Subject matter is what most distinguishes northern European Baroque painting from Italian Baroque painting.
The subjects of their paintings were quite different - whereas in the North they liked to present more somber subjects, the South, especially Italy, preferred something more cheerful and gaudy.
<span>The Virginia colony created the headright system in 1618 where workers who arrived there had 5 to 7 years of labor to serve under a wealthy landowner. In this system, they were offered transportation to Virginia, housing and food. However, they were indebted to the landowner and had to work for him. Certain of those landowners were elected to the house of Burgess, which was the first legislative assembly in the American colonies.</span>
a former Arkansas state employee who sued U.S. President Bill Clinton for sexual harassment. and a public officer
