Scrolling down the Newsfeed of Facebook‚ seeing those pictures of my friends having fun while studying and travelling abroad‚ the feeling of envy overwhelmed me. I always wanted to have a taste of living in a new environment at another corner of world. However‚ the fees and expenses to study and travel abroad are just way too high and unaffordable. Thus‚ I always kept this little dream within myself until the moment I found out about the USA Work and Travel Program from the Speedwing advertisement
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California Gold Rush of 1849 “Gold‚ Gold in the American River” these remarkable words were once spoken by Sam Brannan (Allenj52). Brannan was a famous store owner from San Francisco that greatly influenced the California Gold Rush of 1849 that lead to westward expansion and the belief of Manifest Destiny. All of the thousands of immigrants rushing into California from the years of 1848 to 1853 all trying to “strike it rich‚” greatly influenced the population of California that lead it to be such
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the news of the discovery spread throughout the country and then reached the Hawaiian Island‚ Peru‚ Chile‚ Argentina‚ Europe and even China. Within a year‚ tens of thousands of gold seekers‚ popularly known as ‘49ers‚ arrived in San Francisco‚ California. San Francisco had changed almost overnight from tiny settlement with population 1‚000 to town with population over 25‚000 and by 1869 had risen to 56‚000. Reflecting on the past now‚ it is evident that they did indeed change the city and the state
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tremendous economic growth. In Holt McDougal it states‚ “The discovery of gold brought quick population growth and an economic boom.” This shows that the gold rush brought along great population and economic growth. 2.“The whole country‚ from San Francisco to Los Angeles‚ and from the seashore to the base of the Sierra Nevadas‚ resounds
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There was no uniformity in the way in which states were ran in the late 19th and early 20th century each state created its own way to live. However before the start of the first world war there were similarities in the ways that the states were governed. This can be seen between three of the largest powers in Europe‚ Britain‚ Germany and France. This essay will discuss the similarities and differences that Britain had with both Germany and France in order to determine if Britain was in fact more
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Unification The unification of Italy and Germany were one of the same yet different at the same time. Both unifications were headed by dominate males in their countries. Camillio di Cavour a liberal minded noble-man of great wealth was very influential over the people and through his ability to conduct business that was beneficial to his country was able to grow the economy which made it easy for him to build a mass army to declare war on his surrounding territories. Otto von Bismarck born and
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Cielo Fortin-CamachoKatrina BormanisApril 12th 2007ARTH 360 Aspects/History of PrintThe Sleep of Reason Produces MonstersThey are so subtle that people with the sharpest intelligence do no usually at first comprehend all the moral meaning of some‚ and those with little perspicacity need time and help to understand them -Gregorio Gonzalez Azaola‚ Satiras de Goya‚ 1811Dreams are defined as a series of images‚ ideas‚ emotions‚ and sensations that occur involuntary in the mind during certain stages of
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THE STORY… TRAVEL WITH M AND JEAN IN OUR DREAMS How you ever had adventure on your dreams? Do you dream about nightmares or adventures? I’m Gio and this is my best pal Jean always with me – we do everything together in my dreams. We are always going somewhere together‚ that’s probably why you will usually see us from behind. We love to travel‚ even if it is usually in our Dreams! The good thing about dreaming is that you can go places that may not even actually
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from the main topic. Transportation Alcatraz Museums San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge Chinatown Fisherman’s Wharf Brainstorming Clustering Listing Freewriting Clustering 3. If you have new ideas‚ connect those words to the appropriate sub-topic. Cable Car Civilian Prison 1934-1963 Old Military Prison Alcatraz BART Transportatio n Bus Museums American Legion Modern Art Museum Asian Art Museum Famous Prisoners San Francisco Restaurants Chinatown Golden Gate Bridge Stores Theaters
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I have chosen “The Third of May 1808” by Francisco Goya‚ this painting was a big movement in art history it demonstrated the horrors of war. It was innovative because it was one of the first paintings of war. It showed a first person view of the horrific views that civilians had to witness during war. In 1808‚ Napoleon Bonaparte was conquering Europe. By March of that year‚ Madrid was occupied by French forces‚ and the Spanish monarchy had collapsed. On May 2‚ the people of Madrid rebelled against
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