communication The Ten Articles: Key Points 1. Acknowledgement that the US is a free‚ sovereign and independent nation 2. Establish boundaries between US and British North America 3. Granted fishing rights to US in Grand Banks‚ coast of Newfoundland and in Gulf of Saint Lawrence 4. Debts have to be paid on both sides 5. Recognize loyalists and give back land 6. Prevent future confiscations of loyalist land 7. Prisoners of war be released 8. Both given perpetual access to
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Block: B Socials9 Study Guide: Final Exam Multiple choice sections: Chapter six: 1-20 1. Coniferous trees: Coniferous trees have small‚ waxy and usually narrow leaves (needles or flat scales). ’Coniferous’ means that it is a cone-bearing tree. 2. Appalachian region: Some of the landforms found in this region are low mountains‚ flat uplands‚ forests‚ rocky cliffs‚ and many islands. Climate can be described as cool and wet for most of the year. Variety of vegetation that grows in the Appalachian
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great deal of time. The harp seals live on edges of packed ice on the open sea. (C.M.Shorter‚ 1999) They are dependent on the ice for breeding and molting. They are found in the Arctic and north Atlantic from Kara to the waters of Greenland and Newfoundland. “Population data for this species is scarce‚ however it is estimated that the northwest Atlantic populations contains between 4-6.4 million seals‚ the east Greenland population contains about 300‚000 seals‚ and about 1.2 million live in the Barents
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gain much from their war efforts. Britain gained all of the land east of the Mississippi‚ and gained Florida from Spain; helped to fuse bonds between colonies and Britain but also created a suspicion for one another gained the Hudson Bay region‚ Newfoundland‚ and Acadia; colonists felt the need to depend on Britain did the same as the Seven Year’s War with regards to colonial-British feelings. All of the different wars certainly did have an impact on the economic and political success of the British
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It is a debate as to who discovered America. Many think that Christopher Columbus discovered America‚ but that may not be true. Before Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean in 1492 it is believed that Bjarni Herjolfsson‚ a Viking‚ may have been the first European to see North America with his crew he went looking for his father traveling from Ireland to Greenland. He was led off course by bad conditions. He came to land that wasn’t Greenland‚ and he didn’t want to stop despite his crew wanting
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She took off from Harbour Grace‚ Newfoundland on the morning of May 20‚ 1932 to begin her solo flight over the Atlantic. Strong winds‚ icy conditions‚ and mechanical problems forced her to land in a pasture near Londonderry‚ Ireland. Two days later‚ on May 22‚ Amelia landed at the Hanworth
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ago‚ people have given thanks for a prosperous bounty. The first formal Thanksgiving was in the year 1578. A man named Martin Frobisher had given thanks for surviving his journey from England. He also gave thanks for a place that is now called Newfoundland. The celebration at Thanksgiving was also brought to Nova Scotia when Americans began to settle there. At the same time French settlers were arriving and were also having feasts of thanks. In 1879‚ Canadian parliament declared November 6th
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18% 17% 15% 12% Divorce rate‚ by age group Divorce rate for couples‚ ages 50 to 54 38% Divorce rate for couples‚ ages 55 to 59 47.8% Divorce rate for couples‚ ages 60 to 64 31.7% Marriage‚ Common Law‚ Same Sex Unions Marriage rate in Newfoundland and Labrador Marriage rate in Quebec Same Sex couples who are married Common law families Reasons for divorce Reasons for divorce SOURCE: Stats Canada SOURCE: Stats Canada 54.3% 37.5% 16.5% 15% Stats Canada‚1993 to 2003 SOURCE:
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Lisa Shaw’s article Amelia Earhart’s life and Disappearance‚ was great‚ Although‚ she spent little time informing about her early life. Noting only that Amelia Earhart was born on July 24‚ 1897. Amelia grew up with her sister grace and a love for adventure. As a child‚ Amelia explored their neighborhood and even built a roller coaster in her back yard with her uncle. This rollercoaster gave her that first taste of flight. Shaw then spent a majority of the article explaining the steps Amelia took
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Alfred Wegener started a proposal of continental drift that simply stated that there was once a supercontinent called Pangaea. He believed that 200 million years ago the continent began breaking into smaller continents which began the layout of where they lie now. Many people and geologists rejected Wegener?s idea especially the North American geologists due to most of his evidence to back his proposal up had been gathered from Southern continents. Evidence that Wegener had listed to support his
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