Unit 2: Our Developing Nation Notes BNA in early 19th century Eastern part = growing War of 1812 ended‚ newcomers come to Upper C‚ forests cleared‚ communities‚ roads‚ farms built Lower C = building economy‚ attracted entrepreneurs Maritime colonies – fishing‚ forestry‚ shipbuilding‚ trading Hudson’s Bay Company – north and west‚ claimed all lands drained by rivers flowing into Hudson Bay (huge part of NA) Fur trade expanded west‚ North West Company‚ based in Montreal‚ built relationships
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The Hunagrian Empire went through several times with both positive and negative influences. One of the most significant influences includes‚ Empress Elisabeth‚ “Sisi.” Though she was known for staying out of the public eye‚ she still greatly impacted Hungary‚ deemed as a figure of respect to this day. Elisabeth accompanied her mother and to Bad Ischl‚ where they met their cousin‚ 23-year-old Emperor Franz Josef‚ in 1853 when Elisabeth was sixteen. Although Helene was supposed to be the bride
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http://www.designhotels.com/hotels/europe/france/paris/murano_resort_paris (accessed November 26th 2011) Hotel facilities for a number of boutique hotels in France (2011) Available at: http://www.greatsmallhotels.com/france/blanquefort/boutique-hotels/chateau-grattequina Accessed on: 16th December 2011) Hotel Facilities for a number of boutiques (2011) Available at: http://www.mrandmrssmith.com/us/hotel-search-results. (Accessed on December 16th 2011) Hotel Facilities for a number of boutiques (2011) Available
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Andon Kiryazov December 14th‚ 2011 Final paper The novels of Alexander Dumas are favorites of many generations of readers because of his fascinating characters‚ tangled stories and dynamic plots. One of them‚ “The Count of Monte Cristo” was finished in 1844. Given its brilliant storyline about love and revenge in the 18th century‚ the novel was brought to life for the first time in 1934 by director Rowland V Lee and skillful actors Robert Donat‚ Elissa Landi and Sidney Blackmer. However‚ would
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“Our ability to read and understand any particular novel is enhanced by our knowledge of other novels and by our awareness of the history and theory of novels”. Our ability to read a novel is most certainly enhanced by our knowledge of other novels. To draw meaning‚ and feel emotion‚ from such novels we must understand their relationship with the world they are based in‚ the world we know‚ through lived experience. The mimetic content of a novel‚ or its themes and ideas‚ are thought about in
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Spinal Tap Spinal Tap is an satirical Rob Reiner film starring actors Michael McKean‚ Christopher Guest‚ and Harry Shearer. On March 2‚ 1984‚ marks the release of one of history’s most acclaimed documentaries ‚ “rockumentaries‚” This Is Spinal Tap‚ which told the story of one of England’s most powerful‚ exuberant and punctual fake rock bands: Spinal Tap. Spinal Tap is a improv comedy with a documentary style. The group unwittingly made an enormous contribution to the folklore of popular music.
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Summary The Demerara Slave Revolt The 1823 slave revolt in Demarara‚ Guyana‚ started on a sugar plantation called “Plantation Success”- on the east coast of the colony on August 23. It spread throughout the nearby area to involve slaves from at least fifty-five plantations. In total‚ around ten thousand of the approximately seventy-five thousand slaves who lived in the colony rose in violent rebellion against their oppressors. The revolt would have been even larger‚ however‚ had the slaves succeeded
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The Coronation of Napoleon Jacques Louis David 1807 The Coronation of Napoleon was an extremely important work of art during this time‚ as it dictated both a political and symbolic message. Napoleon I had risen to the title of Emperor in May 1804 and his coronation took place the grand Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on December 2 of the same year. He commissioned artist Jacques Louis David to commemorate the event on a canvas measuring over five hundred square feet! To prove his independence
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and second estate. However‚ Madame Defarge had a stronger hatred toward the aristocrats due to her childhood when they killed her family. Defarge was the one who encouraged his wife to execute the idea of having vengeance on the aristocrats. “The Chateau all the race‚ returned Defarge‚ Extermination” (229). Here Defarge first
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“Marie Antoinette” In Vienna‚ on November 2‚ 1755 the thirty-eight-year-old sovereign‚ ruler of an empire‚ Marie Theresa‚ was to give birth for the fifteenth time in her life to‚ Maria Antonia Josephina Johanna. Since all the archduchesses were given the first name Maria‚ they were usually addressed by their second name. Maria Theresa would refer to her youngest daughter as Antonia. It was the French who would call her Marie Antoinette. In the meantime Antonia blossomed she grew and developed
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