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    Top of Form Bottom of Form From the very onset of the areas existence; the Native Americans played a major role in the culture of Appalachia. The area that we know now as Appalachia received its name from the coastal Indians of northwest Florida‚ who were called the Apalachee. Then in the 1500’s the Europeans began to move from the coastal areas inland and encountered many different tribes of Native Americans. They fought at almost every turn‚ the Europeans attempting to gain ground

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    religious group is Jehovah’s Witnesses. Jehovah’s Witnesses differ from other religious groups in their beliefs‚ worship practices and values in many ways. Some beliefs of Jehovah ’s Witnesses place this religion apart from other Christian denominations‚ such as limiting the number of people who will go to heaven to 144‚000‚ denying the Trinity doctrine‚ and rejecting the traditional Latin cross (Zavada‚ 2013). Jehovah Witnesses have different beliefs when it comes to communion‚ the Bible‚ Baptism‚

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    broke from the aims of his revolutionary predecessors. In 1792‚ European war broke out in France‚ prompting to the radical moralists led by Robespierre to control the terror and have the tyranny. The distinctive government practices and whimsical wars caused several conflicts of interest. In 1795 France turned out to be administratively in disorder because the radical patriotism wore itself out (Alexander‚ 1991). They couldn’t institutionalize the success of the transformation since they did not have

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    with‚ the Renaissance had recently started and there was an eager love for culture and exploration. Art was an extremely important part of culture in Spain. Gothic art was probably one of the largest styles of art in Spain‚ this was a result of the Cistercian Order. Examples of this style of art are the monasteries of Poblet and Santes Creus and the Cathedrals of Leon‚ Burgos and Toledo. Near the end of the 15th century‚ art from the Italian Renaissance‚ became more prominent. The Charles V Palace and

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    Elvis graduated from Humes High School in 1953. Elvis Presley is one of the world’s most famous singers and icon of music and pop culture. His talent‚ good looks‚ sensuality‚ charisma‚ and good humor endeared him to millions‚ as did the humility and human kindness he demonstrated throughout his life. Elvis was a very kind man. He did everything he could for people around him. In 1975‚ he purchased a poor black East Memphis woman an electric wheel chair and

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    colonized people by providing western infrastructure‚ such as schools and hospitals‚ to a great extent it hurt their lives through cash crops along with traditional cultures being forcibly broken down. To begin‚ imperialism was seen to help the lives of the Southern Africans by implementing modern infrastructure‚ including hospitals and schools. Although the Europeans motives to provide these utilities were mainly out of self-interest‚ the people of Congo and South Africa benefitted from these actions

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    figure in letting pop art be known. Pop art is art based on modern popular culture and the mass media. Before becoming an artist Warhol was gained acknowledgement when he did whimsical ink drawings of shoe advertisements he also designed album covers and promotional materials. He was also a commercial artist. Around the 1950s he started to exhibit the work he did . He exhibited his work at galleries in New York and he did one in California as well . It wasn’t until the 1960s when Warhol started to

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    Solomon Northup who was a free man from the North who got kidnapped and forced into slavery in the South. They gave him a different name‚ Plat‚ acted like he wasn’t even free and sold him into slavery. Being educated and knowing what freedom tastes like he wasn’t ready to let his former situation go and live being a slave. The movie is based on the book Northup wrote after he regained his freedom after being a slave for twelve years‚ which tells his whole account from being kidnapped to his freedom.

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    In the beginning of the 1600s‚ the culture of the English colonies negatively reflected one of the largest forced migration that would significantly affect the society and history for centuries. During the early 1600s‚ European servants would work along the side of African servants. However by the end of the century‚ workers would be separated by skin color and millions of Africans would be taken away from their homeland and experience a nightmare of inhumanity‚ and this was known as the Terrible

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    In this assignment I am going to assess different methods that can be used to promote and protect individuals within the public. I will also evaluate the effectiveness of methods that are used for promotion and help protect others from getting both MRSA and various types of cancer. M3- Within the methods I have mentioned about Cancer‚ I would suggest that individuals prioritise them. If they do this it will help protect them and maybe even save their life. Cancer In my opinion I suggest

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