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    North Korea has been threatening America with bombs since 1994. about 20% of teens have depression before adulthood. Depression increases a teen’s risk for attempting suicide by 12 times. According to the World Health Organization (WHO); 350 million people worldwide suffer from depression.Three issues Americans face in 2017 are North Korean aggression‚ the growing epidemic of depressed teens and children‚ and depression in adults. Three issues Americans face in 2017 are North Korean aggression and

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    World was first established because a group of people in England did not agree with the religious and political ways of life advocated. Different religious groups left England to pursue more religious freedom in America. As they moved to the New World‚ the three different regions of the North American colonies greatly impacted not only their lifestyles but also the extent of religious freedom allowed prior to 1700. The first arrivers in the northern colonies were Puritans who came to America because

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    settled in America and created a world for themselves. Many animals have gone extinct or lost their homes as a result of humans paving roads for travel‚ destroying forests to build houses‚ and much more. Animals have started to go extinct because they have been restricted in what they can eat or where they can live due to human behavior. Humans don ’t understand the importance of having nature connected rather than having nature broken into several areas. In the passage‚ " Rewilding North America" by Caroline

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    Throughout this time period‚ America was going through reconstruction to make our nation better which benefited our economy in the long run. The Industrial Revolution was taking place in the late 1700s which began in Britain. It was a time period where manufacturing mainly occurred in peoples home’s‚ using basic machines or hand tools. Systems of transportation‚ communication‚ and banking improved due to the roles played by iron and textile industries. Some of the inventions created during this

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    The British Empire was one of the greatest empires to have ever existed. It once ruled over 25% of both the Earth’s population and land. With the discovery of the “New World” in the 15th century‚ many Europeans traveled northwest to establish settlements. By the end of the 18th century‚ the British Empire ruled over the 13 colonies in North America. The power1 that leaders of the British Colonies had over the people of the land was really scary. Also‚ the way the people of the colonies used their

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    Colonizing Georgia In 1732‚ Georgia was chartered and became the thirteenth colony in North America. Following the colonization of Georgia‚ Savannah was constructed the following year. James Oglethorpe‚ a hardy solider‚ became the commander of the colony after being appointed by the King. Georgia was unique to the English colonies because of the area it resided in. Georgia was used as a military buffer that would provide protection to South Carolina from the Spanish. This was deemed necessary after the Spanish

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    It can easily be debated whether or not religious motivation was the sole reason for the Europeans’ race to conquer the “unexplored” lands of North America. Regardless‚ faith and the guiding institution that housed it was without a doubt an essential factor in the Europeans’ deliberate migration westward. Not surprisingly‚ the theological motivation observable during this period of history did not fade – rather‚ it continued to validate the mostly problematic actions of new Americans from there on

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    Ancestor worship still exists in North America through many different heritages in many different ways. Belief in ancestral spirits varies from cultures and religions and are plentiful. Science has tried and tried to prove that there are spirits that linger‚ with popular shows like Ghost Hunters showing evidence of some sort of supernatural presence living with family members. They often reveal a spirit that helps them‚ or has a story to tell about their past to their descendents. People from

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    appearance of British rock groups in America changed our culture massively. The original Beatles invasion opened the floodgates‚ and provided a boost for other cultural exports such as films‚ art and television. British Invasion acts influenced fashion‚ haircuts and other manners of culture in the 1960s. It became known as the "counter-culture" because the groups gave the young "rebels" of the ’60s something to relate to and thus influenced what defined a "cultural rebel." The success of British acts time

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    Globalization is the result of a development of an increasingly integrated global economy marked especially by free trade‚ free flow of capital‚ and the tapping of cheaper foreign labor markets (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/globalization). Not everyone is a proponent of globalization. This is especially true for North America. Although the textbook says North Americans have become a highly affluent society by means of transforming the environment and by extending their global‚ economic

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