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    the audience expect to learn something. - The documentary filmmakers hope to reveal information to the audience‚ this would most probably be something that the audience is not familiar with or unaware of about the past or present. Documentary conventions: Voiceover: - The voiceover is authoritative and interesting in some way or another which encourages the audience to think that the person speaking has specialist knowledge in this particular field of the documentary. Peoples such as: David Attenborough

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    Virginia Woolf Influences

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    literature. These were all written by Virginia Woolf‚ an innovative woman who left her mark on the literature of her time. Virginia revolutionized the essay and introduced many new concepts of writing. Although she struggled greatly with mental illness‚ she led an interesting and successful life. Virginia Woolf contributed many noteworthy literary works to society‚ although she was deeply troubled throughout her life. Adeline Virginia Stephen‚ more widely known as Virginia Woolf‚ was born on the twenty-second

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    Massachusetts and Virginia Colonies Massachusetts and Virginia were two of the early colonies in the new world. Although these two colonies originated from the same place they are very different. Virginia needed slaves for labor while the citizens of Massachusetts worked in production and had less slaves or indentured servants. Virginia traded cash crops such as tobacco and the colonists in Massachusetts build ships and traded fur among other things. While Massachusetts and Virginia were both British

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    DBQ #1: The Transformation of Colonial Virginia In 1606‚ hundreds of settlers went on a journey from England to the Virginia colony. They were in search of a new life‚ and wealth. Early on in their journey‚ they stumble upon many hardships‚ as expressed by George Percy (Doc. B). By the use of the indentured servants and slaves they were able to change the Virginia colony by basing their economy around tobacco. During the beginning of their voyage‚ the settlers met countless poverty. (Doc. A)

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    Virginia Slave Codes

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    Virginia Slave Codes The Virginia Slave Codes date all the way to early 1600s. During the 17th century‚ indentured servants‚ who decided to work for an affirmed amount of time in replace for their means of access to the "New World"‚ were a handy resource of manual labor for the American colonies. Both blacks and whites served under the system (Goldenburg 1). White servants‚ after working out their time of agreement‚ often progressed to appreciated places in the society. On the other hand‚ their

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    Research on Conduction‚ Convention‚ and Radiation Conduction is the exchange of warmth between substances that are in direct contact with one another. The better the conductor‚ the all the more quickly warmth will be exchanged. Metal is a decent conduction of warmth. Conduction happens when a substance is warmed‚ particles will acquire vitality‚ and vibrate more. These atoms then chance upon adjacent particles and exchange some of their vitality to them. This then proceeds with and passes the vitality

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    Henry Ford

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    Speech for Henry Ford presentation Chiara Slide 1: When Henry Ford Invented the assembly line he changed the entire factory industry he made an extremely long process into a quick sharp exercise‚ Henry got the idea from one of his workers who in turn go the idea from a pig dis-assembly line‚ the worker saw who each person would do only one job in the chain but by the end of the line each part of the pig had been taken out. The invention of the assembly line was and is still monumental to the

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    Loving Vs Virginia

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    pursue happiness. A woman named Mildred Jeter fell in love with a man named Richard Loving. The only reason they faced problems was because the color of their skin. The Loving v. Virginia

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    Virginia Company Benefits

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    Virginia Company: Profits or Loses‚ 1606-1624 During inception the natives agreed to trading provisions to the colonists in exchange for metal tools. In 1609 John Smith the governor‚ started establishing raiding parties for food from the natives. The Powhatan fled further away from the Jamestown fort which caused a period of famine for the English from 1609-10. Many investors including The London Company became concerned about the future of the Virginia Company and how it would survive. Peace had

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    Virginia: Colony Report “He that will not work shall not eat.” (Captain John Smith). Virginia was the beginning of colonization in America. In 1578‚ after colonists in England were driven to find new land‚ Sir Humphrey Gilbert received a charter to establish a new British Colony. On May 13th‚ 1607‚ the Susan Constant‚ the Godspeed‚ and the Discovery ships arrived at what soon became the Jamestown peninsula. This discovery led to a series of important events that made the United States. After the

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