Sentences with phrase «in colonial days»

This small island, which sits in the protected waters of the southern Strait of Georgia between Vancouver Island and the mainland, was named for the HMS Thetis, a Royal Navy ship that was stationed there in colonial days.

In Colonial days, women were subjected, by law and by custom, to the authority of men.

According to Education For Boys And Girls, in colonial days, «the tutor or governess had more authority over their students than teachers do today.

One boy wrote in his journal that as he was riding, he saw shacks and thought to himself that slaves must have lived there back in colonial days.

Laws governing abortion in America have changed over time, from no laws in Colonial days — when it was considered a medical issue — to the various state restrictions seen today.

Such traditions of the union of Church and State has had existed in colonial days were early officially dissipated.

This holocaust, Butler argues, was more determinative of later American religious life than had been the importation of Puritanism and the rise of Evangelicalism in colonial days.

Man himself is determining that, having extended his average lifespan from the thirties in colonial days to nearly seventy now.

Not exact matches

Colonial, the biggest refined products pipeline system in the United States, is responsible for supplying about one - third of the 3.2 million barrels per day of gasoline consumed on the East Coast, according to US Energy Department data.

Recalling the blunders that led to the island's defeat in early 1942, he wrote, «In 70 days of surprises, upsets and stupidities, British colonial society was shattered, and with it all the assumptions of the Englishman's superiority.&raquin early 1942, he wrote, «In 70 days of surprises, upsets and stupidities, British colonial society was shattered, and with it all the assumptions of the Englishman's superiority.&raquIn 70 days of surprises, upsets and stupidities, British colonial society was shattered, and with it all the assumptions of the Englishman's superiority.»

A Colonial «cycle» is a five - day period when a sequence of all in - season products is pumped.

On the day Colonial Pyncheon welcomes guests into his new house, he mysteriously dies, his face and beard saturated in blood.

See how the original equality in colonial America has been overgrown and overwhelmed by a thousand forms of economic and political differentiation, so that today the gap between the most fortunate and the least fortunate in America is greater than at any time since the days of plutocratic Rome.

I paid $ 10 for day - old sandwich in colonial Williamsburg, which I suspect would have horrified the Founding Fathers as much as the $ 3 water and $ 9 «Freedom Burger.»

«Outcastes» in India have been known by different names such as: «Harijan,» meaning children of Han (God) given by Gandhi; «Avarrias» meaning casteless; «Panchamas» meaning fifth caste; «Chandalas» meaning worst of the earth; «Depressed classes» given during British Colonial days, and Scheduled Caste given by the Indian Constitution.

On the contrary it is the visible force and migration laws of the superpowers that keep the land hungry persons from the empty space of the world occupied in the days of colonial expansion.

It is the visible force and migration laws of the superpowers that keep the land - hungry people away from the empty spaces of the world which were occupied in the days of colonial expansion.

In the main this was because the leading conquerors and builders of the colonial empires of the day were not Protestants but Roman Catholics.

There it is — the belief that usually resides deep beneath the surface of conscious thought, safe from examination and extrication, but was born in biblical times, solidified in the days of the Enlightenment, and codified into colonial law in 1660 through the racialization of Virginia slave codes.

We in America have been haters of «different» religions since colonial days, when protestants who lived in most colonies would not allow catholics or quakers... and certainly no jews to live in their borders.

This may have been helpful in galvanizing all communities to oppose colonial rule and achieve together Indian independence, but this same unitary and homogenizing ideology has been quite destructive in the hands of present - day Hindu nationalists.

During colonial days in mission churches, Christians in good standing would give up the status symbol and send away all but one wife, said Kombo.

Massachusetts, also known as the Bay State, mixes rich colonial history with some of the best modern - day fishing ports in the world.

Cooper is known for his historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days of Colonial America.

There would be friends there, talking football, «getting down» (making bets), and the time would pass more quickly through the endless football arguments that take place in Colonial's 19th hole the day before the games.

Colonial Day at my 4th grader's school required a period character costume, researched and selected by the students four weeks in advance and was specifically billed as «student - driven, parent - enabled.»

Colonial Day at my 4th grader's school required a period character costume, researched and selected by the students four weeks in advance and was specifically billed as...

During Mordecai Historic Park's Holiday Open House in Raleigh Dec. 9, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., and Dec. 10, 1 - 4 p.m., tour the home as it would have been decorated for Christmas during colonial days through the World War II era.

