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    Zhong Zhu Mrs. Capalbo US I Honors‚ Pd. 2 6 December 2012 Outline I. Afri. In Amer. A. Climate in South & effect on slave pop. 1. Labor = life-draining 2. S. Carolina rice & indigo plants. cost lives of many male slaves→Result→Fresh slave imports sustain cruel conditions B. Slaves of tobacco growing Chesapeake & their pop. growth 1. Tobacco less demanding than crops of deep South – plants. lrgr+closer to one another than rice & indigo plants a. Size+proxim

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    century‚ to establish an English colony‚ was a “first in its class” decision. Starting in 1584‚ England made its first claim to expand its territory to the New world. In 1587‚ the Roanoke colony was founded‚ although it is a great advancement for England‚ It is still one of the greatest American mysteries when the colony was found abandoned in 1590. In this essay‚ I will explain to you the three of the most probable causes of the mysterious disappearance of the Roanoke colony. This evidence will explain

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    CALABAR 29/05/2015. The Team Player Effects In The School Prefect System Leadership has been described as a process of social influence in which a person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task. “Individual commitment to a group effort is what makes a team work‚ a company work‚ a society work and a civilization work” - Vince Lombardi An individual prefect commitment to the school effort is what makes the school prefect system work. A team is a group of people

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    aid to establish a colony‚ the Pilgrims prepared for the move. They purchased their own ship‚ a small vessel known as the Speedwell and were granted another which the Virginia Company rented called the Mayflower. After two unsuccessful attempts of leaving England‚ the Pilgrims were forced to leave the Speedwell behind due to a leak. Losing a ship caused some of them to be sent back to Holland as there was no room. They finally set sail for the northern part of the Virginia colony with a total of 102

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    dxgluizdkvgJSLDGuigasjf‚sdgkjsagksdjgdfhjhjhlkshzjhksjhfgiuhahHawthorne‚ Nathaniel‚ The Scarlet Letter: The student will keep a dialectical journal (see below) on the novel AND write informal responses to the following prompts: 1. Read the following passage (paragraph 3‚ “I might be‚ … martyrdom.”) from The Scarlet Letter‚ Chapter 5‚ “Hester at Her Needle.” Then write a short essay showing how Hawthorne depicts Hester’s inner turmoil. Consider such rhetorical devices as diction‚ figurative language

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    Primarily‚ the main reason for prodigious differentiation between New England and the Chesapeake region at the start of their existence was the separate intentions of the leaders of the two. The reasons why these colonists traveled to America led to the development of two different societies from the colonial period up until 1700. Factors sprouting from these intentions include social factors‚ political factors‚ and economic factors. These factors and motives are the basis of the two different

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    The Virginia Company of London had a certain goal‚ that goal was to establish a permanent colony in America that would make profit for the company. The company was chartered by King James 1 in April 1606‚ and was comprised of two divisions. The Plymouth Company would establish a short-lived colony at the mouth of the Kennebec River near what is now Phippsburg‚ Maine. The London Company would establish Jamestown in Virginia; England’s first permanent settlement in the New World. There was only two

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    The New England colonies and the Southern colonies are slightly similar in some aspects‚ but drastically different in most. For example the new england colonies were strictly puritan and they did not tolerate any other religion but the southern colonies were not dominated by a single religion which gave way to more liberal attitudes and some religious freedom. The economy of New England was powered mostly the manufacturing in factories‚ whereas the Southern colonies’ economies were more agriculturally

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    of some colonies‚ while other colonies such freedom was denied‚” is very much true. Looking back to the Northern Colonies‚ it’s evident that the Puritans were completely set on the Christian faith.Different from the New England Colonies: the Middle Colonies were very diverse with their religion and just everything having to do with things among that nature. Moving onto the Southern Colonies‚ the major religion was‚ like in New England‚ Christianity. The New England (Northern) Colonies were extremely

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    Although there were many reasons that American Colonies began to resent Britain‚ the new ideas presented by the Enlightenment and the Acts that the British government continued to implement played their own parts individually and combined. When British Philosopher‚ John Locke‚ stated that all men have the right to “life‚ liberty and property”‚ he proposed that there was such a thing as an illegitimate government. Because an illegitimate government claims entitlement to take‚ not provide protection

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