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    the British Royal navy‚ who named it in honor of Alleyne Fitzherbert‚ the British Ambassador to Spain‚ who also held the title Baron St. Helens. The volcano was relatively active in the early 19th century‚ and may have had a major explosive eruption in 1800‚ according to the Mount St. Helens Forest Learning Center. There were minor eruptions in 1898‚ 1903 and 1932‚ but for most of the 20th century‚ the mountain was seen as a peaceful‚ beautiful mountain and recreation area. That serenity was shattered

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    Factors affecting pre-natal development a. Maternal Health Since the placenta cannot filter out extremely small disease carriers‚ such as viruses‚ children can be born with malaria‚ measles‚ chicken pox‚ mumps‚ syphilis‚ or other venereal diseases that have been transmitted from the mother. Rubella is the most widespread of the viruses that have a teratogenic effect. If a pregnant woman contracts rubella in the first three months of pregnancy‚ she is likely to give birth to a child with

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    diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations and world renown author “literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bulwark against poverty‚ and a building block of development‚ an essential complement to investments in roads‚ dams‚ clinics and factories. Literacy is a platform for democratization‚ and a vehicle for the promotion of cultural and national identity. Especially for girls and women‚ it is an agent of family

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    Factors affecting Group Development Leadership Style and Skills - This is the ability to persuade the group member to change and reflect the leadership style. Authoritarian leaders predominate compliant and dependent members Democrat leaders Persuade more active involvement Environment Physical factors ( space‚ temperature‚ seating arrangement) Space/room (location and set up‚ e.g. Lighting & ventilation‚ seating arrangement) Emotional factors (emotional climate‚ verbal and non-verbal

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    Bacon’s Rebellion was an uprising in 1676 in the Virginia Colony in North America‚ led by 29-year-old planter Nathaniel Bacon. It was the first rebellion in the American colonies in which discontented frontiersmen took part; a similar uprising in Maryland occurred later that year In 1673‚ Nathaniel Bacon‚ a distant relative of Governor Berkeley‚ emigrated from England under murky circumstances and set up a small plantation on the James River. He rose rapidly in public esteem and was appointed to the

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    New England and Middle Colonies developed differently because the Anglican Church was persecuting Protestants and Catholics. Therefore these groups settled in New England and not Virginia/Middle Colonies. This impacted political development because the Middle Colonies were for profit‚ and as a result they developed different politically. All of the Middle Colonies came to the new world for religious freedom. The separatists came to the new world to get away from the English Church. They wanted

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    1:New world Beginnings‚ 33‚000 B.C.-A.D. 1769 1. How did Indian societies of South and North America differ from European societies at the time the two came into contact? In What ways did Indians retain a “world view” different from that of the Europeans? 2. What role did disease and forced labor (including slavery) play in the early settlement of America? Is the view of Spanish and Portuguese as especially harsh conquerors and exploiters valid-or is this

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    wide variety of factors transpired to influence normal people to leave their homeland for the new English colonies in America. Some of these factors were “push” factors: negative events that made conditions worse for English citizens and influenced them to look for greener pastures elsewhere. Other factors are known as “pull” factors: positive aspects held by other lands that made them specifically attractive over others. For English citizens in the 17th century‚ the key push factors that motivated

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    Socioeconomic Factors In 1658 upon the death of Cromwell‚ the Englishmen were psychologically angered by the puritanical saint life they had been forced to live for a long period. They vowed never to be part of the tyrannical government that was based on monarchy‚ religious as well as a military dictatorship. It was during this period that the civil war affected the English colonies due to the use of the imperial control in the region. The Puritans managed to establish their territories within England

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    How does tobacco link Britain’s empire and America’s development from 1600s onwards? The trade of tobacco was vital in the development of America and the British Empire throughout the 17th and 18th century. It was a source of trade for both‚ and helped further the British Empire and lead to the independence of America. During the early 1600s‚ Britain was still largely based on agricultural and production industries. Even though their agricultural industries were flourishing‚ their economy still

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