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    Terry Fox

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    he started his 143 day run. Days became longer‚ nights became shorter but kind hearted Terry still did not give up the amazing fight he put on against cancer. Terry started his run in St. Johns Newfoundland then ended his marathon outside of Thunder Bay. He unfortunately died one month before his twenty second birthday but he raised a total of 1.7 million dollars. Plus people are still contributing today to the foundation and about 500 million dollars have been made. Tomorrow on Friday September

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    In 1540‚ Hernando de Soto was looking for gold and entered Alabama. This was where he killed thousand of Indians in the bllody massacre known as the Battle of Maubila. A Spanish gold hunter by the name of Tristan de Luna tried to settle in Mobile Bay in 1559. Since his people ran out of food and could not find gold they lost interest in Alabama and left. The French were the first Europeans to permanently settle in Alabama. The Le Moynes Brother built Fort Louie on the Mobile river in 1702. Due to

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    Chapter One Colombian Exchange: Very similar to Triangular Trade‚ the Colombian Exchange was a trade route facilitated for a majority by Europeans that traded Food‚ animals‚ ideas‚ weapons‚ plants‚ slaves‚ and among other things‚ diseases. Nation-States: A nation or state unified by one common entity or idea‚ most commonly a government but also apart from politics‚ race‚ language‚ ancestry or culture. Protestant Reformation: The break in religion between Europe and England as prompted by

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    A Life Source The Truth About The Taguibo Watershed THE BASIN OF LIFE: THE ETERNAL VALUE OF THE TAGUIBO WATERSHED                 It was in 1960 when the Taguibo Watershed area became a part of the concession of Butuan Logs Inc. which resulted in the Philippine Army declaring it a “No Mans Land” in 1984. Eventually‚ 4‚367.44 hectares out of the 12‚438 hectares was proclaimed Taguibo River Watershed Forest Reserve under Presidential Proclamation No. 1075 dated September 4‚ 1997.                 

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    (4400ft) above the sea-level towards the Western Ghat and takes and easterly course passing through Stats of Karnataka and TamilNadu and confluence into the Bay of Bengal. The river has many small tributaries. Mettur Reservoir constructed across the river Cauvery by the State of TamilNadu. The waters from Mettur Reservoir is passing into upper Anicut where river Cauvery divided into two branch (i.e) northern

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    000 in breeding. Introduction The African Penguin also known as the Black Footed Penguin is on the endangered species list and it currently resides on the south-western coast of Africa‚ living in colonies on 24 islands between Namibia and Algoa Bay‚ near Port Elizabeth‚ South Africa. The major threats to these penguins are global warming‚ tourism‚ fishing‚ and oil spills; right now there are many conservation efforts all over the world to try and help these poor animals. The African Penguin has

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    When first English settlers began arriving in America in the 1700’s they mainly settled in two regions - New England and the Chesapeake. Even though both groups of people were English by origin‚ they had developed two very different societies. Each group had it’s own beliefs and expectations of what they will find in this new world‚ and the results of their settlement were very different as well. When the ship headed for Virginia left England in 1635‚ it was filled mostly with men in their twenties

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    Connecticut – Fundamental Orders Massachusetts Bay – General Court How can the Mayflower Compact best be described? A promising step toward genuine self-government William Bradford- was the leader that helped the Pilgrims survive. The historical significance of the Pilgrims of Plymouth Bay lies in their moral and spiritual qualities. Unlike Separatists‚ the Puritans - remained members of the Church of England Initially‚ the Massachusetts Bay Colony enjoyed all of the following advantages -

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    Jean Laffite was a French pirate and privateer in the Gulf of Mexico in the early 1800’s. Lafitte was either born in France or a French colony of saint-Dominique. Though Lafitte tried to warn barataria of a British attack‚ American authorities successfully invaded in 1814 and captured most of Lafitte’s fleet. Lafitte helped a general Andrew Jackson defend parts of new Orleans against the British in 1815. Lafitte continued attacking merchant ships as a pirate around Central America ports until

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    the English. If one were to focus mostly on the New England and Chesapeake colonies‚ one would find that although they were settled by similar people‚ they ended up splitting for very different reasons. The New England colonies were searching for religious freedom from the Church of England‚ whereas the Chesapeake colonies were striving for economic growth. The New England colonies consisted of the settlements of Massachusetts Bay Colony‚ Connecticut Colony‚ Colony of Rhode Island and Providence

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