Before and After Sitting in a classroom in the first grade is where the class of 2013 is sitting when one of the most devastating acts of history takes place. It’s a normal day‚ teachers teaching‚ everyone working just as any other day. In New York‚ the city is hustling and bustling as fifty thousand people head into work at the World Trade Center. Muslims and Americans alike are enjoying American freedoms but this was short lived. September 11‚ 2001 was that one devastating day in American
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In Congress‚ July 4‚ 1776‚ Thomas Jefferson wrote to King George III for the American colonists to proclaim freedom. Jefferson wanted independence because he believed that it would be a better option for America to have a society that is treated equally and fairly. Through the use of persuasive elements‚ he successfully presented his evidence and reasoning as to why he believed America should part their ways from Great Britain and King George III to create the society America deserved. Jefferson
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"In the 1600’s there existed a degree of religious freedom in some colonies‚ while others were characterized by strict intolerance." then go on to further explain and elaborate on the thesis. As the textbook reveals‚ the colonists in New England were made up of a web of families who were extremely devoted to their faith (Christianity). This is where the university of Harvard originated which was originally meant to train ministers and over half of the graduating students became congressional
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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 colonies‚ they
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THE CAUSES OF THE MFECANE AND WHY IT SPREAD SO FAR The Mfecane refers to a period of time in Southern Africa where there was political transformation and population migration during the 1820s and 1830s. The word Mfecane is a Zulu word meaning "crushing" or "scattering"‚which was exactly what happened during the Mfecane. There are various reasons about what led to the Mfecane‚such as environmental factors‚lack of food and certain chiefdoms expanding and extending their power‚some of these reasons
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Democratic Origins and Revolutionary Writers‚ 1776-1820 Benjamin Franklin (Painting courtesy Library of Congress) Thomas Paine (Portrait courtesy Library of Congress) James Fenimore Cooper (Photo courtesy Library of Congress) The hard-fought American Revolution against Britain (1775-1783) was the first modern war of liberation against a colonial power. The triumph of American independence seemed to many at the time a divine sign that America and her people were destined for greatness
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Compare and Contrast the Chesapeake and New England colonies The dawn of the 1600’s brought about a new chapter in American history. The United States experienced an influx of almost 400‚000 Europeans and 350‚000 Africans‚ most of which were (indentured) servants. Most settlers‚ seeking the benefits of unclaimed land‚ migrated into the West Indies‚ Mid-Atlantic‚ New England‚ or South regions/colonies. It would be the differences between these groups that would set them apart from each other
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My life before I came to Job Corps was hell because I was on the streets doing things I wasn’t supposed to be doing I was always in trouble and hanging with the wrong people. We never talked about the future. Honestly‚ nobody expected to have one. Not really. People got killed or just came up missing everyday. I never listened to my mom. I always wanted to do things on my own. Life was not turning out like I had always figured and dreamed it would and I just could not put my finger on why. I kept
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English Colonies Among the new colonies war and fighting seems to be a hot topic for all. I personally wouldn’t have minded to live in Pennsylvania or South Carolina. The great land and location to water made both of these good destinations. It wasn’t a tough choice to choose the colonies I wanted to live in. On the other hand the ones I wanted to avoid were most of them. The Caribbean islands and Georgia seemed like a bit of a downfall. They aren’t completely bad‚ but there’s enough evidence
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in the colonies. Slowly‚ England rose to compete in this struggle for colonies‚ settling North America. Although New England and the Chesapeake regions were both settled by Englishmen‚ these two colonies evolved into completely different colonies as a result of their many differences of opinion starting with their reasons for settling the land‚ spreading to create two completely different societies. From the time each ship set off from England‚ both the New England and Chesapeake colonies were bound
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