The Old and Middle English evolved with their influences from the languages of the ruling powers. Manuscripts provide evidence of the changes in orthography and hints at the changing pronunciation as the seat of power passed from the Germanic Anglo-Saxon to the French Norman. As a result‚ there was a constantly changing relationship from the phonemically characterised spelling of the Old English to one whose spelling may not reflect the pronunciation in the Middle English. The Old English (AD 450-1100)
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admitted Women. 1783 Introduction of Noah Webster’s Speller: Noah Webster published the A grammatical Institute of the English language‚ also known as‚ “the blue-back speller.” This was the most widely circulated of the early American textbooks and like Webster’s American Dictionary it strived to establish a national identity as well as the United States’ linguistic and cultural independence of England. As the first popular American textbook‚ the introduction of Noah Webster’s
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Sargent – Defender of women’s rights to education. i. Ideas became an inspiration later on after her death. f. Americans aspired to a form of cultural independence. i. “Poem on the Rising Glory of America” – nationalism. g. Noah Webster-
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Introduction Why do you believe what you believe? Many people in life will bring up religion and why you believe in it. You may not know a lot about your religion‚ but I just want to tell you the parts of the Bible that I know. If someone ever asks you why you believe in your religion‚ I hope what I’ve wrote for you will help you summarize your faith and why you believe in God. This year I learned about Isaiah 6 and what it means. As a summary‚ Isaiah 6 explains how King Uzziah was one of the greatest
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Paine VS Chalmers Thomas Paine and James Chalmers were two men with different ideas and different social-political backgrounds. Chalmers was an American Landowner in Maryland while Paine was an Englishman who arrived from England to Pennsylvania with one purpose in mind: dissolving the English Monarchy in the English Colonies in America. Even though these two characters were established in America‚ their ideas concerning Democracy and Monarchy were different. Paine was in favor of the abolition
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WHERE ARE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE SPEAKERS DISTRIBUTED? Origin and Diffusion of English • Second language most spoken. o Official in 50 countries (more than any other language). • English Colonies o English migrated with language as established colonies. ▪ Official language of most foreign colonies. o North America (Jamestown 1607 and Plymouth in 1620). ▪ After defeat of French‚ English is main language. o First to North
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creating a public school system. He believed that education should be under control of the government‚ free from religious biases and available to all people regardless of their status in society. Others who were in support were Benjamin Rush‚ Noah Webster‚ Robert Coram‚ and George Washington. It was not until after the 1840s was public education available for people other than the rich. The first public supported high school was founded in 1635. The attendance in schools was poor because
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Transforming independent individuals into slaves requires extensive indoctrination. The way they view life‚ the world‚ and themselves must be molded into an outlook that is compatible with tyranny. They must be trained to be scared of the world‚ and always to be seeking some “authority” to protect and take care of them. Whenever a problem arises‚ they should look to their rulers for the solution rather than taking it upon themselves to fix it. One of the main problems that the peasants must
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more. Richter prefaced The Epic of Eden with a mind-boggling introduction that left no doubt in my mind that this was going to be an enlightening read‚ and I don’t say this casually. The second definition of the word enlighten‚ according to Merriam-Webster‚ is “to give spiritual insight to”‚ and Richter disguised a promise of enlightenment within the initial pages of this text. As a perfect example of this concealed assurance‚ Richter states that the end result of a church not knowing their Old Testament
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The American Temperance Society (ATS)‚ first known as the American Society for the Promotion of Temperance‚ was established in Boston‚ Massachusetts on February 13‚ 1826. The organization was co-founded by two Presbyterian ministers‚ Dr. Justin Edwards and the better-known Lyman Beecher. * Formation of the American Temperance Society marked the beginning of the first formal national temperance movement in the US. * The Temperance Movement was an organized effort during the nineteenth and
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