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    After the Louisiana Purchase in 1803‚ a large amount of land west of the original 13 states and the Northwest Territory was acquired. The open land‚ additional benefits and other existing problems encouraged Americans to expand westward. The American people began to realize that the future of the country lay in the development of its own western resources. There were many reasons that made the people face the grueling and dangerous movement west‚ but the primary reason was economy

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    sparking the American economic growth in the first half of the nineteenth century. The cotton gin was just one of the few reasons in which the American economy grew at a rapid pace. Eli Whitney’s intention in 1793 of the cotton gin‚ which separated raw cotton from seeds and other waste‚ caused the economy to boom‚ with the growth of southern farms. As the southern plantations who could keep up with this new boom in cotton got larger and larger‚ small farmers moved west. This migration of small farmers

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    the North‚ cities were centers of wealth and manufacturing. There were many skilled workers. In the South there was not much manufacturing. There were not many skilled workers. Most of the people were farmers. Money came from plantation crops‚ like cotton‚ and slavery was a major piece of their economy. Their respective societies were also diverse. The period between 1800 and 1850 brought rapid population growth throughout the United States. In the North the overall population rose from about 5 million

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    later when people may have thought to improve raw material. People started to use fibers found in nature and hand processes to make fibers into cloth. Silk from China was famous item of trade and it was imported to Egypt as earlier as 1000 B.C. Cotton has been cultivated for more than 5000 years‚ it was grown and used for textile purposes in Indus Valley well before 2100 B.C and in Mexico by 3500 B.C. With the passage of time both the fibers and processes of fabric formation improved. However

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    The Industrial Revolution was a turning point in America and Europe that affected how the people in these two areas lived for the good and bad of many. Machines during the Industrial Revolution set the standard for what the future would hold for America and Europe‚ but would not only would their futures be changed but the outcomes of their revolution would spread causing a global revolution. The machines brought about not only a huge growth in modernization‚ but a huge change in the lives of the

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    School of Management Royal Holloway‚ University of London Entrepreneurship Development for Cotton Ginning (in India) By Suraj Sanjay Malu MSc in Entrepreneurship School of Management 2011-12 Supervisor: - Nellika‚ Pushyarag. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to thank my supervisors‚ friends and family‚ without their support this research study would not have been possible. DECLARATION I adjudge that the entire content

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    PICKING COTTON BY DAVID GRAVES Abstract This story is about two people‚ two victims of crime. Two people that suffered from circumstance and circumstantial evidence. Ronald Cotton and Jennifer Thompson are these two people. This story is about the way circumstantial evidence convicts and the way DNA exonerates. Ronald Cotton and Jennifer Thompson are living the ultimate human story. It is one of error‚ recognizing it and being redeemed. Ronald Cotton and

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    The most famous nightclub in New York during the Harlem Renaissance was the Cotton Club. Important black entertainers of the times played to all-white audiences. The attitude white Americans had toward African Americans‚ the African American entertainers‚ and the colorful atmosphere caused white Americans to be the clientele of the Cotton Club. The Cotton Club was a famous nightclub in the Harlem district of New York City. It opened under the name of Club Deluxe during the Harlem Renaissance in

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    After the Glorious Revolution in 1688‚ the beverage gin began to overtake beer. Soon the distilling of gin was available to anybody that was willing to play taxes. However the government had an inconsistency for their taxation method. The Gin Act of 1736 was an example of the governments many actions toward the distillation of gin. At first the Gin Act imposed a high license fee for gin retailers with a very high gallon tax but within a few years these rules changed. Although there were numerous

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    1. The Industrial Revolution‚ which took place from the 18th to 19th centuries‚ was a period of time when water and steam power replaced muscle power‚ and rural societies in Europe and America became industrial and urban. There were many reasons why the Industrial Revolution started in England. One reason it started in England was because there were a lot of fast moving rivers. This geographical feature was important because in order to operate the water wheel‚ you needed fast moving rivers

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