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    12th‚ 1492: Christopher Columbus lands in the Americas Upon his landing‚ Henretta stated that: “Believing that he had reached Asia — the Indies‚ in fifteenth-century parlance — Columbus called the native inhabitants Indians and the islands the West Indies.” (1) The term “Indians” became synonymous with describing Native Americans‚ and continues to this day. Columbus actually landed in the Bahamas. His discovery prompted further exploration of the Americas‚ sending the race of colonization into motion

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    questions 1-10. (10 points each)
Please take time to answer each question completely. 1. Think of a person who has positively influenced your life or for whom you have great admiration. Write down the characteristics that person has/had that you would like to develop. Someone who has positively influenced my life and I have great admiration for is my friend David. David is very ambitious‚ motivated‚ friendly‚ and he stays true to himself no matter what. 2. 15 years from now being surrounded

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    France for thousands of years. During the 1700’s this came to a head as Britain and its’ North American colonies tried to expand in size and trade. This could not be done without intruding on French land. This caused France to take an offensive position alongside their Indian allies against their biggest rival. Britain and its colonies persisted forward resulting in The Seven Years’ War or‚ as some call it‚ The French and Indian War. The Seven Years’ War was caused by Britain’s need for expansion

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    The Great Goddess symbolizes maternity‚ the fertility of the earth‚ and femininity on general. The Great Goddess the mother of life‚ and represents all living things. The function of the Great Goddess is source of life‚ death‚ and rebirth. She can take the form of a snake which represents cycle of life or symbolizes the moon and how the moon goes through cycles like a woman. I do think that Eywa is the Great goddess‚ because she represents everything on Pandora. Eywa is like the force in Star Wars

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    During the early 1900’s‚ there was a decade of endless partying‚ drinking‚ swinging‚ and full-on hedonism known as the “Roaring 20’s”. In the novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald tackles the views that many people hold about about the 20’s and shows them to be gloomy‚ wistful‚ and tainted by people’s own memories. For example‚ despite the fact that the “Roaring 20’s” were seen as glamorous‚ Nick’s description paints a gloomy tone by portraying the Valley of Ashes as filled with miserable

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    To what extent was World War II Hitler`s war? The second World War can be considered “Hitler`s war” due to Adolf Hitlers responsibility and actions that caused the war. He had an enormous impact and role on many events such as secretly increasing the size fo the army‚which made World War 2 possible. On the other hand‚ the failure of the League of Nations and defects in the Treaty of Versailles also triggered the outbreak of the war. It gave Hitler many oppurtunities to support his ambitions and

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    The Great Depression was a severe economic downfall during the 1930’s. Both presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover began their journeys to get America through the Great Depression. But how would this economic catastrophe affect America and could it be prevented? The starting point of the Great Depression is usually listed as 1929 which is commonly called Black Tuesday. Black Tuesday has been just one of the major causes of the Great Depression. This was the same day that the stock

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    labor‚ which is basically legal slavery. Many families even if they were citizens of the United States were deported to their home countries. So why were people of the latino community treated so poorly in the 1900’s in America? During the 1900’s majority of schools were segregated in America. “By the 1940s‚ as many as 80 percent of Latino children in places like Orange County‚ California attended separate schools”. (Blakemore) Not only were the students separated‚ but the schools the latino children

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    allowed intermarriage with whites. Osceola’s great grandfather was James McQueen who was the first white man to trade with Creeks in Alabama in 1714 and he stayed there as a trader and Indian leader for the next 80 years. In 1814 Osceola and his mom moved to Florida with the other Creeks where he received his adult name. It was also there in Florida where Osceola became a Seminole war chief. He led a small band of warriors in the Second Seminole War when the U.S tried to kick out the Seminoles from

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    Tarek Taji - 41040 POL 201 – sec.2 Introduction to Political Science Feb 18th /2013 Summary of Rousseau’s Book “On the Social Contract” book 1. “Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains.” Rousseau’s words that says much about the concept of the Social Contract and other main concepts in life. Here‚ he is trying to raise a question if the “governing authorities” whether support the freedom of people or are they the “chains” over people’s

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