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    whole land only occupied by tribes. More than 100 pilgrims traveled the long treacherous journey on the ship named “The Mayflower.” There were many storms‚ and the travel took months‚ but they finally made it to the new world. The pilgrims landed in “Cape Cod” where it was a good place to start their first settlement‚ The Plymouth Colony. What followed that was a long‚ horrible winter‚ for which the pilgrims were not prepared. Roughly fifty-two out of the 100 pilgrims died by the end of the horrible

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    retirement in 1977. Shot in both black-and-white and color‚ Callahan’s subjects include his wife Eleanor and daughter Barbara‚ nature and light studies‚ pedestrians in downtown Chicago‚ telephone lines‚ architecture in Providence‚ landscapes in Cape Cod‚ and scenes from his travels to such places as Great Britain‚ France‚ Japan‚ and Morocco. He also photographed collages he had made using images cut from such magazines as Vogue. “I never refused when he wanted to take a picture‚” said Eleanor Callahan

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    In the early 16th century‚ a ship reached Cape Cod shores and out stepped a large number of puritans that today‚ to the average American‚ they would be called pilgrims. When one thinks of the pilgrims‚ they will think of how they were one of the first people to colonize on the East coast and of the men and women who feasted with the Indians nearly 400 years ago. Despite the time difference between the two cultures‚ puritan and contemporary American society are similar in regards to our laws and punishment

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    required in order for the Europeans to settle even with their advantages in military and social technology -- they could dominate‚ as we see later on in the future --but not “settle” Mayflower - true or false different reasons for ending up in cape cod instead of virginia navigation error bad weather/storm hijack on purpose *** why everything doesn’t really work except on purpose hijack = put pilgrims in a dishonorable light storm = after storm‚ go back and change direction (they had plenty

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    you’re hurt doesn’t mean you’re broken”. This quote is from the movie Dolphin Tale because I thought it was the perfect example for my research paper. Dolphin tale is about how a real dolphin named Winter was found stranded in Mosquito Lagoon‚ near Cape Canaveral‚ Florida when she was only two months old‚ entangled in a crab trap line which cut circulation to her tail flukes. After disentanglement‚ she was transported to Clearwater Marine Aquarium for treatment of her extensive injuries. Dolphins

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    directed a campaign through St. John’s River in Florida in 1562. In 1564‚ Rene de Laudonniere followed the same path through St. Johns River. Before long the Spanish drove France out Florida. Samuel de Champlain investigated close to the South of Cape Cod and to the north of Nova Scotia and Port Royal. In 1608 he built a fort in Quebec. New France became populated with fishermen and ministers and had few forts and trading posts. Despite the fact French looked to colonize‚ settlement growth became

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    and the implementation of research fellowships and an education program for schoolchildren. Just when Brengle felt confident that the Museum was on track toward implementing the new strategy‚ another unusual opportunity arose. Off the shore of Cape Cod‚ an enormous Sperm whale died‚ and the U.S. Coast Guard asked if the Museum wanted the skeleton. Accepting the skeleton would imply supplementary fund-raising as well as finding a creative way to get it physically inside the Museum. Brengle’s leadership

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    This essay demonstrates and explains the differences between Virginia and Massachusetts in the terms of society and economy. Both colonies developed their own characteristics based upon the factors of: the economic motivation of the settlers‚ the political and religious motivation of the settlers‚ and the natural resources and climate of the region. Although located in different parts of the Americas they shared similarities and differences. In 1607‚ James I granted a charter for the settlement

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    A guy fell over and grabbed a sail‚ so they believed God was saving him. Overall only few died which is good because of all the diseases going around. They got to Cape Cod (New York) but couldn’t get off due to rocks so they turned around and ended up in Huston River. They again believed God would get them there. They got to Cape Harbor finally and kissed the land thanking God. Sensa was someone who traveled before them and said he’d rather travel by land. A guy said think of what we went through

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    Oliver Nolte Early American Literature Mrs. Frisbie 1/30/2011 1. Throughout the writing‚ Bradford gives numerous examples of how God directs the history of the pilgrims. At the beginning when describing the fate of the “proud and very profane” young man‚ Bradford begins with “And I may not omit here a special work of God’s providence”‚ that providence being Bradford’s death to illness‚ which according to Bradford was by the hand of God‚ “But it pleased God before they came half seas over‚ to

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