«In our colonial and pioneer days, most people raised their own food, but as our nation has become industrialized and urbanized, we find that now only 7 per cent of our population produces the food for our entire nation, and our consumers generally buy their food in storeIn our colonial and pioneer days, most people raised their own food, but as our nation has become industrialized and urbanized, we find that now only 7 per cent of our population produces the food for our entire nation, and our consumers generally buy their food in storein stores.

President Akufo - Addo has come under a barrage of attacks after he revealed plans to present a legislation before Parliament to set aside August 4 as a day to celebrate the many founders of Ghana ditching September 21 as the commemorative day for Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first President and a key figure in the fight for freedom from British colonial rule.

In the Health Sector, the total number of hospitals from colonial days to 2008 stood at 679, in 2016 it is 1261 with 25 new polyclinics and 3 new regional hospitals from 2013 to 210In the Health Sector, the total number of hospitals from colonial days to 2008 stood at 679, in 2016 it is 1261 with 25 new polyclinics and 3 new regional hospitals from 2013 to 210in 2016 it is 1261 with 25 new polyclinics and 3 new regional hospitals from 2013 to 2106.

He says the closure of the nursing homes would be a break in a tradition that dates back to colonial days, when local governments provided alms houses and early hospitals for the needy.

Richard Beale Blaize (in 1880, founded Lagos Times and Gold Coast Colony Advertiser, a local newspaper); Mojola Agbebi (led the campaign to make the Baptist Church more African - friendly); John Otonba Payne (first native registrar of Lagos courts); James Johnson, «Holy Johnson», (whose keen sensitivity helped to stabilize the Anglican Church of his day); Henry Carr (famed educationist) and the young Herbert Macaulay (soon to turn the chief British nemesis of Colonial Lagos), just to mention a few.

Oysters feed by filtering plankton from the water, and they were so abundant in colonial times that they're estimated to have filtered all the water in the bay every three to six days.

It was originally used as a malaria treatment in Peru during the 1600s and during the days of colonial India.

«Needhams» date back to the colonial days and were popular in the northeast.

At our school, they have a day where all of the kids dress up in colonial clothes and participate in activities that they would have done back then.

Mrida retains an abundance of beautiful colonial buildings and is a vibrant cultural centre with music and dancing playing an important part in day - to - day life.

in present - day Lisbon — with a sobering critique of their colonial ignorance and privilege is astounding.

When director Mr. Joffé at last returns to the present - day hospital where the scuba diving scientist is flat - lining, the knife - throwing belly dancer from India shows up with the other half of the magic ring in time for him to spring back to life, mercifully minus his hilarious accent and colonial - rule ponytail.

Starring Shashi Kapoor, Madhur Jaffrey, and a young Felicity Kendal, the film is inspired by the real - life adventures of Ms. Kendal's family as a traveling theater group in India during the final days of English colonial rule.

Like the humor, the pace is gentle, but the film as a whole is well - divided between present - day antics, an extended (and somewhat wondrous) time travel sequence, and then the bulk of the action in colonial times, with a dextrous action scene that resolves the differences between the turkeys and their would - be human overlords.

In the past century in the colonial era, conflict were between the people and the ruler (colonial government) and in the early days of independence dominated by high levels of conflict between political groupIn the past century in the colonial era, conflict were between the people and the ruler (colonial government) and in the early days of independence dominated by high levels of conflict between political groupin the colonial era, conflict were between the people and the ruler (colonial government) and in the early days of independence dominated by high levels of conflict between political groupin the early days of independence dominated by high levels of conflict between political groups.

Rachel Friedman prods them to explore the themes and context of Miller's complex play, set in the witch - hunting days of Colonial Massachusetts.

Colonial Days gives its readers the opportunity to share one year of those lives, by participating in some of the activities that kept the Mayhew family busy from morning till night, from season to season.

Colonial Days: Discover the Past with Fun Projects, Games, Activities, and Recipes is available in bookstores everywhere.

But historically, getting an education has often been difficult for many African American children in this country from early colonial times to present day.

In addition to those games, activities, and recipes, Colonial Days includes a great deal of fascinating trivia.

In fact, Colonial Days: Discover the Past with Fun Projects, Games, Activities, and Recipes is so full of fascinating information and easily done authentic activities that home - school teachers can build an entire American history unit around it.

A safari - type theme is paramount to the Rév Auto show, with vehicles, décor and exotic animals that recall the storied days of African expeditions in colonial times.