By 1915 nearly 1 million were receiving it. HOWEVER not many people in those days lived to 70, it was not much and could be removed in ‘undeserving’ cases. • YOUNG, 1906 Free School Meals: Free school meals given to children and studies showed that during the holidays children’s health declined rapidly showing just how important these free means were to children’s health. However, up until 1914 it was up to the local authorities to provide this kind of care and many didn’t do that leaving lots of children malnourished. 1907 School Medical Inspections: Doctors and nurses were sent to school to inspect children and identify a health problem if one.
The French and Indian War was fought by the British and the French. This war caused many issues between the American colonies and Britian because of the things the British were doing to the Americans during the war. Economically, the British were doing things ideologically, and politically, as well. After the war, the British were trying to find a way to get back all the money they spent on the war. The English did not have much money aand it did not help the British much.
Source 16 supports the statement by saying ‘In 1870, the Government made elementary education up to the age of 13 compulsory for all children.’ This shows that by opening education to all children aged 13 and below, they had approached the problem of uneducated children especially boys from falling into lower classes. Source 17 also agrees, ‘Before 1870, education was not compulsory and it was not free.’ The government had then opened a branch for the lower classes to become educated and somehow improve their quality of life. By opening up school board and creating new schools, it meant that fees were eventually to be taken off, when after the 1902 education act, schools that were receiving state funding had to offer 25% of all places without fees. Gladstone the prime minister at the time believed in equality of opportunity, so over the coming years, showed open support about children receiving open education for all ages. He openly says about passing the political power to an uneducated nation and improving people’s quality of life, therefore showing support.
Those were the only few freedoms given to Blacks in the Northern United States. The restrictions to those freedoms might as well have banned them these rights. Jury duty was banned to Blacks except for in Massachusetts but that only started in 1860. Although they were aloud to vote that was only legal in five states. They could go to church but only to all Black churches.
Shortly after, the Stamp Act was passed through Parliament that required taxed and stamped paper on legal documents, publications, and playing cards. This tax had to be paid in hard money, which was difficult for people to do at the time. The majority of colonists felt wildly oppressed with taxes, saying they took away their liberty (Document H). Jointly, these two taxes caused damage to the economic relationship between Great Britain and North
Just like setting up the government, the colonists had a hard time setting up an economy. Because of being so important of the success colonies, the economy needed to be perfect in order for failure not to be put in place. Also, the hectic situation of moving to a new country caused mass confusion amongst the colonists. This mass confusion caused the British Empire to take over the economic system of the colonies. During the eighteenth century, the British controlled nearly all of the colonial economies.
A seven-year conflict between the French and Indian soldiers gave Britain the victory. However, the war left the colonial leaders financially broke. In order to compensate for the financial losses, they imposed massive amounts of taxes on the settlers. The levies paid were sent directly to the British treasury and were used by the British military in North America. Besides this, the British also passed various laws that limited the movement and freedom of the settlers in an exceptionally discriminating manner.
In 1930 it was illegal to teach a slave to read or write, there were considered dangerous if they were literate, but even with the law some slave owners still taught slave children to read.10 By the 1860’s only 10% of the African American population were literate. But with the reconstruction era brought state supported schools for white and black children, although they were segregated by race. This is a vast accomplishment for the poor whites and blacks that just a few years earlier had no access to any form of education. 11 For a society of America as a whole it seems that the years from late 1700’s to mid to late 1800’s brought a lot of social change in the school system. I believe that Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Rush sparked the ideas for the future, with Horace Mann as the engineer who created the mold of the two ideas into a whole common idea.
Americans weren’t allowed to teach them either, however many masters would allow them to learn how to read the Bible or their children would exchange alphabet letter for marbles and toys. (web 5). “After failing to move the legislature to extend public education to black children, Prince Hall invites black families to start a private school in his home. In 1808 the school moves to the African Meeting House on Beacon
In addition to helping India, the British Empire negatively affected India. According to Monhandas Ghandi’s speech in Document 7, the British impoverished India by controlling the Indian government. Year by year Britain stole India’s money. The British destroyed India’s spirit, and disregarded their feelings. India wasn’t the only country that Britain negatively affected.