Introduction – 45 to 60 seconds Audio Janice gave a presentation on a Shakespearean play that she read. For her presentation she read word for word from her paper. The reason why she simply read from her paper before the class was because she was so nervous‚ she wanted everything to be perfect. Unfortunately‚ her plan backfired on her. Her presentation was boring and tedious to listen to. Many audience members gazed away or began doodling on a piece of paper. Janice was disappointed that her
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Land Ordinance of 1785 I) The Land Ordinance A. Adoption 1. The United States Congress adopted the Land Ordinance of 1785 in May 1785. 2. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Ordinance of 1784‚ which called for the land west of the Appalachian Mountains‚ north of the Ohio River‚ and east of the Mississippi River to be divided. a. This ordinance did not exactly describe how the land would be settled‚ governed‚ or how the land would become a state. 3. The Land Ordinance of 1785 put the 1784 resolution
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and Spain. The French and Indian War was a more wide European conflict in which England and Prussia went against France‚ Austria‚ Russia and Spain. The major cause of the war was the struggle for territorial expansion among the land west of the Appalachian Mountains‚ know then as the Ohio Territory.This war was also known as the Seven Years War and The Treaty of Paris concluded it. During the Treaty of Paris in 1763‚ France lost Canada and all claims to the territory east of the Mississippi to Great
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Logan Epling English 101 Dr. Underwood 2 December 2016 Night Ride I believe Gurney Norman’s “Night Ride” is a story that shows coming of age very strongly. It shows how life still is today in Kentucky. I am very familiar with the area where the story takes place. The bullet holes in the road signs are actually there as described in the story. “Steer this thing‚” said Delmer‚ letting go of the wheel without slowing down in the slightest. Wilgus took the wheel as his uncle leaned out the window and
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and gathers but later began to domesticate the following native plants: Sunflowers‚ goose foot‚ erect knot wood‚ and May grass (“The Woodland Period”). Due to the Mound builders location they had to face many environmental challenges‚ first the Appalachian Mountain affected the amount of contact they had with other civilizations and made trade hard because they would have to travel over the mountains. The Great Plains provided great land for the Mound builders to plant and cultivates the civilizations
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tremendous heat and pressure were generated. This changed the Smoky sedimentary rocks. For example‚ sandstone became recrystallized into quartzite and shale became slate. The last great episode of the mountain building uplifted the entire Appalachian mountain chain from Newfoundland‚ Canada to Alabama. The mountains then were much higher than they are today. As the African tectonic plate gradually pushed against the edge of the North American plate‚ the original layers of the rocks were bent
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The book starts with Bryson explaining his curiosity about the Appalachian Trail near his house. He and his old friend Stephen Katz start hiking the trail from the state of Georgia in the south‚ and stumble in the beginning with the difficulties of getting used to their equipment; Bryson also soon realizes how difficult it is to travel with his friend‚ who is a crude‚ overweight recovering alcoholic‚ and even less prepared for the ordeal than he is. Overburdened‚ they soon discard much extra food
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PMAN634 Chapter 5: Exercise 1 Mrs. Tolstoy and her husband‚ Serge‚ are planning their dream house. The lot for the house sits high on a hill with a beautiful view of the Appalachian Mountains. The plans for the house show the size of the house to be 2‚900 square feet. The average price for a lot and house similar to this one has been $120 per square foot. Fortunately‚ Serge is a retired plumber and feels he can save money by installing the plumbing himself. Mrs. Tolstoy feels she can take
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In this week’s lesson we covered the five themes of geography which are location‚ place‚ region‚ movement‚ and human environment. Although Jacksboro may be small it too covers all five themes. The location of Jacksboro is at the foothill of the Appalachian Mountains and it
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campaign to drive out the British by attacking them‚ unfortunately it wasn’t successful since the British retaliated with their infected blankets containing smallpox. For the Americans‚ who were free and desired more land‚ they headed over the Appalachian Mountains and flooded the lands. Although‚ the London Government issued a proclamation preventing the Americans from expanding further since they weren’t on good terms yet with the Indian tribes. Americans during war time were at the burden
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