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    are Argentina‚ Brazil‚ Canada‚ Japan‚ Korea‚ Liberia‚ and Switzerland. The first Thanksgiving is on record as being celebrated in the year 1621 near Plymouth‚ Massachusetts‚ with a feast following the Pilgrims first harvest. However‚ the feast was never repeated. In fact‚ the devoutly religious Pilgrims celebrated Thanksgiving thereafter‚ not with feasting‚ but with praying and fasting. Today Thanksgiving has too many‚ not only a time to give thanks‚ but to celebrate with food‚ family‚ football‚ shopping

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    Mayflower Compact

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    THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT The Pilgrims came to the New World seeking a refuge from Holland. They then obtained grants for land originally for land in northern part of Virginia and began their 3.000 mile journey toward the New World. They had landed on a coast of Massachusetts‚ which they had named Plymouth Plantation. The Mayflower Compact was drawn out by the Pilgrims in 1620. The Pilgrims knew the only way a new settlement would work is if they had a strong government. It was a "Civil Body Politick"

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    thought came to mind because back then everyone used those words. This whole passage has confusing vocabulary but in reality its simple when you brake it down. John Smith himself is a pilgrim and when he speaks of them he refers to them as pilgrims instead of his own. When he would be with the pilgrims he would talk in a fluid manner. When it came down to speaking to the Europeans it seemed as if he didn’t know what word to say next. In the story there’s a part where mentioned something to

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    urge to go on pilgrimage hit people in the spring? Winter is over; it’s time for renewal. 3. Who is at the inn? Who arrives at the inn? What is the central idea? (Look in ll. 19-28). The narrator is at the inn; twenty-nine pilgrims arrive; the central idea is that the 29 pilgrims arrive at the Tabard Inn where the narrator-poet is staying. 4. In lines 19-28‚ identify the rhymes that preserved‚ even though pronunciation may differ today. day/lay; hostelry/company; fall/all 5. What is the first traveler

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    Greed: a Heart of Darkness Every human’s white soul carries a dark stain; an original sin (as a Christian would say) that irks us toward sin. The stain of darkness alienates us from civilization. The stain is an innate quality endowed within‚ which forces a struggle to confine and eventually eliminate the dark stain. This stain is not divinely imprinted on our souls; rather it is a reflection of our values taught us by society and those who are an integral part in forming our character.

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    ‘The framework of the Prologue is a list of estates. Chaucer specifically says at the end of the Prologue that he has described the “estaat” of all the Pilgrims (716). The Prologue is also a collection of portraits‚ but this is a secondary consideration Chaucer’s General Prologue‚ written towards the end of the fourteenth century‚ depicts a series of characters undertaking a pilgrimage from London to Canterbury during Springtime. Chaucer has assembled representatives of all three estates‚ both

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    Thanksgiving Day

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    Thanksgiving Day The holiday of Thanksgiving is a tradition started by the Pilgrims and Indians. Together they shared the fruits of the newly settled America. Thanksgiving Day is a communal celebration marked as a sense of gratitude people feel for all the good things in life. This is done by offering prayers‚ gifting your near and dear ones. Its origin can be traced back to the 16th century when the first thanksgiving dinner is said to have taken place. Besides‚ the fourth Thursday in the month

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    Ezekiel’S “Enterprise” ‘Enterprise’ is an allegory of human condition on this planet and of the frequent efforts‚ failure and frustrations to which man is subject by the very nature of earthly life. The poet describes a spiritual pilgrimage where each pilgrim faces difficulties and disillusionment along the way. Thus‚ in the ‘Enterprise’ a group of people undertake a journey moved by noble aspirations‚ but it all ends in failures and frustrations as is usually the case with human attempts at some noble

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    they were thousands of years ago. Before modern transportation‚ pilgrims took a prolonged journey that lasted anywhere from several weeks to a year. This extended travel really demonstrated a pilgrim’s dedication to their faith. Usually the reasons for this trip were to ask for divine aid‚ to fulfill a religious obligation‚ or to venerate an important place or object. Just arriving to a sacred place is only part of their journey. Pilgrims‚ by embarking on an exterior‚ physical journey‚ take an interior

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    Geography1.01

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    1.Using the scale on the interactive map‚ give the approximate distance in miles that the Pilgrims traveled in their journey from Plymouth‚ England‚ to Plymouth‚ Massachusetts. 3‚349.375 miles 2.Using the scale on the interactive map‚ give the approximate distance in miles that Lewis and Clark traveled from St. Louis to Ft. Clatsop near the Pacific Ocean. 1‚400.15 miles 3.Using the scale on the interactive map‚ give the approximate distance in miles that the transcontinental railroad covered

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