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    He also showed them evidence of old injuries and suspect it is from an abusive relationship. Grissom also finds a musket fly during the autopsy. The women was identified as Kaye Shelton through the AFIS (The Automated Fingerprint Identification System) and her husband was Scott Shelton. Grissom said he knew that they lived downtown because of the musket flies that were on the body‚ and they are only found in urban areas. Grissom and Sara go to their house to look for evidence. Her

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    Hernan Cortes’ main point in writing this piece was to show the king of Spain his attempt to reason with the natives and how he reacted to their refusal to agree with the requerimiento. Cortes supposedly entered peacefully into the natives’ land and expected them to accept a new God and the repossession of their land without any argument. Since the natives did not agree to requerimiento‚ Cortes saw fit that he defend himself by killing hundreds of people thought he had no business in entering their

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    The “Patriot” takes place in South Carolina in 1776 during the Revolutionary War. It is a story about a widowed father of seven‚ named Benjamin Martin. Benjamin was involved in the French and Indian War before marrying and starting a family. He is reluctant to join the conflict as he remembers too well his own experience in the earlier French and Indian War. After his wife passed away he does everything to keep his family together and away from war. He is a patriot who wants no part in a war with

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    the cotton gin and Interchangeable parts. Without even realizing it‚ he made a big difference in the South because of the cotton gin. The making of Interchangeable parts contributed to the victory of the U.S. in the Civil War. He also made the musket. The musket was a firearm used in the Civil War. He also made canes‚ nails‚ and laide haptians before assembling the cotton

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    were willing to fight and die for the Union it would help get rid of cultural and institutional racism. Frederick Douglas famously said‚ “Once let the black man get upon his person the brass letters‚ U.S.; let him get an eagle on his button‚ and a musket on his shoulder and bullets in his pocket‚ and there is no power on earth which can deny that he has earned the right to citizenship” (African American Odyssey; 271). What he meant was that in a time when most people‚ including President Abraham Lincoln

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    The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass uncovers an abundant amount of American history during this time of slavery. Douglass does this by the way he describes the slave family‚ the treatment and living conditions of slaves‚ and the master-slave relationship. The master often tears families apart by breaking them up. Douglass says that many times mothers have to leave their babies‚ before the child reaches one. He thinks this occurs to damage the bond of affection between a mother and child

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    “Land Ho”! In the year of‚ 117 colonists arrive at the shore of‚ nowadays‚ North Carolina (Drye Willie‚ 2004). On the ship the ship is a pregnant women also known as Eleanor Dare‚ daughter of John White‚ and the mother of Virginia Dare; the first English born American child. The Roanoke colony is one of the first American mysteries that no one has yet solved. There are a lot of theories regarding this tragedy. Some say that they drowned‚ and others say that they merged with the Indians living near

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    DBQ #2 The relations between Indians and the English were variable. On one side of the spectrum‚ the Wampanoag and Puritans got along very well‚ even having the “first Thanksgiving”. On the other end‚ the Pequot War waged the Pequots against three English colonies. Both sides tried to assert their interests; the English used their advanced firearms to drive the Indians off their land‚ and also accidentally their Old World diseases helped their cause. The Indians used their knowledge of the

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    had taken the kettle from and shot several arrows at him from behind‚ and brought him down. Seeing this they ran at him at once and descended on him with their knives. Meanwhile‚ haste was made to get to shore‚ and muskets were fired from the ship‚ including my own. One of my men’s musket exploded in his hands‚ causing a great commotion. The savages‚ hearing this‚ took to flight redoubling their speed when they saw we had reached the shore. We kept the prisoner bound by hand and feet and brought in

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    The musket that was very common during the American Revolutionary Wars was now improved on. The rifled musket could now effectively shoot accurately at 500 yards. This allowed troops to stay further back than normal which had a large strategic impact and an impact on the soldier’s daily life. Before the Civil

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