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    History of Michigan Test

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    1.The term "Three Fires" refers to the dominant tribes in Michigan during the early 1600s. The three tribes were: A) Sauk‚ Fox‚ and Algonquin B) Cherokee‚ Shawnee‚ and Sioux C) Ottawa‚ Chippewa‚ and Potawatomi D) Iroquois‚ Delaware‚ and Miami 2.How long had Native Americans lived on the North American continent before the first Europeans arrived? A) 8‚000 years B) 14‚000 years C) 10‚000 years D) 5‚000 years 3.In Carl Sandburg’s poem‚ "Four Preludes on Playthings on the Wind‚" words left behind in

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    to whether you believe Morrison might have conveyed these lessons more effectively through other plot devices or events. There are at least two communities portrayed in Sula: the Black community called The Bottom‚ and the white community of Medallion. Write an essay in which you

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    The Last of the Mohicans

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    colonial militia and the Mohican tribe. Nathaniel and his family have to protect British general Munro’s daughters and eventually a romance comes about between Nathaniel and one of the daughters‚ Cora Munro. Meanwhile‚ Magua‚ a Huron disguised as a Mohawk‚ is trying to get even with the Munro family for something they did to his family in the past. “The Last of the Mohicans” was very captivating in the sense that there was a lot of action throughout the film which kept your attention. It was also

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    Punk Rock Music

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    “emo”. Because they were‚ “emo”‚ they were stereotyped to cut and harm themselves. In certain cases was not a stereotype but the actual damaging. In a specific form‚ punk can be interpreted as violence‚ chaos and strange dressing styles such as mohawks which are without a doubt in my opinion amazing. As for rebelling‚ sometimes it can and will get out of hand to the point of violent actions. There are an uncountable amount of attitudes and

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    questions about how it actually occurred. - British open fire killing 5 Americans. - Parliament canceled the Townshend duties. • 1773 - Boston Tea Party - British sold tea even more cheaply than smuggled tea. - Colonists dressed up as Mohawks. - Colonists board tea ships - Tea was dumped over board. • 1774 - Intolerable Acts - These were passed in response to the Boston Tea Party and

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    The novel The Orenda by Joseph Boyden follows the lives of three different characters at the point of first contact between the Europeans and Native Americans. The story follows Bird‚ a Huron war-chief‚ Christophe “Crow”‚ a Jesuit priest‚ and Snow Falls‚ an imprisoned Iroquois forced to live amongst the Huron. During the main events of The Orenda‚ two groups of Huron join for the Creator’s Game. The portrayal of the Creator’s Game‚ now known as lacrosse‚ is shown through the purpose of the game‚

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    Up and Away

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    Who were the Iroquois tribes? There were five tribes in the original Iroquois Confederacy: the Mohawk‚ Seneca‚ Oneida‚ Onondaga‚ and Cayuga tribes. Later a sixth nation‚ the Tuscarora tribe‚ joined the confederation. - How was the Iroquois Confederacy organized? The Iroquois Confederacy‚ also known as the Iroquois League‚ was governed by the Iroquois Great Council. Each Iroquois nation sent between eight and fourteen leaders to the Great Council‚ where they agreed on political decisions

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    learning about them somewhat back in grade school and some in high school. I didn’t remember that Hiawatha and Deganawidah were the two leaders that founded the Iroquois that were bound together by five Indian nations. The five nations included the Mohawks‚ the Oneidas‚ the Onondagas‚ the Cayugas‚ and the Senecas. The Iroquois fought against neighboring Indians for territory‚ and also battled the French‚ English‚ and Dutch for control over the fur trade. I really liked the idea of the long house

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    The Monarchy In Canada

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    connection with the Queen as we used to? The Queen is irrelevant today. Change like this is in the future. Nothing stays the same forever. However the role of the monarchy in Canadian history cannot be denied. The same could be said of the Nazis; or the Mohawks and Laura Secord. However the Monarchy offers dimension to our history. Canada continues to need as many historically based structures as possible to distinguish the country from its burgeoning‚ warmongering and oh-so-greedy neighbor to the south

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    Death and the Arrow Chris Priestley Tom Marlowe is a typical and average fifteen year old who is an apprentice at his father’s printing shop‚ in London‚ England‚ in the year 1715. One day he finds out that his best friend‚ Will Piggot‚ has been murdered‚ after a series of mysterious murders in the city‚ and Tom is determined to find his friend’s killer. Death and the Arrow‚ by Chris Priestley‚ is a suspenseful and adventurous novel. Who murdered Will? Who has been murdering some of the people

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