In the play The Crucible there was a character that was afraid to admit they were wrong. In this particular case‚ Governor Danforth was afraid to admit he was wrong when accusing people of witchcraft. In the play‚ Danforth was the judge that determined who was a witch in Salem and who was not. If someone was accused of being a witch and they admitted to it they got to live. However if someone was accused of being a witch and denied it they were hung or killed. In the play‚ Danforth had already made
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In truth‚ détente did bring some temporary stability to Europe but that was never built to last as the two systems were too different to be able to cooperate successfully. On the the biggest issues during the cold war and so inevitably when establishing the Détente was the nuclear arms race. M. Bower and P. Williams (1988) said that détente was not superficial as it reduced hostilities between the two superpowers‚ which was especially needed after the Cuban Missile Crisis where a nuclear war almost
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Will County was established in Illinois in 1836. From that year on‚ Will County has only grown in size and in numbers. Larger cities like Joliet‚ Lockport and Plainfield stand place in this County. There are also a number of other townships and villages that are spread out throughout the county. However‚ the area was not left untouched from the beginning of time until the year 1836. The Will County area was an established community of Potawatomi tribes and served as a trading route for the fur trade
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slavery Have you ever wonder why there was slavery? Slavery started when the first group of african american came to america in 1619 in virginia jamestown. slavery started when it was a practice in the 17th and 18th colonies centries. african american helped build the economic foundations. In 1793 an invention called the cotton gin it central importance of slavery in the south. In the mid-19th there was a movement in slavery and it tear the nation apart and started american civil war from
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Was Alexander the Great “great”? The evidence suggests that Alexander the Great was legitimately great because he conquered many countries and he was inspirational. Alexander was great because he conquered a country in the years 333BC‚ 332BC‚ 331BC‚ 331BC‚ 330BC‚ 327BC‚ 324BC and 323BC. This demonstrates that he was great because he used tactics that would defeat enemies. An example of a tactic he used is phalanx. Phalanx means “a body of Macedonian infantry drawn up in close order with
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Shi Huangdi the first emperor of China was a very harsh man and had no respect for his people. Did you know that he was buried with the Terracotta Army. This army was completely made out of clay‚ and were made to defend Shi Huangdi in the afterlife. Some think Shi Huangdi was a visionary‚ however‚ he was really a menace. One reason Shi Huangdi was a menace because he had horrible policies. In the video it states that he “subjected his people to high taxation.” Because of this high taxation‚ the
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Hugo Blaschke was a Dentist from Germany. He was best known for his services during World War 2. During the war he was promoted and served as Hitler’s Dentist. After the war he was questioned about Hitler’s body and sent to prison. Later released and continued to practice as a dentist.in Nuremberg. Hugo Blaschke was a German dental surgeon notable for being Adolf Hitler’s personal dentist from 1933 to April 1945 and for being the chief dentist on the staff of Heinrich Himmler. Heinrich was a leading
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Who was Alexander the Great! What does it mean to be GREAT? The Webster’s dictionary defines the word great as notably large in size‚ predominant‚ or remarkable. The Oxford’s dictionary defines the word great as‚ of ability‚ quality‚ or eminence‚ considerably above average. Alexander the 3rd’s greatness has been questioned in the past and even scholars have long debated the question was Alexander the Great really Great? But one must ask how his legend has survived for thousands of years and
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Vernadsky is honorable because of his numerous discoveries about nature and the earth. Vernadsky was born on March 12‚ 1863 in Saint Petersburg‚ Russia. His father was a professor that taught political economy at the Moscow University‚ and his mother was a noblewoman. He started developing an interest in science‚ specifically natural sciences‚ at the Saint Petersburg Grammar School. Vernadsky was both a Ukrainian and a Russian‚ and he learned a little Ukrainian despite living in Russia longer(
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Atlantis is a legendary city that was first described in the work of a Greek philosopher named‚ Plato. Many people believe that the city became lost or some might say it disappeared or sank. This being said‚ Atlantis still remains as a mystery 2‚000 years later and many conspiracy theories were created. A few theories are‚ Atlantis was mid-Atlantic‚ Atlantis was Antarctica‚ and Atlantis was the legendary Minoan civilization. Overall‚ Atlantis did once exist and can possibly be ‘till this day. First
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