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    John Adams‚ Benjamin Franklin‚ Alexander Hamilton‚ John Jay‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ James Madison‚ and George Washington‚ all great men who founded our country. Each one with a different background‚ that changed their future. One of those men‚ Benjamin Franklin‚ was a well-known scientist‚ printer‚ politician‚ freemason‚ inventor‚ and much more. He had a different childhood‚ from what you might see today‚ but still came out being the brilliant man that he was. Like all of us he had dreams‚ but that wasn’t

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    George washington and John Paul Jones have many things in common‚ and thing that aren’t the same as the two guys. Also what it says in the text is that they are both brave and courageous guys‚ and face some dangerous times. And they have also had experiences in war or helping in the wars with people that need help or aler things. So you can compare and contrast with these two awesome guys and the ways they are alike or not even close to being alike. And there are some interesting thing about them

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    George Washington was a very important man‚ not only to American history but to the time period where and when he lived. He grew up as a very smart young man and grew up very wealthy also. He was also very into the outdoors‚ hunting‚ trapping‚ horseback riding and even mapping. Later on in his life these skills will have helped him and his country. In the French and Indian War Washington was chosen to be the leader of the American Army because of how well Washington knew the woods. This war

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    George Washington was the first president of the United States‚ he led the army in the Revolutionary War and was responsible for building a strong army out of untrained farmers. Benjamin Franklin played a very important role in the revolutionary war‚ as he helped write the Treaty of Paris‚ and the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson was the third president of America. He helped write the Declaration of Independence and during the war he was the governor of Virginia. Alexander Hamilton is

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    Revolutionary Contributions to Stable Government George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were two important presidents who had an enormous affect on our nation’s stable government and beginning years of our country. Each made their unique contributions to a new government under the Constitution after the failed adoption of the Articles of Confederation. After the war for independence‚ the Articles of Confederation‚ began to fail because there was no direct effective way to to collect revenue‚

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    Congress commissioned John Trumbull‚ in 1817 John Trumbull‚ in 1817‚ to paint a series of paintings including “General George Washington Resigning His Commission (WRHC)” (“Commission” n.d.‚ 2016‚ para 1). The painting depicts George Washington resigning his military commission before the Continental Congress in Annapolis‚ Maryland (“Annapolis” n.d.‚ para 1). However‚ Trumbull created WRHC in 1824 and placed it in 1826 (“Comission” n.d.). The year 1824 was an election year: Jackson v. Adams. Jackson

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    slaves and treated like dirt. Now days they are treated equally and have the same rights as everyone else. African American scientists and inventors have impacted my life in so many amazing ways. There’s Mark Dean‚ Rebecca Cole‚ and the famous George Washington Carver. To begin with‚ Mark Dean invented the first one gigahertz computer processor chip and a device that enabled computer components to communicate with each other rapidly. This made personal computers fast and efficient for the first

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    independence where you can do what you like without any restriction by anyone. Before George Washington the American colonies were under British rule‚ As a result life was complex due to issues like taxation without representation which was the most influential leading conflict that ultimately led to tensions that eventually sparked the American Revolutionary War leading to the uprising of George Washington. George Washington stands as a key founding father of the United States‚ through his leadership skills

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    �PAGE � �PAGE �4� September 9‚ 2007 Universal character traits in _Oedipus the King_ In Sophocles play‚ _Oedipus the Kin_g‚ there are many themes universal to all humans. The main character‚ Oedipus‚ exhibits traits that humans possess and covet. We do not wish to kill our father and marry our mother‚ but we can relate metaphorically to his situation. We relate to the broad range of emotions he displays and his reaction in various situations. Oedipus mistakenly thinks he can change his fate

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    George Washington was the oldest of Mary and Augustine’s six children. He grew up on Popes Creek in Westmore County‚ Virginia‚ but moved a couple of times. His family traces back to his great-grandfather‚ who was granted land by King Henry the 8th. George was homeschooled from the ages of 7 to 15. His father died when he was just 11. Before the revolution In the early 1750s‚ England and France were at peace‚ but the French began to occupy much of the Ohio River valley‚ a valley the English didn’t

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