the need of transportation. -The American frontier is distinct from the European frontier due 2 an abundance of free land. Its isolation led to the need of transportation. -Although the frontier forced ppl to change (switch from railroad car to canoe) it still maintains frontier characteristics after being settled. Thus‚ the frontier meant a steady movement away form the influence of Europe. -The areas that had been settled upon were a source of political concern since it was surrounded by Indians
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John Steinbeck (1902-1968)‚ born in Salinas‚ California‚ came from a family of moderate means. He worked his way through college at Stanford University but never graduated. In 1925 he went to New York‚ where he tried for a few years to establish himself as a free-lance writer‚ but he failed and returned to California. After publishing some novels and short stories‚ Steinbeck first became widely known with Tortilla Flat (1935)‚ a series of humorous stories about Monterey paisanos. Steinbeck’s novels
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Explain three difficulties faced by the Europeans during the early stages of the new world settlement Three difficulties faced by the Europeans during the early stages of the new world settlement were resistance from the Amerindians‚ lack of supplies and food and natural disasters. The Europeans could not understand the resistance of the Amerindians. They felt that their culture and weapons were superior to that of the Amerindians and so they felt justified in their use of force against them
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Case Study: Growing Pains What is going on? Waterway Industries began its service in 1963 from small and high quality canoe maker. Cyrus Maher who is CEO had maintained a steady growth right up until 1990. Recently he may be facing a human resources problem. Lee Carter is a relatively new employee whose high-powered sales ability has completely changed sleepy canoe company into extraordinary growth. But Maher has overheard Carter discussing a new job that would offer equity position and money‚
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don’t Tupa will kill you” Mako Yelled‚ but it was too late Tupa surging out of the water to make the first attack‚ I bit him in the fin and then swam away. Tupa trying to attack again this time on the canoe‚ Mako drove back his spear and let flow in the wind hitting tupa. I made it back to the canoe barking as loud as I could. “Calm down Afa.” as Mako went closer to Tupa the more I started growling‚ I knew something sharks did that Mako didn’t‚ or at least I think i did . Mako going for the final
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Arkansas River in Arkansas. He was a french man. (he found the mississippi) -the men started their journey on canoe by may -in 1673 he returned to the fur trading business -he became famous for his trip and after official regional maps were created -in 1697 he became a hydrography professor in Quebec and died in 1700 -he was coming back from his journey after Marquette died and his canoe capsized -fishermen saved him but his notes were ruined so he wrote things down based on his memory
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John White who was a colonist and artist sailed to the shore of North Carolina with Richard Grenville in 1585. He served as mapmaker and artist during this journey. As he traveled‚ he completed a number of watercolor drawings of native people and the landscapes. White’s watercolors soon caught a widespread reaction of interest of people in Europe. Later‚ watercolors were engraved by a Flemish engraver Theodor de Bry and published in 1590. Comparing John White’s original work and De Bry’s work‚ depiction
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River‚ and Shelia Mant” by W.D. Wetherell and I am on page 6. This book is about a boy who likes a girl next to their cabin and he has watched knows all her moods and he’s also showed off to her. He finally asks her out to the fair and he decides to canoe up to the fair he catches a big bass in fact the biggest one he has ever had but he soon finds out she dosent like fishing so he cuts his fishing line. In this paper I will be___ Active Reading Strategy ____and ______ Active Reading Strategy ___ Power
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medicine for him. Xavier knows this and refuses to become addicted to it as he does not want to lose his identity and go insane like Elijah. Although Xavier believes this‚ he still ends up becoming addicted to morphine like Elijah. While traveling in the canoe‚ Xavier says‚ “The relief of taking a syringe from my kit and readying my arm washes over me almost as sweetly as the medicine itself” (p. 25). When Xavier comes back from the war‚ he is already a morphine addict. Xavier started to take morphine in
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_________________DATE: _____________________ I. Decide whether each of the following word groups is a sentence or a sentence fragment. If the word group is a sentence‚ write S on the line provided. If it is a sentence fragment‚ write F. _________ 1. Taking a canoe trip in Canada. _________ 2. Sufficient food for a week’s journey. _________ 3. Others had camped there before us. _________ 4. Ashes indicated the place. _________ 5. Where their fire had been. _________ 6. How clearly was the trail marked? _________
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