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    Spanish conquest of Aztec Empire/reasons for 16. Spanish legal ideas involved in conquest: emcomienda‚ requerimiento‚ adelantado 17. Coronados expedition to what is now American Southwest: findings and effects 18. Soto’s expedition to what is now American Southeast: findings and effects 19. Spanish settlement of Texas Province 20. Spanish settlement of what is now New Mexico 21. Spanish settlement of what is now southern Arizona 22

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    HISTORY OF OPERATIMG SYSTEMS Operating systems (OS) provide a set of functions needed and used by most application programs on a computer‚ and the linkages needed to control and synchronize computer hardware. On the first computers‚ with no operating system‚ every program needed the full hardware specification to run correctly and perform standard tasks‚ and its own drivers for peripheral devices like printers and punched paper card readers. The growing complexity of hardware and application programs

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    History of Theatre Early in the 1700’s British people that were involved with theatre were mostly middle class. There were 2 kinds of new dramatic theatre: sentimental comedy and domestic tragedy. The fist playhouse was in the American colonies was built in Williamsburg‚ Virginia. In 1741 the greatest British actor was born and his name was David Garrick. Aeschylus wrote the first major playwright and multiple contests. "The Orestria" was the last remaining tragic trilogy. Sophocles

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    Washington’s Presidency- unanimously voted first president‚ took office April 30‚ 1789‚ Constitution and system of Checks and Balances in effect‚ congress head of legislative branch‚ president head of executive and Supreme Court top of judicial branch Hamilton’s Financial Problem- government unstable finances‚ Alexander Hamilton (secretary of treasury) proposed 1) pay off national debt and have federal govern. assume war debts of states 2) protect new industries and higher taxes on imports 3)

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    History of American Education Ryan Craig AED/201 October 28‚2010 3 Major Periods 1: The Colonial Period (1607-1775) 1642- Massachusetts Bay Colony Law requires proper teaching of children. 2: The Early National Period 1819 Emma Hart Willard helps New York State opens education for women 3: The Common school movement (1820-1865) 1852 Children must attend school in Massachusetts 2 Major Eras 1: The Progressive Era 1900 Pencil and paper replaces slates 2: The Modern Era

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    www.jntuworld.com Dr. P. Sudhakara Rao‚ Dean UNIT1: NUMBER SYSTEMS & CODES • Philosophy of number systems • Complement representation of negative numbers • Binary arithmetic • Binary codes • Error detecting & error correcting codes • Hamming codes Switching Theory and Logic Design HISTORY OF THE NUMERAL SYSTEMS: A numeral system (or system of numeration) is a linguistic system and mathematical notation for representing numbers of a given set by symbols in a consistent manner. For example‚ It

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    The American education system requires that students complete 12 years of primary and secondary education prior to attending university or college.  Although admission policies vary from one university to the next‚ most determine admission based on several criteria‚ including a student ’s high school course of study‚ high school Grade Point Average (GPA)‚ participation in extracurricular activities‚ SAT or ACT exam scores‚ a written essay‚ and possibly a personal interview. University students

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    The American School Systems All throughout history there has always been a battle between every country – For power‚ money‚ technology‚ natural resources‚ energy‚ weapons and now education and knowledge. Desperate times call for desperate measures and every country around the globe struggle‚ strive‚ and push to become a thriving wealthy community as a whole. America‚ claimed to be one of the most prosperous countries in the world lacks in the battle of wits‚ or does it? Is the American society

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    Jasmine Johnston 5th period The History of American Football Even though football is an American game its origins came from villages and schools in Europe for many centuries before America was even settled by Europeans. They played in the streets and oddly used a lemon as their ball. Soon many universities started creating their own teams and competing against each other. It took awhile‚ however‚ because it was a very rough and violent game so many colleges banned the game. Walter

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    African American History Before 1877 Assignment #1 Historical SHORT Paper Latard Lowe History 221 Angela Gunshore November 25‚ 2012 Comparing and contrasting urban/city slavery in the north with the rural/plantation slavery in the south in the 1700s have many differences but there are some similarities

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