In American Gov. we're in chapter two, a chapter which discusses the speration from England and such. It came up today during class discussion/notes about those in Debtor's prison having the option of settling in the Americans rather than rotting in Debtor's prison for the rest of their lives.
I later confronted my father and relentlessly hounded him on information he knew of Debtor's prison. Apparently the prisoners were required to pay for accomodates they receieved while in debtor's prison, thus making me wonder....How was the prison system actually making their money?
Now if the person (usually male) had a family able to work, he had no problem. However, you have to take into consideration the fact that the longer he was in there, the higher his bill would be regarding water/food/etc. It's a never ending cycle! Therefore once in Debtor's prison you're basically stuck there, and if you have no family whatsoever, you're really ******** further made me think of how now a days there are so many options to help you get out of debt. Were those options offered back then do you suppose matters would have improved? I really doubt it, I honestly do considering the illiteracy rate of the people.
Therefore, discuss the following:
Debtor's prison:
Being in Debt:
England back in the 'Olde' days:
England now:
The Colonies in the 'Olde' days:
And anything else pertaining to this topic or history for that matter.
I later confronted my father and relentlessly hounded him on information he knew of Debtor's prison. Apparently the prisoners were required to pay for accomodates they receieved while in debtor's prison, thus making me wonder....How was the prison system actually making their money?
Now if the person (usually male) had a family able to work, he had no problem. However, you have to take into consideration the fact that the longer he was in there, the higher his bill would be regarding water/food/etc. It's a never ending cycle! Therefore once in Debtor's prison you're basically stuck there, and if you have no family whatsoever, you're really ******** further made me think of how now a days there are so many options to help you get out of debt. Were those options offered back then do you suppose matters would have improved? I really doubt it, I honestly do considering the illiteracy rate of the people.
Therefore, discuss the following:
Debtor's prison:
Being in Debt:
England back in the 'Olde' days:
England now:
The Colonies in the 'Olde' days:
And anything else pertaining to this topic or history for that matter.
