No Pain No Gain The phrase “No pain; no gain.” First came to prominence circa 1982 when actress Jane Fonda started using the phrase in her aerobic workout videos to encourage the viewer to push past the soreness of the muscle so they could gain the result they desire. Although the “No pain; no gain” philosophy is most often associated with fitness‚ it has undeniably become largely used in life in general. Often in life‚ in order to get what we want‚ we have to do things that are not exactly to
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America from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Thomas Jefferson‚ our third president‚ predicted that the nation’s future depended on its westward expansion. According to the online OpenStax textbook‚ section 11.1‚ subsection: Lewis and Clark‚ it states‚ “Many Americans also dreamed of finding a Northwest Passage and opening the Pacific to American commerce and influence‚ including President Thomas Jefferson. In April 1803‚ Jefferson achieved his goal of purchasing the Louisiana Territory from France‚
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The American Civil War was a vital event in the history of the United States. The war was a result of a combination of political‚ social‚ and economic elements that led to the violent diversity throughout the country. Jason Phillips‚ the Eberly Family Professor of Civil War Studies at West Virginia University‚ and author of the 2018 book‚ Looming Civil War: How Nineteenth Century Americans Imagined the Future‚ explains that throughout the 1850s‚ a series of events increased sectionalism‚ emboldened
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The 1800s were a difficult time for the Comanche tribe. As aspiring Americans moved westward under the premonition of Manifest Destiny‚ Plains Indians were faced with great tensions and pressures from the United States to cede their land for American benefit. Nowhere was this event more prevalent than in Texas‚ where an influx of white Americans settled following its annexation in 1845. This soon led to American encroachment upon the lands of numerous tribes‚ including the Comanche‚ leading to disputes
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What if… What if American colonists lost the American Revolution and Great Britain won? If American colonists lost I believe more people would die or put on trial for defying the king. I think the king will send more soldiers to fight for him and to kill the leaders and anyone who defied him. We would have the country that we have today. If Great Britain won we might still be under the rule of a monarch. Although the American colonists lost the American Revolution I believe they would try again
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As an outcome of the seven years war‚ Britain was left with a massive debt. Britain believed that the colonists were responsible for this debt and should pay the debt back to Britain. The colonist opposes to this and thought they had put enough effort into the war to be made accountable of the debt. The violation of the rights from the British towards the colonists provoked a feeling of resentment‚ which lead to the American Revolution. Parliament passed a series of acts to force colonists
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German-Americans are major influence on movies in Hollywood throughout the years and still until this day. According to Peter Kramar‚ author of Hollywood in Germany by the “1940’s 10‚000 to 15‚000 Germans had migrated to Southern California”. 30‚000 intellectuals and radicals were exiled from Europe after the rise of Hitler. 80% of these people were Jewish. Many fled from Europe to the United States specifically Hollywood. Many of people had musical‚ theater and film talents. The first wave of émigrés
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phone? Check! I’m ready for a few hours of what I like to call “downtime.” This notion has without a doubt changed many times throughout American history and culture. It’s even changed in my lifetime with new technologies (I used to spend all my free time in grade school reading mystery novels). Cultures and people are constantly changing with what they want from their media. They want it to be new‚ yet not too new in fear it won’t catch on. They want it to be high tech‚ but not impossible to figure
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Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Britain? Before the 18th century‚ most people lived off of the land‚ as they had done so for many generations. But in the next 150 years‚ there was an explosion of new ideas and technological inventions that changed the way we work‚ live and play.1 This period of time was known as the Industrial Revolution‚ and it began in Britain. There are many reasons as to why this is so. Coal in Britain was plentiful‚ and had many applications‚ which was integral to
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The Spanish were the first to settle in central and South America. They established their empire by defeating the Aztecs people. While the Aztecs lived in Mexico‚ they structured a wealthy empire by means of warfare. However‚ the Spanish took their empire by exploiting the resentment‚ the subjects had. Francisco Pizarro arrived with a small force of men in Peru. They conquered the Incas‚ who also had a large empire. Even though they had a large empire‚ it suffered large a chaotic royal succession
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