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    Christopher Columbus was born on October 31‚ 1451 in Genoa‚ Italy to a wool merchant. Growing up in the Republic of Genoa‚ Columbus began his sailing career‚ but in 1477 he was hired as a merchant mariner for King John II of Portugal. Christopher Columbus is most known for being an explorer who‚ “discovered” America in 1492. Most Americans are taught that Christopher Columbus came up with the idea that the world was round and that everyone else believed it was flat (which is a myth made up in the

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    The Independence Day Independence Day is annually celebrated on July 4 and is often known as "the Fourth of July". It is the anniversary of the publication of the declaration of independence from Great Britain in 1776. Patriotic displays and family events are organized throughout the United States. Many people display the American flag on their homes. The celebrations have deep roots in the American tradition of political freedom. Background During the American Revolution‚ the legal separation

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    Journal Entry #1: Howard Zinn Ch.1 In the first chapter titled‚ “Columbus‚ The Indians‚ and Human Progress” I learned about multiple things. Although‚ I was already informed that Columbus did not actually discover America‚ I knew quite little about the gruesome acts of violence he had committed including genocide. Throughout my education‚ Columbus was introduced as the hero who discovered the new world. Along with history books‚ teachers have also mislead us to believe this. This also showed me

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    Christopher Columbus: An Angel of Mercy becomes the Angel of Death Europe was a continent emerging from the darkness of the Middle Ages. The people had endured a long period of war‚ disease‚ and general strife. Europe was emerging from the Middle Ages with a new sense of confidence and self-worth. Europe’s achievements‚ however‚ led to ever increasing confidence. Christopher Columbus’s “The Journal of Christopher Columbus” documents his actions taken in the Americas as well as insight into his

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    26th of January 1950 was the day when India got its own constitution and became biggest democratic nation of the world. Since then this day has been celebrated as national festival and called as Republic day of India. In this essay we have provided‚ not only the glimpse of Republic day celebration but also interesting images for attraction of kids. Republic Day of India India is the world’s biggest democratic nation. Though India got freedom against British rule on 15th of August 1947

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    Children’s Day is to celebrate "childhood". On Children’s Day tribute is payed to all children in the world. Children are loved by one and all. They win over our hearts with their angelic eyes and innocent smiles. It makes one realise that maybe that’s the way God wanted us to be. India’s first prime minister‚ Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru‚ was born on November 14. After his death in 1963‚ his birthday has been celebrated as children’s Day in India.Children’s Day is not just a day to let the future

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    INDEPENDENCE DAY "At the stroke of the midnight hour‚ when the world sleeps‚ India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes‚ which comes but rarely in history‚ when we step out from the old to the new…India discovers herself again." - Jawaharlal Nehru (on Indian Independence Day‚ 1947) “Every year‚ we celebrate our Independence Day with great fervour as well as joy and justifiably so‚ as it commemorates that day‚ when after many years of subjugation‚ our country gained its freedom.

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    more riches in East Asia. In 1493 under the flag of Spain‚ Christopher Columbus attempted to reach the Indies by navigating west on the Atlantic Ocean but ended up in new world; the Americas. He reported the new world he discovered in a letter‚ which grabbed the attention of another writer‚ Michel de Montaigne‚ who challenged the perception of how Europeans viewed these “savages”. The genres in the literary works of Columbus’ letter and Montaigne’s essay both portray new ideas‚ images‚ and the practices

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    would go well for me‚ so I would get picked more often to go. ‘Course‚ I only have Mamá that is my family and it would break her heart if I died out at sea. The rudder of ‘da Pinta slipped so we had to make an unthought-of stop at the Canary Island. Columbus ordered the other captain to stay there and try to fix it while we went to Gomera to find another ship but alas‚ none were available. We started to sail back but something caught my eye. A fiery explosion and the volcano Tenerife had erupted. A

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    October 12th‚ 1492: Christopher Columbus lands in the Americas Upon his landing‚ Henretta stated that: “Believing that he had reached Asia — the Indies‚ in fifteenth-century parlance — Columbus called the native inhabitants Indians and the islands the West Indies.” (1) The term “Indians” became synonymous with describing Native Americans‚ and continues to this day. Columbus actually landed in the Bahamas. His discovery prompted further exploration of the Americas‚ sending the race of colonization

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