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    Name : Indriana Dewi Lestari N.I.M. : 08.11.106.101301.0565 Class : Evening Subject : English Prose II Idea of Captain John Smith: His books and maps may have been as important as his deeds‚ as they encouraged more Englishmen and women to follow the trail he had blazed and to colonize the New World. He gave the name New England to that region‚ and encouraged people with the comment‚ "Here every man may be master and owner of his owne labour and land...If he have nothing but his hands‚ he

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    easier to kill them or let them die out. In 1608 a man by the name of John Smith took control of the colony and stated that if a man did not work‚ he would not eat. Smith was then captured by the Indians and as soon as he was about to be killed‚ Pocahontas saved him. Pocahontas helped the English establish peaceful terms with the Indians‚ but she was then captured and used as a bargaining chip by the English. A year later John Rolfe arrived from England with tobacco‚ this crop effectively saved

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    John Smith and William Bradford were two extremely different people who both established colonies in the new world. However‚ both men were similar in certain aspects. They were similar in their faith‚ biases‚ and position. They were different in their personality‚ treatment of others‚ and purpose. One thing that Smith and Bradford had in common was their unyielding faith. Bradford was a puritan; his entire purpose for coming to the Americas was religious. He wrote “and the wind shrinking upon them

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    England for a journey to the new world. John Smith as well as William Bradford were both leaders bringing a group of Separatists to have a new and improved life. John Smith was an adventurous leader who established the first successful English Colony in North America. Bradford was the son of a farmer in Yorkshire‚ England who disagreed with the Church of England’s teachings‚ so he joined a Separatist group and led them to America. Both of these leaders intended

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    to achieve the perfect society and the concept of understanding people to better it. John Locke‚ Voltaire‚ Adam Smith‚ and Mary Wollstonecraft all shared the same notion that every person should conceive and execute their own individual choice in Government‚ Religion‚ Economics‚ and Social Rights. The choice of the people was a critical component in creating a lasting and controllable Government according to John Locke. In his book Second Treatise on Civil Government he writes‚ “By erecting a new

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    Dear Mr. President‚ I am honored for having the opportunity to travel to the Okapaka Islands. As an Ambassador of America‚ I found that this trip was of utmost importance. The journey was long for it had been insisted to travel by vessel. After making port on Auckland Island in the Webling Bay‚ I boarded an outlandish dory with a native as skipper. The voyage was a bit unsettling for my stomach yet remarkable for my eyes. The water cleared of pollutants as we neared the desolate island. As we approached

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    Robert Beverley is the author of The History and Present State of Virginia (1705). He was an educated English and became the member of the House of Burgesses in 1699. He considered himself as a Virginian‚ and he used his family background to benefit himself in social status and wealth making. He wrote this book‚ a document of the history of early life in the Virginia colony‚ purposely wanted to earn more support to raise his reputation on his political status (). In this book‚ the author first wrote

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    Henry’s “Speech to the Second Virginia Convention” and Smith’s “Declaration of Conscience” were given for a single purpose. Henry and Smith both saw the need for unity‚ but their speeches had both similarities and differences. Their style of writing‚ want for interconnection‚ and why they wanted the country to come together are some of the main points of the speeches. Patrick Henry and Margaret Smith had a comparable style or approach to their speeches. Henry states in his speech “Mr. President:

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    A surgeon performs elective surgery on John Smith. Smith later complains to his surgeon about pain resulting from the surgery. His surgeon dismisses his complaints as not credible and eventually withdraws from the case. Smith is then treated by another surgeon‚ who determines that Smith developed complications from surgery and that the delay in treatment has made the complications worse. Smith sees an attorney about a possible lawsuit against the first surgeon. Name the causes of action and‚ using

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    The Crusades: A Short History by Johnathan Riley-Smith The Crusades: A Short History‚ written by British Historian Jonathan Riley-Smith‚ offers a broad overview of this part of the medieval era‚ but he also explores how historians have attempted to explain these events in modern terms. Riley-Smith also makes sure to note all major contributors to the Crusade movement and their personalities. Numerous scholars have wondered whether this was a political or religious mission. This helps to spark

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