The start of our Independence. That's why we celebrate the 4th of July. Independence Day.
The clothing women wore during the Renaissance time was quite uncomfortable. They were required to wear many layers of clothing. They had to wear socks, underpants, stocking, petticoats, and a skirt on the bottom half. While on the top, they had to wear a garter (which is basically the ancient form of a bra), a corset laced so tight that it enhanced their bosom and made it extremely difficult to move and breathe, an overshirt, and of course a blouse. However, if they weren't wearing a skirt and blouse, they would wear dresses made of heavy fabrics that often weighed them down. They were still required to wear all the things mentioned above underneath these dresses.
1- The English colonies organized themselves by making villages where they could live and creating laws to govern their lives.
2- The colonists' early goals were as follows:
a- To create their own farms whey they could grow their crops
b- to escape from the persecution.
Dorothea Dix promoted and established the Asylum Movement, where mental institutions where created and health and hygiene in prisons was improved. This came after Dorothea visited and documented the treatment of prisoners and the living conditions within the prisons, both public and private. When she released her findings it shocked the general public, which lead to old hospitals being redesigned and repurposed for the use of mental facilities. The hospitals were built according to Dorothea's designs and with her guidance, there is now a widespread movement to reform the treatment of the mentally ill.
