What do we know about the "Salem Witch Trials"? All we know is what has been written. Between 1682 and 1693‚ several towns’ people were tried and hanged for being accused of witchcraft. I want to take you through the events that caused such hysteria among the small village in Salem‚ Massachusetts. To understand the events of the Salem witch trials‚ it is necessary to examine the times in which accusations of witchcraft occured. There were the ordinary stresses of 17th century life in Massachusetts
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What would life be if civil rights movement had never happened? African Americans would still be discriminated against and segregation might have expanded to other areas. Without the civil rights movement from the 1950s and 1960s‚ education would not be the same‚ segregation would still exist in neighborhoods and cities‚ employment would be difficult for African Americans. In terms of education‚ school would probably still be segregated under the “separate but equal” law‚ which clearly when it was
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The Gettysburg Address: Why‚ how and what happened? On November 19 of 1863‚ during the Civil War of the United States‚ a speech was held in Gettysburg‚ Pennsylvania that would later go down as one of the greatest in American history. The speech was held during the dedication of the Gettysburg Cemetery‚ a cemetery founded to honour the deceased soldiers of the battle of Gettysburg. The 272 word long address that the then current president Lincoln held at this event have been remembered ever since
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Conscription crisis was a very big problem that happened in 1917. In which‚ the government was forcing men to go to war. Prime minister Borden asked to conscript soldiers‚ because of three main reasons. First‚ the number of casualties‚ which means the number of dead and missing people‚ was up. Second‚ the number of enlistments‚ which means the men who volunteer to go to war‚ was down. Third‚ Britain demanded that Canada send more men. On top of that‚ many groups did not want to go to the war. For
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We’ve all heard of what happened to Germany in the early 1900’s. They were involved in a war with several other countries‚ their economy was mere to shreds‚ and the people began losing hope. However‚ the worst thing to hit Germany in the 1900’s was the holocaust‚ ran by Adolf Hitler himself. Anyone can tell you what Adolf Hitler did to most of the population of Germany‚ and some can even explain to you a personal encounter of the horrors that he manifested. Although most of the population can do
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Plymouth‚ but was also it’s first historian. Our first accounts of the Plymouth inhabitants‚ in turn‚ come to us by way of Bradford’s detailed accounts of what happened at Plymouth Plantation. However‚ one can argue that because of Bradford’s Puritan beliefs‚ his account may be slightly biased‚ and not completely precise as to what truly happened at the Plymouth settlement. Or perhaps Bradford’s account is completely accurate‚ and it is only a matter of the reader’s perceptive of William Bradford’s account
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federation the rights for both the Indigenous Australian’s and the Chinese immigrants were different. They were both a subject to racism and discrimination due to their race. In this essay I’m going to be answer the following question; Contrast what happened to the rights of different groups because of Federation? This question will be answered below; For the Indigenous Australians living in Australia at the time of Federation was a hard thing because they didn’t have many rights‚ if any. It was hard
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The 1905 revolution‚ highlighted the evident threat towards the Tsarist regime‚ though only started due to poor working conditions‚ the violent suppressing of the Russian people on ‘Bloody Sunday’ brought forth a wave of protest that argued for better leadership and civil rights for the people‚ and yet it wasn’t until 1906 that there became a decline in power in the Romanov rule‚ and so how did the Tsarist regime last until then‚ and what was the main reason? Immediately after the revolution there
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I woke up and could not remember what had happened… … I woke up and could not remember what had happened. All I could feel was a knock out in my head‚ extremely painful‚ as if lightning had struck me and split my head into two. I was searching for Ethan‚ but the moment I took a deep breath‚ the stench of the crimson blood in the surrounding rushed into my nose‚ stopped me from identifying any other smells in the atmosphere. There is no a single beam of light in the room which made me feel uncomfortable
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QUESTION: Write a story with the ending‚ "If only I had been more careful‚ that wouldn’t have happened". Your story should not be less than 350 words. Tonight was a cold and stormy night. The doors slammed shut as the rustling sound of the leaves could be heared. The storm had been like this for the past three days. I sat on my bed thinking if I had upset the Gods above in heaven. As I lay my head down soft and gently on my comfy pillow‚ I wondered if mom and dad were ok. They had gone for a vacation
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