Main household Appliances: The appliances found in houses between 20-50 years ago were a primitive version of what we have today. For example; T.V’s when they first came out were huge‚ chunky and were only in black and white. There were vinyl records that were large and required a record player to play. I think technology has stayed within the same concept‚ but has gotten smaller‚ smarter and more efficient. Size of houses: It was not uncommon to have extremely large families in only one bedroom
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To the Student: John Smith is a character of some legend in American history. He is a controversial early leader of the near failed settlement at Jamestown‚ Virginia. There are a lot of theories and arguments about Smith’s credibility as an author. Considering the early failure of Jamestown and the Virginia Company’s desire to cover up the disaster‚ Smith was first hailed as a hero by the Company only later to be used as their scapegoat. Wikipedia has an excellent short explanation on the doubtful
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Muir in my eyes remains a hero to the wilderness and the natural world. He sought to preserve the Yosemite national park. Through this he tried to bring awareness and knowledge to the common people with the hopes that they would learn and come to appreciate nature in the ways he did. He desired for people to experience the love he had for the wilderness. The excitement he got from the simplest things nature brought him was indescribable. From childhood where he was brought up in Scotland‚ he
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I chose to highlight upon the times and styles of the 70’s‚ 80’s‚ 90’s‚ and now. The chaotic events of the 60’s‚ including war and social change‚ seemed destined to continue in the 70’s. Major trends included a growing disillusionment of government‚ advances in civil rights‚ increased influence of the women’s movement‚ a heightened concern for the environment‚ and increased space exploration. Many of the "radical" ideas of the 60’s gained wider acceptance in the new decade‚ and were mainstreamed
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The 1920’s and 1980’s are similar in many ways. Their similarities are social‚ economical‚ and political. Some of the similarities between the decades are Prohibition and the War on Drugs‚ the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and 1987‚ and the influence of music on society. Prohibition was passed as the 18th amendment‚ that importing‚ exporting‚ transporting‚ and manufacturing of alcohol was to be put to an end. Prohibition did not achieve its goals. Instead‚ it added to the problems that it intended
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cayla ***** December 2‚ 2013 John Milton essay John Milton (1608 - 1674) was an English Poet with controversial opinions. He became blind in 1651‚ which in no way affected his writings and in his sonnet‚ "When I consider how my light is spent"‚ and “How Soon Hath Time”‚ the poet refers to his blindness and the use of time. From the death of his infant son‚ to the death of his wife‚ down to Milton becoming blind‚ surprisingly‚ he had yet to let these obstacles stop him from being the amazing
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John Green John Michael Green (born August 24‚ 1977) is an American author of young adult fiction and a YouTube video blogger and creator of online educational videos. He won the 2006 Printz Award for his debut novel‚ Looking for Alaska‚ and reached number one on a New York Times Best Seller list with The Fault in Our Stars in January 2012. Green was born in Indianapolis to Mike and Sydney Green and his family moved three weeks after he was born to Orlando‚ Florida. He attended Lake Highland Preparatory
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Regarded by many as one of Australia’s greatest Prime Ministers‚ John Curtin assumed office just six weeks before the bombing of Pearl Harbor and led Australia through the darkest hours of World War II. No prime minister has had a more profound effect on Australia and no man has given more in the service of his office. Curtin was born in the Victorian mining town of Creswick on January 8‚ 1885. His parents were Irish immigrants. His father worked first as a policeman‚ then as a publican‚ and the
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In the 1960’s there were many cultural changes in music. Rock and roll has been around for decades and has inspired many artists around the world such as The Beatles‚ Led Zeppelin‚ The Rolling Stones‚ The Eagles‚ Pink Floyd‚ The Who‚ and The Monkees. One of the great rock and roll bands that influenced new styles of rock is The Yardbirds. The Yardbirds formed in the 1960’s and had Eric Clapton‚ Jeff Beck‚ and Jimmy Page play in the band‚ all of which were legendary guitarist. These three figures
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JOHN LOCKE An English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers. Considered one of the first of the British empiricists‚ following the tradition of Francis Bacon‚ he is equally important to social contract theory. His work had a great impact upon the development of epistemology and political philosophy. His writings influenced Voltaire and Rousseau‚ many Scottish Enlightenment thinkers‚ as well as the American revolutionaries. His contributions to
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