Hawai’i By: Kaleem Minor In January 1778‚ James Cook of Britain made his first visit to the Hawaiian Islands. He was the first European to ever visit the island group‚ which he named the Sandwich Islands in honor of one of his patrons‚ John Montague‚ the Earl of Sandwich. The ships then made a brief stop at Ni’ihau‚ the seventh largest of the inhabited Hawaiian Islands‚ and headed north to look for the western end of a northwest passage from the North Atlantic to the Pacific. Almost one year
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France vs. America “Culture is little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass-you don’t see it‚ but somehow it does something.’’ Hans Magnus Enzensberger. American and French commercials are very different yet similar. The American commercials are very straight forward and succinct. On the other hand‚ the french commercials are very unique and modern. The Americans uses straight forward advertisements‚ when the french uses more poetic advertisments. The Americans and the French both use convincing
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drawn to North America for economic and political reasons. Closely followed by Columbus’ “discovery” of the New World in 1492 were the establishments of European colonies as well as the French. The responses European settlers had to Native American tribes reflected their own cultural and economic viewpoints. The British tended to oppress Native Americans economically and culturally and denied their potential contributions to helping growing settlements in the New World. The Spanish responded harshly
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Even in today’s complex society‚ the effects of past colonization can still be felt. The most obvious of these effects on society is a change in the culture of any colonized area or group of people. This is a direct result from the forceful tactics used during historical colonization. Colonization has occurred throughout history. In Europe‚ three of the most influential colonizers were the Spanish‚ the French‚ and the British. These three countries were driven by three very basic motives:
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allowed slavery till the late 1700’s. Researching the southern middle and New England colonies one can identify the similarities and differences within the justification of slavery‚ types of slavery within the colonies‚ and the treatments of the different slaves. Considering all of the elements of why slavery was allowed before the 1700’s understanding the similarities and differences between the different colonies had more slaves than others. To begin some might
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European explorers first landed on the shores of what would later become North America more than 500 years ago. English settlers ventured out to establish their claims over lands in the New World. Two principal areas they established were the English colonies of the Chesapeake and their counterparts at Massachusetts Bay. The English colonies and the Massachusetts Bay settlements were different economically and socially but similar religiously. The Chesapeake colonies were founded on a basis of mainly
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have been extremely similar. Unbeknownst to the other side‚ the ideas could easily be compared. Of course‚ they were many thoughts that were the exact opposite of what the other side was thinking. This essay will help you understand the similarity and differences of the viewpoints of the North and the South. The North was fighting so that they could protect their country and wanted to end slavery. The North at first was fighting the South because they had begun the war‚ not for the abolishment
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I am going to show the similarities and differences between the articles and federalist papers. We will look at the authors of both‚ and how they influenced america in the modern era. First before we do anything we need to look why they each were made. The Articles were made as the US’s first ever constitution which would later be ratified to the US constitution we know today but we won’t get into that till later. All the Federalist papers were written to convey the people of New York to support
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Week 1 Written Assignment Statues have been used throughout history to immortalize important people‚ as well as common subjects. Depending on the purpose of the statue‚ different materials and postures were often selected to communicate these differences. For this paper we examine one example of a statue of a powerful ruler is the statue of Gudea‚ which was created around 2090 BCE in Mesopotamia. (Metropolitian Museum of Art‚ n.d.) We contrast this with a statue of the non-royal‚ statue of Memi
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of Filipino dishes come from Spain. Spain colonized the Philippines for more than 300 years. It’s no surprise that our dishes have strong Spanish influence. Tweaking the saltiness and sweetness to fit the Filipino taste buds and using more accessible ingredients are the variations done to these Filipino dishes yet they still remain very similar to the Spanish recipe. Paella is served during festivals and celebrations. In Spain it is cooked by using a paellara. A paellara is a huge black pan with
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