The Impact of J.K. Rowling on American Culture We do not need magic to transform our world we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already -J.K. Rowling. J.K. Rowling is a fictional writer born in England. She is most widely known for creating the wonderful world of Harry Potter in the 1990’s. Rowling came up with this idea for Harry Potter while delayed on a train and many of her ideas for the book came from her own life. The Harry Potter book series contains seven books that are immensely
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Constitutionalism Constitutionalism is a set of ideas‚ attitudes‚ and patterns of behavior that have to do with the limitation of authority held by government by fundamental laws. In 1215 Magna Canta was on of these documents that limited the government’s power and focuses on rights and tradition. These laws had been established after Parliament was continuously over stepped by higher authority‚ such as earlier kings like James I and‚ “Lord Protector”‚ Oliver Cromwell. James I ruled England during
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During the Romantics time‚ people were very anti-Puritan and all for a new way of life. They were all tired of such strict rules and wanted to have more freedom. Americans were starting to realize how awful it was to live during Puritan times and they knew they wanted something else. This anti-Puritanism time was a turning point in American literature and American society. Many people wanted to get away from the Puritan way of life to establish America as it’s own country‚ and not just a replication
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Erica Xin Mr.Engle Survery of American Literature 10/8/2015 Pride’s Purge The first and earliest use of the term "purge" was the English Civil War’s Pride’s Purge. Pride’s Purge is arguably the only military coup in English history‚ which had a great impact on England’s governing system. During the mid 1600s‚ the parliamentarians who didn’t support the Grandees in the New Model Army‚ which included the royalists‚ the House of Lords and the Levellers‚ were purged under the command of Thomas Pride
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“Curiouser and curiouser!” Lewis Carroll‚ Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Imagine a world where nothing is sane. Everything is mad. And if you’re sane‚ well‚ you’re mad too. This perfectly describes the curious world of Wonderland. This book isn’t just a fairytale‚ it is also a satire. It is a satire of the historical English Wars of the Roses. The wars between the House of Lancaster and the House of York stemmed from the pathetic rule of King Henry VI‚ who was also known as the Red King. His
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The Whisky Rebellion- George Washington’s Secretary of Treasury proposed a new excise tax on whisky to gain revenue to pay off the countries debt. Hamilton knew that the idea of tax was not accepted by Americans in previous years‚ however‚ he saw it necessary to form a strong and effective national government. Initially‚ the rebellion began in July of 1794 when a group of angry tax protesters demolished the home of a tax inspector (PBS). The rebellion grew and many protesters brought back the idea
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Samuel Butler‚ a famed novelist‚ once said “Self preservation is the first law of nature.” Although Benedict Arnold was born nearly a century before Butler‚ he must have held similar beliefs‚ as seen in his actions throughout the course of the American Revolution. The American Revolution began with the egregious debt in Great Britain‚ effects of their participation in the French and Indian War‚ which led to their constant creation of newer and more upsetting taxes in the colonies (Moore‚ Robert J
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Patrick Henry spent most of his childhood educating himself in his free time. Henry failed in businesses which soon led to his marriage with Sarah Shelton in 1754. His house later burned down and He attempted to start another business which failed again. This is where his career in law started. Patrick Henry was the first and the sixth governor of Virginia. Henry led antagonism to the Stamp Act in 1765 and he is mostly remembered by his speech‚”Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”. He was know as
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(1)In 1778 when English explorer James Cook came across the Hawaiian islands‚ he wasn’t aware of the battle he was bringing to the Hawaiian people. For the next 100 years the U.S.‚ Britain‚ and France significantly changed Hawaii. Diseases brought by these white foreigners wiped out 75 percent of the natives and all 3 of these countries looked for ways to influence the rule of this resource rich territory. U.S. imperialists began to succeed when they got Hawaii to sign a free-trade agreement to satisfy
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How did American response to the Stamp Act influence future protest against British attempts to acquire revenues from the colonies‚ 1765-1775? Desiring revenue from the colonists to offset the massive expenditures for defense‚ the British began to pass a number of acts such as the currency‚ sugar‚ quartering‚ and stamp acts. Naturally‚ the colonists objected to these acts. They had proclaimed taxation without representation and began to boycott British goods while protesting. On the
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