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    Vishaal Gupta Mr. Decarlo AP US July 23 2010 Creating Tensions in Colonial Society After the different European nations colonized the Americas‚ societies began to sprout in those colonies. They were very similar to those societies that had been going on for centuries in Europe. There were governments‚ workers‚ schools‚ and hospitals. Issues began to come about in these societies due to revolts and rebellions by the people. They were unhappy with the way they were treated and their life style

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    than his words as seen through his many contributions to society‚ threw his acts against authority‚ popular belief‚ and political involvement. Better known for a man whole help shape America………… At the age of sixteen‚ a young Benjamin Franklin posed as a widow under the name of‚ Silence Dogood. Under his alias‚ he delivered a series of letters in 1722 to the New England Current‚ which was published. These letters would poke fun at colonial life‚ favoring the Harvard lifestyle. His ideas where loved

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    Yes‚ Slavery had a major impact on society and people way of resources. If slavery hadn’t occurred then the world be completely different as far our agriculture‚ ecology‚ culture and demography as well. We may not of had the same Colonies we do now there probably wouldn’t of been the same trades and information would be spread differently. Labor wouldn’t of been so cheap but slavery made it so that it was cheap and easy for the owners. Music would be completely different and food would be different

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    Geography and climate were the primary factors in shaping the development of the British colonies in North America. The geography had an enormous effect on how the British survived‚ made a profit‚ and the quality of their lives. The climate and geography was different in the south‚ the middle‚ and the northern colonies‚ however it had both positive and negative effects on the English colonies in the New World during the 1600’s. In the north‚ the New England colonist did not have an easy time

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    cars‚ and killing any resistance to their criminal ways. That’s what people believe the Mafia is anyway‚ television shows and movies have portrayed them as such. The Mafia‚ or “Mob”‚ was a crucial part of American history. The Mafia impacted our society‚ economy‚ and some of the most popular cities in the world. They struck fear into the hearts of civilians‚ stole valuable artifacts and currency‚ and caused Chicago to break out into a gang-infested city along with New York becoming a city with more

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    critically discuss the legacy of colonialism for LDCs Colonialism in the dictionary of geography (Clark‚ 2003) has four definitions‚ two of which really jumped out to me‚ “the economic‚ political and social policies by which colonies are governed by the sovereign Metropolitan country (the colonial power)‚ usually based on the maintenance of a marked distinction between the governing country and the subordinate (colonial) population.” As well as “in a derogatory sense‚ an alleged policy of exploitation

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    Music in today’s society have a major impact on the people and our culture. There was a rap group called N.W.A that had a major impact on our society as we know of it today. They used words to help them start a movement in being able to speak about anything. The group made a huge impact on the hip hop world with their controversial

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    through these questions that his interest in electromagnetism developed‚ leading to his eventual discovery of the radio wave (Heinrich Hertz). Heinrich Hertz is the most influential person in American society because his contributions to science and pop culture have played a role in shaping society. In 1879‚ Hertz solved the question posed by The University of Berlin’s philosophy department‚ that is‚ is electricity subject to inertia. For this he was awarded a gold medal and began to gain the recognition

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    known as the typewriter. Although we seldom use one of these today‚ it used to be quite prominent in society. In fact‚ it eventually led to the computer so one could say that without the typewriter it would have taken longer for the computer to even be a thought. This first typewriters were patented in the 1700s and they were all ineffectual. They typed leisurely and didn’t do much to improve society. Luckily an ex-newspaper editor named Christopher

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    just because I made the pressure waves travel through the air. Humans communicate with one another using a lot of languages‚ there are over 6.000 different languages‚ eacht differing from the next in innumerable ways. Do the languages we speak shape the way we see the world? The way we think? And they way we live our lives? Do people think differently simply because they speak different languages? Does learning new languages change the way you think? And what about bilingual people? Do they think

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