and ideas from the writers that