The Battle of King’s Mountain Major Ferguson of the Loyalist Militia was tasked with raising and organizing Loyalist units from the backcountry of South Carolina to help prtotect the British General Cornwallis. Ferguson gathered a few Tory units and marched towards Gilbert Town‚ North Carolina‚ where he set up a base camp. He issued a command to the opposition forces to lay down their weapons. If they refused he stated he would‚ "lay waste to their country with fire and sword." Patriot militia
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The Journey Through Colorado ’s Ecosystems Grand Lake‚ CO By: Principles of Ecology Biology What makes Colorado so majestic and grand? This beautiful state has eight different ecosystems according to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Each strategically placed ecosystem has its own uniqueness. These unique areas can also be called a Biome. To define an Ecosystem‚ we say that there are numerous species of plants and animals that make homes in these different areas
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1. What: What plate boundary is it near? Great Rift Valley in Africa‚ which is the splitting of the African plate. 2. What type of volcano was it? Stratovolcano in the Virunga Mountains associated with the Albertine Rift. 3. Where: Where is the volcano located? It is located inside Virunga National Park‚ . 4. in the Democratic Republic of the Congo‚ about 20 km north of the town of Goma and Lake Kivu and just west of the border with Rwanda. 5. Where did the people move for safety? Rwanda
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1. How is Appalachia statistically different from the rest of America in terms of income‚ health‚ home-ownership and educational statistics? The Appalachian statistics includes the states of West Virginia‚ Virginia‚ Alabama‚ Georgia‚ Kentucky‚ Maryland‚ Mississippi‚ New York‚ North Carolina‚ Ohio‚ Pennsylvania‚ South Carolina and Tennessee. In these states 13.3 million people are living in poverty according to U.S. Census Bureau. The number of people in the region who did not have health insurance
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Life in the Village The Catskill Mountains are west of the great Hudson River‚ in North America. The mountains are very beautiful‚ but they are also very strange. The colors of the mountains are always changing. When the weather is good‚ they are deep blue. But often‚ the tops of the mountains are covered with gray clouds. Hundreds of years ago‚ Native Americans lived there. These people said‚ "The mountains are haunted—spirits live on them. The spirits can change the weather. They can send sunshine
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Hobbit‚ he talks to others in third person‚ apparently not able to say ‘you’‚ and he refers himself as “my precious”. Gollum is a unique creature‚ only because his body has deformed over the years of living in the caves of Moria beneath the Misty Mountains for so long. He is the size of a hobbit‚ but with pale skin and large eyes. He wears only dark clothes and is extremely thin from eating only fish and goblins over the years. He has only six teeth which are sharpened into points and he has a vicious
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Amanda Nelson August 18‚ 2013 Novel Notes: Cold Mountain Bibliography: Frazier‚ Charles. Cold Mountain. New York: Atlantic Monthly‚ 1997. Charles Frazier is 62 (1951-present) years old and the novel was written in the late 90’s. The novel is set during the Civil War. Key Quotation: “And then she thought that you went on living one day after another‚ and in time you were somebody else‚ your previous self only like a close relative‚ a sister or brother‚ with whom you shared a past. But a
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a dean at the University of Cincinnati‚ and Helen Rebecca Bishop. He was fascinated by climbing from an early age‚ spending his summers with the YMCA in Colorado and joining the Colorado Mountain Club at age nine or ten. Under the tutelage of the club’s members‚ many of whom were also members of the 10th Mountain Division‚ Bishop quickly learned mountaineering skills and was guiding expeditions in the Rockies and Tetons by age 12.[1] He attended school in Cincinnati; first a private school‚ and a
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Australia is the Blue Mountains region. It consists of a range of unique geology and biodiversity‚ and as a result it was found to be a prominent region in which it would be internationally recognized and listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Estate because of the many natural facets (UNESCO‚ 2009 and Commonwealth Government‚ 2009a). There are numerous national parks that are now regarded as part of the Greater Blue Mountains area‚ since the founding of the Blue Mountains National park 50 years
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walks or hikes in American. There are Many Trails Mountains and forest that are ripe for exploring. One of the longest Trails marked by foot in the world is the Appalachian Trail. The Appalachian Trail is about 2‚180 miles long it passes through a ground breaking 14 states. The Appalachian Trail is mostly located in Virginia While West Virginia occupies the least amount of miles in the trail. This beautiful scenic trail in all goes from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Mount Katahdin in Maine. In order
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