autonomy

Examples of autonomy in the following topics:

• Slave Families

  • Slave codes and slaveholder practices often denied slaves autonomy over their familial relationships.

• Voting in the Colonies

  • From early on in North American colonial development, Americans were exposed to a high degree of political participation and autonomy in their local affairs.

• The Camp David Accords

  • The Accords recognized the "legitimate rights of the Palestinian people", and a process was to be implemented guaranteeing the full autonomy of the people within a period of five years.
  • This full autonomy was to be discussed with the participation of Israel, Egypt, Jordan and the Palestinians.

• Promoting Economic Development

  • Furthermore, Hamilton and the Federalists believed that the values of successful industrialists—self-reliance, autonomy, innovation, and entrepreneurship—were the bedrock on which the national political system should be modeled.
  • As opposed to his Democratic-Republican contemporaries who espoused agriculture and farming as the backbone of the American economy, Hamilton believed that overall commercial development would foster the republican virtues of self-reliance and autonomy, as well as American independence in the world economic system.

• Slave Labor

  • The task system, on the other hand, was less harsh and allowed the slaves more autonomy than the gang system.

• Manufacturing

  • Furthermore, Hamilton and the Federalists believed that the characteristics of the successful industrialists--self-reliance, autonomy, innovation, and entrepreneurship--were the bedrock of values on which they sought to model the national political system.

• The Rise of the Republican Party

  • Republicans argued that the North and the West were models of economic development, autonomy, and production in contrast to the South's limited industry and slave-labor system.

• The Philippine-American War

  • But it was not until 14 years later, with the passage of the 1916 Philippine Autonomy Act (or "Jones Act"), that the United States officially promised eventual independence, along with more Philippine control in the meantime over the Philippines.

• The New Feminism

  • After attaining suffrage, women extended their activism to focus on contraception, sexual autonomy, and economic rights.

• The Expansion of England's Empire

  • Eventually, with Confederation of Canada, the Canadian colonies were granted a significant amount of autonomy and became a self-governing Dominion in 1867.