Salem. We are what we always were in Salem‚ but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom‚ and common vengeance writes the law!” (Miller’s The Crucible Act II‚ Pg. 77). The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a play that revolves around the Salem witch hunts‚ which occurred during the late 17th century. The play opens in Salem‚ Massachusetts during 1692 with a group of girls who are ill‚ with the symptoms of hallucinations and seizures. These sicknesses were attributed to the devil or
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Vera Claythorne: Loved a man named Hugo Hugo’s nephew was the boy she watched Since the boy was a boy‚ Hugo lost all the inheritance money and therefore could not marry vera Cyril desperately wanted to swim out to the rock in the ocean Vera knew he was too weak to Vera told him he could swim out there knowing full well that he would drown The family did not suspect her of killing him‚ but Hugo knew in his heart that she did so he left her What Vera didn’t know was that Hugo loved Cyril Dr. Armstrong:
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A.P. United States History Dr. Parsons 1/3/2012 DBQ 1996 Question: In what ways and to what extent did constitutional and social developments between 1860 and 1877 amount to a revolution? Doc A: South Carolina declaration of Causes of Secession‚ Dec. 24‚ 1860. Evidence: Interpretation of the 10th Amendment--…powers not prohibited to federal govt nor prohibited to states are reserved to the states‚ or people. Inference: Challenges Article 4‚ section 4 and Article 6‚ section 2; assumes
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Austin E. Industrialization DBQ Identify the issues raised by the growth of Manchester and analyze the various reactions to those issues over the course of the nineteenth century. Thesis: Industrialization rapidly changed the city of Manchester during the nineteenth century. The city experienced both positive and negative effects as a result of being industrialized. The factories caused many health issues for Manchester as a whole such as polluting rivers and filling the air with smog. These
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On March 5‚ 1770‚ a group of brave colonists gathered around a British Soldier at a local tax office. They hurled insults at the soldier‚ and with the confusion that ranged gunshots were heard; Five men were found wounded on the ground. Although the Boston Massacre seemed to be the colonists’ fault since they started off by hurling insults‚ we must remember how the British Soldiers treated the colonists before. For example‚ the Quartering Act forced families to have open their homes to British Soldiers
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individual that we seek for guidance‚ for inspiration‚ or to simply to save us from our troubles. To some they are know as heroes‚ but to me they are known as my mom and dad‚ they were always by my side in any situation I was in and they always kept their best interest at heart. No matter where I was in school‚ my parents were always behind me. Most noticeably in my high school career; my mother and father always push me to my limits to achieve better‚ but that’s just the surface they always had time
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this period was one that put America on track to its status of one of the biggest superpowers. America was thriving more than it had ever with an abundance of technological advancements‚ trade‚ and jobs. However‚ I don’t think this “Good War” was “justified” because it resulted in the death of millions of lives on both sides but I do believe the war was necessary for America to succeed as a country. I think that if another World War didn’t occur that America would have failed as a country and would
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4th‚ 1826. Around this time the American temperance was formed in Boston. The colonists justified their independence by writing the Declaration of Independence‚ going to war against Great Britain‚ and starting their own country for the greater good of colonists. Also Britain was enforcing unfair taxes and americans did not want to pay them.All these reasons is why the colonists broke away from britain. The colonists wanted independence from Britain because Britain was enforcing unfair taxes. Because
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was deeply in debt and trying to govern a far flung empire. Britain believed the colonists should help pay the costs for protecting them by levying taxes. In addition‚ they defaulted on their promise of land‚ in order to stay out of any new‚ costly battles. Both of these actions and colonists reaction to them‚ plus a fear of limited freedom caused the American Revolution. The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonists from settling land west of the Appalachian Mountains‚ land that they believed they
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Slavery was a very unstable‚ fluctuating part of history. From 1775 to 1830‚ slavery was booming‚ while at the same time‚ plenty of slaves were freed. Although this statement seems paradoxical‚ it is entirely accurate. The reasons for this happening range from political manipulation to social typecasting. Not only are these reasons imperative‚ but understanding how enslaved and freed African Americans responded to what was happening around them is also important. The expanding need and growth of
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