Not too bad if you had a job on a big estate, with a tied cottage, though you wouldn't get much chance to review your career options. Small farms did not provide much job security, so you were liable to be exploited.
In the later part of the century, peasants were under pressure to become industrial workers. In one way, this was an improvement, with opportunities to learn trades and crafts. But the psychological effects went deep. Working to the rhythm of the machines seemed unnatural, and much of the earlyindustrial unrest could be traced to this feeling of malaise.
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In the early 18th century, which was the early 1700s, the only inhabitants in Australia were the indigenous people, the Aborigines. There had been some influence on the northern Aborigines through trading with the Macassans, an Asian group of people who sought sea slugs as a delicacy. However, there had been insufficient contact with Europeans for them to have influenced the aboriginal people.
The land was untouched by Europeans, so the Aborigines were able to live as they had always lived. They hunted, fished and gathered native foods to eat. They were nomadic, moving from region to region as the seasons changed.
Life was very different during the 18th century than it is today. Medical science was almost non existent, and the average life expectancy was as low as 30 or 40 years old in some areas.
The jewelry in the 16th century included gemstones that were cut in smooth and rounded shapes rather than faceted like today's stones. Pearls and ribbon were often used in place of gems and gold. Jewelry was often sewed onto clothing as well.
The Enlightenment spread ideas by one person spreading it.
Enumerated products are colonial products permitted to be exported to limited locations. For example, during the late 17th century and early 18th century, Britain allowed enumerated products to be shipped to places like the West Indies. This trade was usually banned by the Navigation Laws of 1650.
hired professional soldier who fights for any state or nation without regard to political interests or issues. From the earliest days of organized warfare until the development of political standing armies in the mid-17th century, governments frequently supplemented their military forces with mercenaries.
The 27th amendment to the US Constitution is one which states that a member of Congress' salary can't be changed until the next election (meaning essentially that they have to be reelected to get a change, up or down; that is, their salary remains the same over their entire term.) To date, it hasn't been ratified by Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska, New York, and Pennsylvania.