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    What is accomplishment? Eleanor Roosevelt once said‚ “You must do the thing you think you cannot do”. If everyone did only what was easy to achieve‚ nothing would ever truly be accomplished. Reaching beyond goals‚ out to what is thought to be impossible‚ is one of the greatest accomplishments‚ even if these goals are not successful in being achieved. In life‚ accomplishment is something that I strive for most because without it‚ my life would feel worthless. To begin with‚ accomplishment

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    Puritan Religious Beliefs

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    Church. Socially‚ the Puritans differed from the Anglicans’ orthodox beliefs of alcohol consumption and paganrelated practices; religiously‚ the Puritans called for change in the structure and abolishment of certain traditions in the Anglican Church; ideologically‚ the Puritans demonstrated their unique way of thinking with their idea of their “City on a Hill;” therefore‚ the Puritans professed change‚ rather than following the orthodox beliefs of the Church of England. The Puritans inspired social change

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    Puritan Beliefs Essay

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    According to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary‚ a Puritan is a member of a Protestant group in England and New England in the 16th and 17th centuries that opposed many customs of the Church of England. These Puritans broke off from the Church of England and started a new church after the Church of England disagreed to the Puritans’ requests. The Puritans held multiple beliefs and were very serious about religion. Puritans believed the community had a responsibility to punish sinners harshly for the good

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    Menes Accomplishments

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    people believe that he died as a result of a wild animal‚ most likely a hippopotamus‚ which represents an foreign invader from a different place. Menes lived in the early dynastic period. Without doubt‚ his greatest accomplishment is uniting lower and upper egypt which resulted in many years of law and order‚ and from that came prosperity. Another of his major accomplishments is forming the

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    The Puritan Society Imagine having to leave your home because you cannot practice your religion freely. This was reality for the Puritans in England before they took a long journey to an unknown land in Salem‚ Massachusetts. There‚ they struggled to settle into a strict‚ religious lifestyle. They followed their Bible and went to Church. They also had harsh punishments for treason as well as other forms of crime. The Puritans were people with a strong belief system that led to irrational

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    My Accomplishment

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    My first accomplishment is my reading. I self trained myself through out my early childhood by reading a lot of things like books or websites but the games are were they are at‚ I have a lot of games were I have to read a lot and also loading screens is how I got to do speed reading‚ I read every loading screen that comes by on a game but the loading screen doesn’t stay for long so I have to read it very fast‚ that’s one of my accomplishments I never thought that I be able to read or even read fast

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    Justin's Accomplishments

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    Then in her accomplishments in becoming a baby doctor she had marvelous accomplishments.Finally The Journey ends and Justina lived a happy life.For africans americans and woman Justina was a leader in becoming a doctor. Road to Greatness As a child Justina wanted to be a nurse.Her mother was a nurse.Sometimes Justina helped her mother with dinner and cutting open the chicken.Justina also dissected frogs sometimes.Being a nurse was something that Justina wanted to be. Aside from wanting to be

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    Puritans Vs. Quakers

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    Puritan vs. Quaker The Puritans and the Quakers did not have an easy life when the first came to the new world. They by no means handled the pressure well. At first they had no idea what things were going to end up like. As they arrived in the “New World”‚ they had optimistic plans for creating model societies that would fulfill God’s will on earth. Most groups trying to find their way almost immediately encountered social and political challenges that threatened those plans. In particular the

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    puritans way of life

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    Puritans Way of Life” The puritans were a very fearful‚ strict and highly religious people. This is explained well in Arthur Miller’s "The Crucible"‚ and in Jonathan Edward’s "Sinners in the Hands of on Angry God". These traits in the society had positive effects and negative. Fearfulness had it’s positive tolls on the society. They feared the worst things to happen to themselves and to the community. By fearing many things they were very well prepared ‚ they took extreme

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    Life In Puritan Times

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    Life during the Puritan colonies were based upon God’s law. They believed the bible was the key to salvation. They also believed that people were either born sinful‚ and bound to a life in Hell‚ or they were destined to to be saved. The only thing that could save their life was purity and pray. Puritans believed in hard work and discipline in life with religious jobs. People who were engaging in sinful activities were humiliated in public and punished for their sinful acts. Puritan times were similar

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