On August 19‚ 1910 the Big Burn in the Rocky Moutains began‚ recorded as the largest and most destrustive fire‚ in North America. At the time the United States fire service was only five years old‚ with very little experience and preparation to handle such a large forest fire. It destroys an area the size of Connecticut within a matter of 36 hours‚ equaling more than three-million acres of forest‚ and $1 billion worth lost in timber. There were atleast 78 firefighter fatalities‚ however it is unknown
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extremely special to me‚ those days are Holidays. The word holiday derived from the notion of "Holy Day"‚ and gradually evolved to its current form. The word holiday comes from the Old English word hāligdæg. The word originally referred only to special religious days. To me Holidays are the perfect time of year regarding Tradition‚ Reunion and last but not least the amazing food! First‚ Holidays are the perfect time of year for Traditon‚ One tradition we have is during Christmas time‚ We first gather
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Mercantilist Relationship between the American Colonies and the British Government Randi Roselle BE/HS 310-03 Professor W.M. Gorman February 13‚ 2012 Mercantilism is an economic policy and theory where the government has complete control of trade‚ both foreign and inside boundaries. This policy was dominant during the 16th‚ 17th‚ and late 18th centuries‚ it demanded a positive balance of trade between the countries it was involved with. There were many policies that were within the theory based
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New world to the American Revolution (1492-1789) Political and religious reasons behind exploration of new world by European counties Effects of settlement on Native American tribes and resulting tension Major differences among New England‚ middle‚ Chesapeake‚ and southern colonies Causes and effects of the great awakening Events (laws‚ act‚ skirmishes) leading to Revolutionary war The results of First and Second continental
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colonization of America by European powers began in the 15th century and continued through the 17th century. The Spanish‚ French‚ Dutch‚ and English were the major European powers that explored and colonized America. Each of these countries had different reasons for exploring and colonizing America. The Spanish were primarily interested in finding gold and silver. They believed that America was rich in these precious metals and that they could make a fortune by mining them. The Spanish also wanted to
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Comparing & Contrast Fresh Foods instead of canned food Eating is what us humans would love to do we eat maximum three times a day. We live in a world on where we have a variety of foods and we are responsible of what we eat. We make the decision on eating certain types of foods and we know how it would affect our body. I’m compare and contrast the differences between eating fresh food instead of canned foods. These are the main differences are flavor‚ health benefits‚ and cost. The difference
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Establishing the Colonies Name _____ Motives for settling in the New World: Spread Christianity Find a short cut to Asia Better job opportunities Roanoke Island With the permission of Queen Elizabeth‚ Sir Walter Raleigh raised money to establish a colony‚ and in 1585 a small group of men sailed for the Americas. What did Raleigh find when he returned to the Lost Colony of Roanoke in 1589? The people had vanished and they found the word‚ “Croatian” carved in a tree. Jamestown What
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Were the Crusades Political or Religious? The Middle Ages was a religious age that was dominated by papacy. The Crusades show the religiousness of the Europeans in the Middle Ages‚ though we question ourselves if that was their only motive: Religion. People fought the Muslims‚ Seljuk Turks‚ to regain the Middle East in the name of "crusaders" which means "marked with the cross". This was the beginning of the Europe’s waking up to use their growing power to look outside Europe and dominate more lands
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workshops; and knowing that I only wanted to attend a university that offered online degree programs‚ I was able to narrow my choices down between two universities‚ Ashford University and University of Phoenix. As I write this paper‚ I will compare and contrast the similarities and differences between the two universities and show a clear understanding behind the reason why I chose Ashford University over University of Phoenix. First‚ I will address a few similarities between the two universities
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Compare and contrast Everyday‚ stereotype is used in the society. Sometimes‚ when people use stereotype on other people‚ they don’t even recognize it because it’s so common and is ignored by the society. It’s a way to judge people through their common believes based on ethnicity‚ gender‚ skin color‚ appearance and language of the people who are being judged. For example‚ when people see a Vietnamese woman in her 20’s‚ 30’s and 40’s just migrated to America‚ they would assume that she will be working
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