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    Large valuable items are easily obtained through this. Even one’s life is in potential danger without home security. One of the most important things that need security‚ whether you are single or a family‚ is as simple as a desk or wall locker. Almost everything we do each day can be found in one. We tend to put car keys‚ and house keys in a desk or locker. We also tend to keep important paper or receipts from wherever we went or did through the day. Or we may have small items like jewelry‚

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    Why Does History Matter

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    Does history matter? This question is one of the most popular questions in today’s society. History is the reason we as kids or adults are here today and are communicating the way we are. If it was not for the history we would not be communicating‚ and according the guardian.com we a peple talk roughly 2000 words a day.If history gets taken out of schools curriculium kids will become a lot less aware about the past. Imagine school with one less period and getting out of school earlier‚ you could

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    The role of racism has been a domestic issue throughout the American history. Starting from the early slavery years that the United States sustained in the country‚ to the discrimination that keeps going around society. Slavery had an end to this nation in the early 1860s. Yet‚ people still tend to discriminate and segregate from others because of the color they carry. The Ku Klux Klan was a white supremacist organization‚ and a very violent terrorist group‚ which mistreated blacks as they achieved

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    - The origins of fiction and American identity: a comparison of Irving and Cooper - In this assignment I am going to focus on the origin of American fiction and specifically‚ I am going to talk about two famous authors who are characteristic of this type of literature. The purpose of this essay is comparing these two writers through their works: Rip Van Winkle and The last of the Mohicans. These writers are Washington Irving and James Fenimore Cooper. Washington Irving was born on 1783 (Manhattan)

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    The Origins of Agriculture

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    Archaeology 103 12/10/12 The Origins of Agriculture As the last Ice Age came to an end‚ the environment presented its self in a new manner. The temperature was becoming warmer‚ promoting more plant life‚ resulting in a better quality of life. Many scholars argue why farming was invented. Palaeopathological studies‚ or studies of diseases in ancient man and fossil animals‚ have shown that in populations where cereal farming was practiced the health had diminished. Also because of intensive cereal

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    Why Does History Matter?

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    Why Does History Matter? History Matters‚ because with out our history‚ we wouldn’t know who we are‚ or where we came from. Our history is what defines us. Knowing where you came from can help you better understand where you are headed with your life. In the video of the first lesson there are plenty of extremely interesting points as to why history really should matter to us. Richard White’s way of telling a story that the students can relate to‚ is very touching. Making the students understand

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    Not all Indians were very peaceful with the English settlers like it usually is pictured in history. As a matter of fact‚ one of the tribes to have gone to war with English colonist was the Pequot tribe. Located in Connecticut‚ the Pequot tribe would trade frequently with the Dutch and the English. The tribe would trade items like furs and wampum for European treasures. However‚ the English would fight the Dutch over trade. Subsequently the Pequot tribe became the English colonists rival‚ causing

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    Summary I American Slavery‚ American Freedom written by Edmund S. Morgan captures the history of Virginia while keeping focusing on the social and political elements that uplifted the way of slavery. With the focus on Virginia‚ the book also probes the central paradox of American history: "how a people could have developed the dedication to human liberty and dignity exhibited by the leaders of the American Revolution and at the same time have developed and maintained a system of labor that denied

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    Period Definition Essay‚ “What is an American” FINAL DRAFT Paste your final draft here: What Is an American? What does it mean to be an American? Many will have similarities in their answers but none will ever be the same. When we started this unit‚ my definition was to have a deep history in the U.S.‚ having opportunities to better yourself‚ and having freedom. Some people are never able to experience the feeling of living the American dream. Native Americans‚ who are the original people of this

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    In Class Writing: Does breaking a law makes a criminal? To judge whether breaking a law makes a criminal‚ first we must define the terms law and crime. Every society makes and enforces laws that govern the conduct of the individuals. Without law we cannot live. Laws maximizes our individual right‚ facilitate the orders of our society‚ and it keeps peace in our civilization. The violation of those duties that he or she owes to society and for the breach of which the law provides is defined as a crime

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