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Hace 1 día · In the 18th century, the British government operated under a policy of mercantilism, in which the central government administered its colonies for Britain's economic benefit. The 13 colonies had a degree of self-governance and active local elections , [a] and they resisted London's demands for more control over them.
Hace 1 día · During the 18th century, couples usually married between the ages of 20–24, and 6–8 children were typical of a family, with three on average surviving to adulthood. Farm women provided most of the materials needed by the rest of the family by spinning yarn from wool and knitting sweaters and stockings, making candles and soap from ashes, and churning milk into butter.
Hace 1 día · The 18th century saw an increasing emphasis on America itself as fit subject matter for its poets. This trend is most evident in the works of Philip Freneau (1752–1832), who is also notable for the unusually sympathetic attitude to Native Americans , which was reflective of his skepticism toward American culture . [61]
Hace 2 días · World War II was to shatter most longing for (and imitation of) a mythical time. There was an entire 20th-century movement in the non-visual arts which was also called Neoclassicism. It encompassed at least music, philosophy and literature. It was between the end of World War I and the end of World War II.
Hace 2 días · This period of the 18th century saw the emergence of three major Irish authors Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774), Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816), and Laurence Sterne (1713–1768). Goldsmith settled in London in 1756, where he published the novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), a pastoral poem with the title The Deserted Village (1770) and two plays: The Good-Natur'd Man and She Stoops to ...
Hace 2 días · Spain, France, and especially England explored and claimed parts of the region. Starting in the 17th century, the history of the Southern United States developed unique characteristics that came from its economy based primarily on plantation agriculture and the ubiquitous and prevalent institution of slavery.
Hace 4 días · 18th century Battle of Denain, 1712 Bringing Home the Body of King Charles XII of Sweden, after the Siege of Fredriksten, 1718 Battle of Hohenfriedberg, 1745 Battle of Fleurus, 1794. 1700–1721 Great Northern War – 30,000 Russians killed in action; 1701–1714 War of the Spanish Succession – 1,251,000 killed in action
