____________________________ Date _______________ Chapter #2 Review Questions Transplantations and Borderlands IDENTIFCATION Briefly identify the meaning and significance of the following terms: Anne Hutchinson James Oglethorpe Navigation Acts Theocracy Antinomianism John Smith Pequot War Virginia House of Burgesses Bacon’s Rebellion John Winthrop Plymouth Plantation William Bradford Dominion of New England King Philip’s War Powhatan William Penn George & Cecilius
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petition for annexation into the United States. After admitting the territory‚ President Polk sent a diplomat to settle old disputes and offer to buy even more land. Mexico refused to discuss anything. Frustrated‚ Polk sent the army to occupy disputed borderland‚ leading to the Mexican-American War. From the outset‚ the war was controversial in the government and with the American people. Trying to settle the slave issue‚ the Wilmot Proviso suggested banning African-Americans completely from the land‚ but
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Frontier Cities‚ Encounters at the Crossroads of Empire‚ In the book Frontier Cities‚ Encounters at the Crossroads of Empire‚ the authors debate the myriad ways in which cities‚ in the United States‚ and worldwide‚ functioned as crossroads of Empires. This book utilizes other sources‚ such as Richard C. Wade’s The Urban Frontier: The Rise of Western Cities‚ 1790–1830 (Urbana‚ 1959)‚ to posit that cities were central to the formation of frontiers. The book also theorizes that frontier cities
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intimate interaction between Calitxa and Alcee: “When he touched her breasts they gave themselves up in quivering ecstasy‚ inviting his lips. Her mouth was a fountain of delight. And when he possessed her‚ they seemed to swoon together at the very borderland of life’s mystery.” Calixta is proven to be a woman capable of strong sexual desire. In many ways the issue of sexual repression created Chopin’s own personal storm. Similar to how the storm in the story threatens the rip the house from its foundation
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Gloria Anzaldua once wrote‚ “Though we tremble before uncertain futures may we meet illness‚ death and adversity with strength may we dance in the face of our fears.” I consider this statement to be very powerful and meaningful‚ especially to someone who is undergoing difficult periods in their life. Notably‚ it is unfortunate that borders such as a person’s background‚ physical appearance‚ and dialect never fail to emerge in everyday life occurrences. Moreover‚ it is my belief that individuals must
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Asian American and LGBTQ Experiences through Labeling Theory All across the different race and ethnicities‚ people affected by the master-narrative are looked down upon because of who they are. This master-narrative has implemented in our minds what being an American means and who are accepted as American. We are able to gain understanding of what it is like to become a citizen through the Asian-American and LGBTQ experiences. I believe that the labeling theory is the best sociological theory to
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"The Storm."). Also‚ “She cushions but also clasps him‚ being both active and passive” (Chopin‚ "The Storm."). Then‚ “His heart beats “like a hammer upon her” while she “strokes his shoulders” (Chopin‚). Finally‚ they “swoon together at the very borderland of life’s mystery.” This forbidden union could not have been stopped‚ as it erupted from buried passions. Like a storm‚ it was a moment of powerful desires that was over in a brief instant. Additionally‚ the affair provided them a release of those
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The History and Sights of Calabria Calabria is a region in southern Italy‚ south of Naples located at the “toe” of the peninsula. The capital of the region is Cosenza. The region is bounded between Basilicata‚ the Tyrrhenian Sea‚ and the Ionian Sea. The region has a population of two million and that number is still rising. Calabria was first settled by Italic Oscan – speaking tribes. Two of these tribes consisted of Oenotri‚ or the “vine-cultivators” and the Itali. Greek contact with the latter
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There are a number of themes that can be extracted from the play based film‚ "Becket." They range everywhere from loyalty‚ honor‚ and friendship to politics and religious views of the time and concepts of secular and spiritual seperations. Many of these concepts presented in the film hold much contemporary relavance. What seems to be the most prevalent theme in "Becket" is honor. When looking into the film‚ we are made to ask the question "what is honor and who through the film has it?" Acording
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Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction‚ 45(1)‚ 43-64. doi:10.1080/00111610309595326 * Boyle‚ T. Coraghessan‚ (1995) The Tortilla Curtain‚ Penguin Books * Morrison‚ Toni (2007) Richter‚ Bedford/St. Martin’s Playing In the Dark (1791-1801) * Anzaldua‚ Gloria (2007) Richter‚ ‚ Bedford/St. Martin’s‚ La conciencia de la mestiza: Towards A New Conciousness (1850-1858)
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