Virginia elite were important as leaders of the Independence movement‚ but were also powerfully influenced by other forces such as British merchants‚ Indians‚ farmers and slaves. Woody Holton argues that the Virginia gentry was influenced by those four groups‚ and that the gentry was even forced by the groups to react in certain ways at times. His most powerful argument is that the elites feared social disorder and losing their position in the elite. This book represents an interesting view on the gentry
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result of recently being kicked out of one of the many schools he has previously been kicked out of. Throughout the novel‚ Holden consistently places himself into situations that impose pain upon himself. Eventually in the novel‚ Salinger writes about how Holden likes the man in the Bible “that lived in the tombs and kept cutting himself” (99). However‚ Holden likes the lunatic in the tomb because as literary critic James Lundquist states‚ “Holden is the lunatic in the tomb” (42). By continuously inflicting
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Throughout the century European had come to Africa to find profitable business. In the West Coast of Africa‚ the living environment still look the same as many of hundred of years ago. Many European have come to these shoreline to find businesses and sources that can be profitable. Trading post are set up as partnership between maritime traders from Europe and local Africans‚ but by the 1880s this partnership began to change. The effect of the changes had European power interested in overseas empire
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worthless without it. “Last Night”‚ written by Sharon Olds‚ is a perfect reflection of how being in love has a profound effect when in relation to intimacy. Olds compares her experience while being in love‚ to her experience when her feelings for her partner are neutral. Throughout this piece Olds conveys her message with the use of similes‚ repetition‚ imagery‚ and hyperbole. Olds included a variety of devices to convey her message‚ one way was through the use of similes. At the very beginning of
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playing violent video games affect and influence kid’s behavior to become more violent? Hypothesis: If kids do play violent games it does and will not influence them to have a negative and violent behavior. Gather Data: . The purpose of my data is to see if playing violent games will affect and influence their behavior . 10 boys and girls will be surveyed at ages 15-18 . There will be questions about what kind of video games they play‚ do they consider themselves to be violent‚ and how do they
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The Reconstruction was a major event that happened after the Civil War. It helped end slavery and give rights to freedmen. They also came up with two new amendments‚ the 14th and the 15th amendments. Reconstruction became a struggle over the meaning of freedom‚ with former slaves‚ former slaveholders and Northerners adopting different definitions. Eventually‚ faced with increasing opposition by white Southerners and some Northerners‚ the government abandoned efforts for black equality in favor of
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movement was Reconstruction. Reconstruction was a period in time when America was consisting of many leaders‚ goals and accomplishments. Eventually‚ it did come to an end‚ the result has been both a failure and a success. Reconstruction of the South‚ though‚ was definitely a failure in many ways. When Reconstruction began‚ America had just done fighting the Civil War. Basically‚ this time period was mainly just that. It was a time of “putting together the pieces” as some people have said. It was a point
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How Democratic was Andrew Jackson? Old Hickory never backed away from a fight. Even at seventy-five Andrew Jackson was still fighting and leaving a trail of card games‚ busted up taverns‚ liquor bottles‚ and bloody noses in his wake which earned him the nickname Old Hickory. Jackson became a lawyer on the North Carolina Frontier at age twenty-one and later moved west to Tennessee where he settled down with his wife. In 1815‚ Jackson was made an American hero because he and his troops were victorious
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The Summary of P.B. Shelley’s Ode to the West Wind Published in 1820‚ P.B. Shelley’s Ode to the West Wind‚ is a poem which allegorizes the role of the poet as the voice of change and revolution. Shelley realizes that he cannot in actual life‚ rise to the height of imaginative perfection‚ which was his dream. But it is his bold optimism that he invokes the West Wind to blow the clarion call to the ‘unawaken’d earth’ and to sow the seeds of hope of regeneration. The poem begins with three stanzas
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requirements for budget deficit and debt limitation but with a much stricter regime. In the past‚ many European countries including Greece and Italy have substantially exceeded these criteria over a long period of time. To tackle the financial crisis it was assume that euro bonds will play a important role so that euro bonds issued jointly by the 17 euro nations using the term "stability
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