Short Answers 1. According to the church‚ the age of the earth was 6‚000 years old. 2. James Hutton discovered that the earth was much older from the tilted rocks because he knew these rocks was once laid down horizontally on the sea floor and were buried under great depth to be crystalized. Then they were tilted on end by great earth forces and then eroded away. The rocks were
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Reaction Paper How the Earth was Made There were a few things I liked about the video how the earth was made. The video brought up some things that I had previously known about our planet’s development into what it is today. Also it brought about some interesting new theories about our planets ice ages‚ continental alignments and the water world theories. Here are some of the things that I had found most intriguing
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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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has affected their future. This is teaching that every action someone takes has a consequence‚ whether good or bad. Three characters who made poor decisions that had a negative impact for their future were Julius Caesar‚ Fred Collins‚ and Arthur Dimmesdale. In The Julius Caesar Play‚ the main character‚ Julius Caesar‚ made a choice to not listen which resulted in his death. Julius Caesar is a story about a man who returns from war after defeating Pompey. The townspeople do not like caesar especially
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Hester was an interesting character in the Scarlet letter. She soon meets a man named Arthur Dimmesdale. Dimmesdale is also an interesting man. Some things differ with the two. They are alike and different in many ways. Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale shared similarities and differences. Hester and Dimmesdale are alike in many ways. These two are two of the main characters in the scarlet letter. Hester and Dimmesdale both act like cowards; they seem to both be punished by someone
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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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Russia‚ Great Britain and France to start a war. World War 1 started in Europe from 1914 to 1918 the war lasted for four years and it was one of the bloodiest and deadliest wars in history. After World War 1 Europe wanted peace‚ so they came up with the idea of “Treaty of Versailles”‚ that treaty made Germany angry against the Allies. At that time Germany’s economy was at it’s worst‚ they had to pay big amount of money to the damage they did on World War 1. Then the Great Depression hit Germany and
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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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George Herman Ruth: The Sultan of Swat How did Babe Ruth chang the history of baseball throughout the years? George Herman Ruth learned how to play baseball while attending St. Mary Industrial. George had also believed that he was born a year after his original birthday which would be February 7‚ 1894 instead of February 6‚ 1895. George Herman “Babe” Ruth is the most important figure in baseball history for making a contribution to the sport as well as saving it. Ruth had led his team to
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