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    to any society‚ especially America. When the first colonies were formed‚ each had a very distant environment because of their separation. Each environment influenced their economies and social structures. According to Olsen’s lecture on Life in Colonial Times‚ the southern colonies had warm weather and enough rain for a very long crop season. In turn‚ they had many slaves (so many that the whites were outnumbered) and a completely different society than the north. The northern colonies had long

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    In this essay I will be discussing French artist Jules Cheret’s art work: La Loie Fuller (1893‚ figure 2.3) and American artist Will H. Bradley’s art work: The Chap Book‚ Thanksgiving no. (1895‚ figure 2.24) in a compare and contrast exercise‚ looking at both the similarities but also what makes these two works very different. The art works are both dated by the end of the nineteenth century. Around the same time‚ the Industrial Revolution brought a huge boost productivity‚ but also changed the social

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    In the comic “The Explainers” by Jules Feiffer‚ Feiffer draws emphasis on the lack of defined gutter and contrasts between text and images throughout the panels in order to establish a sense of ambiguous progression in both time and narrator reliability. Due to the comic having no boarders or lines between each image‚ the gutter is left somewhat ambiguous‚ which allows one image to blend itself into the next without a definite passage of time. It is only with the addition of written words that go

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    Summarize the motives‚ expectations‚ problems‚ and rewards associated with the age of European expansion. Describe the impact of Europeans on Native American (Indian) cultures and the impact of native cultures on Europeans. Then explain why it was or was not a good thing that European culture prevailed. Which one of the following do you think made the most important contribution to European expansion: Renaissance thought‚ the search for new trade routes‚ or new developments in technology? Explain

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    these early encounters between Europeans and Indigenous Americans? This essay answers this question‚ compares and contrasts the similarities and differences between these encounters in New Spain and British America‚ and provides commentary on how the colonial era continues to affect

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    In an "Overview of Jules (Gabriel) Verne‚" the unknown author detests many of Verne’s works‚ even The Journey to the Center of the Earth. This unknown author claims that in the story‚ Verne “describ[es] unlikely or impossible events in the most plausible way.” For instance‚ in the final conclusion of this story‚ our protagonists‚ Axel and the professor ride a volcanic eruption on a wooden raft to make their last minute escape. Indeed it is dramatic‚ but it is very much unrealistic and adds boredom

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    In 1803‚ President Thomas Jefferson purchased the territory of Louisiana from the French government for $15 million. The Louisiana Purchase stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from Canada to New Orleans‚ and it doubled the size of the United States. To Jefferson‚ westward expansion was the key to the nation’s health: He believed that a republic depended on an independent‚ virtuous citizenry for its survival‚ and that independence and virtue went hand in hand with land

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    Evolution of Colonial Unity Thesis: Between 1754-1776‚ the colonies gradually became more unified due to the changes in British policy. 1. 1754: a. Not very unified b. Albany Plan of Union i. Benjamin Franklin ii. Plan provided for an intercolonial government and a system of collecting taxes for the colonies’ defense. iii. Franklin’s efforts failed to gain the approval of a single colonial legislature. iv. Plan was rejected because the colonists did not want to relinquish control of their

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    colonies and gave it the right to freely tax and make laws in the colonies. The final straw for the colonists was the Intolerable and Quebec Acts of 1774. This penalized Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party and also provided civil government for French speaking Roman Catholics. Fed up with Britain‚ the first Continental Congress met in Philidelphia in 1774 and made five major decisions‚ one of them recommending that the colonies make military preparations for defense against the British in Boston

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    Colonial unity in the Americas were really weak. Each colony was like a separate nation‚ with no central government but the parliament leading them. The colonial political unity in America has grown from the French and Indian War to the Second Continental Congress. They have struggled to keep unity between the colonies during these times. Between the end of the French and Indian War and the Second Continental Congress‚ colonial political unity has changed and grown. Near the end of the French and

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