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    Peasant Farming Name: Joson BIBBY SUBJECT: Geography School: Thomas Saunders secondary school School code: 150027 Candidate # Teacher: Miss Eugene Williams Territory: st.vincent Aim: to identify and examine the problems that peasant farmers faced in fountain‚ west St. George‚ st.vincent. Methodology How- the data was collected by distributing questionnaires among ten peasant farmers in the community and also by observations of the amount of crops being destroyed. When- the research was carried

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    Association of the Peasant of Fondwa (APF) is a Haitian born Non Governmental Organization created with the mission of “seeking to empower peasants in rural Haiti to use their own resources to help themselves‚ the community of Fondwa‚ and the nearby villages”. Their strategy is to identify problems in the above mentioned community and set priorities. Part of their strategy also involves developing basic infrastructure such as roads‚ water‚ health‚ education and technical assistance in agriculture

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    To many people‚ Ho Chi Minh was not only a great leader‚ but also a father figure in the eyes of the Vietnamese. He was a man who was born a peasant‚ but died an icon and hero. Ho Chi Minh’s perseverance helped make him a key figure in the history of Vietnam. He remains a fascinating figure in history. Ho’s supporters called and referred to him as "Uncle Ho". He was respected because he was humble and smart. Ho Chi Minh worked hard throughout his life to achieve his goals despite many difficulties

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    The life of a peasant was a hard one. They had to work long hours in their lords fields in return for a small cottage and strip of land near the manor house. Their health was poor due to bad diets and unhygienic living conditions. Most peasants did not live past the age of thirty. Peasants had very little freedoms. If they were born a peasant‚ they stayed tied to the land until they died. Peasants lived on farms on a lord’s manor. The average peasant lived in a two room cottage that was constructed

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    religious purposes Women spent 30 to 40 hours a week into preparing basic foods Gender Relations/ Inequalities: Peasant women helped in fields but their main role was in the home Women were expected to know how to weave Training younger girls was the responsibility on the older women Arranged marriages Virginity was required for marriage Polygamy existed among the nobility but peasants where monogamous Aztec women inherited property and pass it to their heirs Father was a source of lineage head

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    By the 18th century the third estate became aware of their oppression through various sources. These sources include the Influence of philosophers and the Echoes of the American war of independence. Goodwin states‚ the aim of the French philosophers‚ of the eighteenth century‚ was to liberate mankind from the fitter of ignorance and from subservience of outmoded practices. D. Richard further illustrated that philosophers such as‚ Rousseau‚ Voltaire‚ Monesquieu and the encyclopedias

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    Jordan LaRue 02/02/05 HIST-3443 Dr. Dykema Peasant Fires In the book Peasant Fires‚ the author gives an account of the story of Hans Behem‚ a peasant shepherd who claimed to have seen a vision of the Holy Mother Mary. Han’s then gave passionate sermons and speeches about equality for all peasants‚ for which‚ peasants came from all over Europe to witness. Wunderli also uses other sources that relate to Hans to further explain this time period. Wunderli uses various models and examples to explain

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    In James Scott’s novel Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance we are shown the social and political dynamics in the village of Sadaka. The poor get poorer and the rich get richer and there is not much that can be done about it. They both need one another though. One cannot thrive without the other and one must be careful not to tip the scales in their society. The poor in the village must be careful when showing their dissatisfaction. They cannot risk a full blown revolt so they

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    The Peasants’ Revolt The Peasants’ revolt of 1381 (also known as Wat Tyler’s Rebellion) was caused by the imposition of the unpopular poll tax. In 1377‚ John of Gaunt imposed a new tax‚ the Poll Tax‚ that was to cover the cost of the war. Unlike normal taxes‚ this was to be paid by the peasants‚ as well as the landowners. The peasants were at the bottom of the Feudal System and had to obey their local lord to whom they had sworn an oath of obedience on the Bible.At the time of the revolt‚ the English

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