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    led the American colonists to realize that they did not need the British any longer. The colonists felt that they themselves‚ were not Englishmen but members of their own society within the American colonies. By winning the French and Indian war the British were entitled to the land east of the Mississippi River to the Appalachian Mountains. As the Americans began to move westward thinking that if they fought the war in the colonies‚ they were entitled to that land. While the American soldiers

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    The British Monarchy has had a large influence on Canada since European exploration of the Americas began in the late 15th century. However‚ over the last few decades there has been increasing debates over the relevance of the British monarchy in modern day Canada. Over the past few decades there has been a shift from monarchy to constitutional monarchy; this means the the King and Queen no longer have executive power to do what they please‚ the power now falls to an elected parliament (Citation)

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    “The British are coming the British are coming” Paul Revere said this famous quote. This report is going to be about the life of Paul Revere and his famous ride. Paul Revere was born on January 1‚ 1735‚ Boston MA. During Paul Revere’s young childhood he had eleven siblings. He was the second oldest child and the eldest surviving son. He attended the North Writing School‚ he started attending the school at age 7. By the age of 13 Paul had graduated from the North Writing School. After he graduated

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    contrast extreme poverty. British Empire was the dominant power in the world at the Victorian era‚ and by the word empire according to oxford dictionary‚ we refer to “An extensive group of states or countries ruled over by a single monarch‚ an oligarchy‚ or a sovereign state” (oxforddictionaries.com). At that time‚ the monarch that was ruling is Queen Victoria; she brought England to its highest point of development as a world power. Queen Victoria expanded the British imperial abroad and colonized

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    The American colonies differed greatly from one another. Although they were in the same region of the land‚ some had better farming than that of others and some had better trade routes than the other colonies. No two colonies had the same agricultural needs. Georgia’s agriculture is different from Rhode Island. They also differed by the use and need of slavery. Slaves are needed more in agricultural areas than trade areas. That doesn’t mean that the northern colonies did not have slaves; it just

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    Another reason for the difference in development of the two societies was the settlers each of them attracted. The main difference lies in the orientation of the settlers. New England attracted entire families of settlers including men‚ women‚ and children‚ while the Chesapeake regions like Virginia primarily gathered young single men who were not related to each other (Document 2 and 3). The final reason why these societies turned out very different was that their economies were vastly different

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    EPA presents the Colony Collapse Disorder‚ which is believed to be affecting the lives of the bees (1). “Colony Collapse Disorder is the phenomenon that occurs when the majority of worker bees in a colony disappear and leave behind a queen‚ plenty of food‚ and a few nurse bees to care for the remaining immature bees and the queen” (EPA 1). The Environmental Protection

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    imbalance in North America and the mother country England. During the French and Indian war the British had to use a lot of money to fund the war. After the war was over and the British had successfully beaten the French‚ England had a drastic economic downfall because of all of the money they had used during the war. England had a simple solution to all of their problems; they had tax their colonies in order to be refunded back for the war. The disputes over trade‚ government control‚ and taxes

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    Section 003 Professor Haug India was a British colony in the 18th century between 1858 and 1947‚ the Indian solders assisted the British to conquer India‚ and they were however mistreated at the hands of their colonizers and denied higher positions which they were qualified for. This was a strategy used by the colonizers to ensure that they maintain control and power over the natives. Moreover Indians were traded as slaves to other British colonies where they provided free labor which enhanced

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    Bee Colony Collapse

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    However‚ Bee colony collapse disorder has contributed to an approximate loss of about 30% of pollinators each year for the last ten years. This is a big increase in the average loss of pollinators from the 1990s-mid 2000s which varied from 17%-20% per year (Johnson)

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