Donald Marshall was a Mi’kmaq man wrongfully convicted of murder at the age of 17. He was born on the Membertou Reserve in Cape Breton and his father was the Grand Chief of the Mi’kmaq. Marshall was known for delinquent behaviour and being part of the Shipyard Gang. However‚ he was not violent. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Sandy Seale in 1971. The wrongful conviction occurred on May 28‚ 1971 when Seale‚ a 17 year old was walking home from a school dance. He came across
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John Cabot is who I chose for my essay. I chose him because he seemed a interesting choice and I wanted to learn about someone new. John Cabot was born in c. 1450 and died in c. 1499. He became an explorer because when he was eleven he moved to Venice from Genoa and learned sailing and navigation from Italian seamen and nearby merchants. His father‚ Giulio Caboto was a spice merchant. In c. 1474 John Cabot married a girl named Mattea and later in life had three children‚ Ludovico‚ Sancto‚ and Sebastiano
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The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program‚ ERP) was the American initiative to aid Europe‚ in which the United States gave economic support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to prevent the spread of Soviet Communism.[1] The plan was in operation for four years beginning in April 1948.[2] The goals of the United States were to rebuild war-devastated regions‚ remove trade barriers‚ modernize industry‚ and make Europe prosperous again.[3] The
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Dear diary‚ Is that accurate? Is that the futile sentence everyone uses when they’re blindly pouring their thoughts onto a piece a paper in a notebook that gets discarded eventually? It is. They say writing your thoughts‚ helps control your emotions and everyday life behaviours. I disagree. However‚ why not try? As I dejectedly stand next to his sombre bed‚ I can hear his last brief breaths haltingly fading away. Holding his moist hand firmly‚ he tries to say his last few words before the final pulse
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view that the US policy of Marshall in 1947 was motivated mainly by the altruistic desire to help the economic recovery of Europe. The European Recovery Programme‚ more commonly known as the Marshall Plan‚ was the American foreign policy masterminded by US Secretary of State George C. Marshall. Its aim was to provide financial support to war-torn Europe‚ following the conclusion of World War II in 1945. The interpretations that I will be analysing argue whether the Marshall Plan was mainly motivated
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- According to Marshall‚ after World War II‚ in addition to physical loss and the visible destruction of cities‚ factories‚ mine and railroads‚ the main problem that face Europe was the “ dislocation of the entire fabric of European economy‚” that is‚ there was a complete “ breakdown of the business structure of Europe”‚ which seriously overwhelmed the national economy. For instance‚ there was no food and fuel for the city dwellers since there was no good to give in exchange to the farmers. That
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Thurgood Marshall Biography In this is biography I will be talking about a man named Thurgood Marshall‚ my biography will start to talk about why Thurgood Marshall is important‚ Thurgood Marshall is important because he was a U.S. Supreme Court Justice and also a Civil Rights Advocate. My second thing that I will talk about is personal information about Thurgood Marshall. One personal thing about Thurgood Marshall is that his real name is Thoroughgood Marshall but in second grade he shortened
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GARRY MARSHALL- AUTEUR THEORY An auteur is a filmmaker whose movies are characterized by their creative influence. Garry Marshall is an American filmmaker‚ he has directed more than 15 films in his career. Garry Marshall’s films The Princess Diaries‚ Valentines Day and Overboard share a common theme of love and a genre of romance and comedy‚ he likes to use the same actors in his films and have the common plot of a double twist. Garry Marshall likes to keep to the same character persona and
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School Simprug English Written Task Rationale For this written task‚ I’ll make a play that involves an “imaginary” conversation between Marshall McLuhan and Steve Jobs and God in heaven. This conversation will divulge McLuhan’s and Job’s perspectives of the use of media in today’s world and how it profoundly affects the society. I chose characters Marshall McLuhan and Steve Jobs because Steve Jobs is the visionary founder of Apple hence I will emphasize how his Apple products have changed the
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Candy’s Analysis Candy Marshall is the main character of the novel‚ even though the plot actually has little to do with her. She is the main character because Beau Boutan’s murder takes place on her plantation in Mathu’s yard. Candy is a very strong woman and fights for what’s right. In this novel candy is very protective and shows it more and more as the story goes on. Another example is when the old men go into the house to talk and don’t invite candy in. because she that she will “evict them”
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