Chapter 18 Section 1 By the mid-1850s the California Gold Rush had ended. Disappointed miners‚ still hoping to strike it rich‚ began prospecting in other parts of the West. In 1858 a mining expedition found gold on the slopes of Pikes Peak in the Colorado Rockies. In 1859 several prospectors found a rich lode of silver-bearing ore on the banks of the Carson River in Nevada. The discovery was called the Comstock Lode after Henry Comstock‚ who owned a share of the claim. The gold strikes created
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CHAPTER 3: SETTLING THE NORTHERN COLONIES: 1619—1700 The Protestant Reformation Produces Puritanism Know: John Calvin‚ Conversion Experience‚ Visible Saints‚ Church of England‚ Puritans‚ and Separatists. 26. How did John Calvin’s teachings result in some Englishmen wanting to leave England? The Protestant Reformation was led by Henry VIII‚ who became the head of the Church of England. Unfortunately‚ Henry had no interest in making great strides in religion. On the other hand‚ puritans who
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Arshdeep Kaur #2 10/15/12 In the 14th century‚ Europe and Midwest had to come across a very destructive disease that ate nations and caused the population to vanish. This was known as the Great Plague‚ Great Pestilence‚ and the Black Death. Although the doctors were not advanced in bacteria‚ most believed that bacteria stains caused the plague. During the time of the Black Death‚ religion was the most powerful force in the lives of most people. In the east and Midwest‚ there were two
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Topic 1: Labour Government 1945-1951 Revision Brainstorm Past Paper Questions (for part B): Do you agree with the view that the outcome of the election of 1945 was ‘a foregone conclusion before electioneering even started’ (Source 5‚ line 32–33)? Do you agree with the view expressed in Source 6 that the achievements of the Attlee Government were remarkable? Do you agree with the view that Labour governments in the years 1945–51 established a society with ‘a significantly greater degree of social
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CAUSES OF SOCIAL CHANGE Social change has many causes. Also in a world linked by sophisticated communication and transportation technology‚ change in one place often begets change elsewhere. Some of the causes of social change are being discussed here. Culture and Change There are three important sources of cultural change: invention‚ discovery‚ and diffusion. Invention is the combination of existing elements of culture into something new. Inventions produce new objects‚ ideas‚ and social patterns
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Outline: Question: Identify the most important lesson to be learned about human nature in Lord of the Flies. Demonstrate how the novel makes these lessons clear to us Thesis: In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies‚ he teaches us that humans are all evil and destructive inside. This is because of how easily the society on the island collapsed‚ the fight between good and evil and lastly‚ the immense amount of symbolism thats in the book‚ further conveying his theme of how all people have evil
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“Thanatopsis” (Pg. 171) first written when Bryant was almost 17 Meaning: Thanatos (death) Opsis (seeing) - The title presents the poem as a way of looking at death. He added to the poem in 1821. His additions frame the poem and add an element of human comfort. “Thanatopsis” – Stanza 1 Questions 1. Bryant inverts the opening clause of the poem. Rephrase it without inversion. 2. What literary device is used in lines 4-8? 3. Who is the speaker? 4. What is the tone? 5. What images of death
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TAKE-HOME MIDTERM ESSAY The decision to drop the A-bomb was chosen for several reasons‚ first and foremost to end the war against Japan. This strategy was decided upon because Japan’s war-fighting industries were highly concentrated in metropolitan areas‚ but weren’t zoned away from residential areas‚ and those cities had a high proportion of flammable materials. Operation Downfall was the original plan which caused for a massive invasion of Japan by mostly US forces. The casualty estimates
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biotechnology------------------------------------------------- Before the Common Era[edit] * 7000 BCE – Chinese discover fermentation through beer making. * 6000 BCE – Yogurt and cheese made with lactic acid-producing bacteria by various cultures. * 4000 BCE – Egyptians bake leavened bread using yeast. [1] * 500 BCE – Moldy soybean curds used as an antibiotic. * 250 BCE – The Greeks practice crop rotation for maximum soil fertility. [2] * 100 BCE – Chinese use chrysanthemum as
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“The Era of Exploration witnessed the rapid political‚ economic‚ and social intrusion of Europe into the New World. Between the 15th and 17th Centuries several countries influenced the development of the Americas. Select the most successful and influential colony and compare it with another European Colonial structure. Be sure to include historical themes in your written argument.” The Era of Exploration did witness the rapid and political‚ economic‚ and social intrusion of Europe into the New
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