soldiers were housed at the fort. When the American Revolution began in 1775 one of the most important battles between the Americans and the British was held at Fort Ticonderoga. On May 10th‚ Benedict Arnold from Massachusetts and Ethan Allen from Vermont joined their forces and attacked the British military base in Ticonderoga. The attack came at dawn when the soldiers were still sleeping. Even though it was a small battle‚ it was a major factor in the final outcome of the Revolution. The capture
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(www.gmcr.com) was founded by Bob Stiller in 1980 when he got a cup of coffee in Waitsfield‚ Vermont. It was incorporated in 1981. Originally a small café in Waitsfield‚ the company would eventually invest in Keurig in 1993. At the same time the company had gone public where Green Mountain would change the way coffee at home and at work was made
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In the thirteen colonies‚ voters had to either own a specific amount of land or individual property‚ or paid a stated amount in taxes. A huge problem with that is this only allowed around seventy of white males to vote. But because of this reason‚ cities only had a percentage of forty to fifty percent. However‚ there were other restrictions on voting‚ which include religion. For example‚ Catholics and Jews were both banned to vote in some colonies. Right after the American Revolution‚ some states
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Jane Ventura Dr. John Schillinger HSCI 132 November 10‚ 2012 Climate Change and Food Borne Illness Climate has always played a significant role in placing food on the tables of millions of families. It seems that we have regressed judging from the way that our ancestors have lived their lives to the way that we have become dependent on mass production of food. We have managed to sabotage our health as well as that of the Earth’s. The changes in weather patterns have gradually impacted agriculture
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Shoeless Joe WP Kinsella wrote Shoeless Joe in 1982. The novel was the source for the popular movie‚ Field of Dreams‚ in 1988. Shoeless Joe is the story of Ray Kinsella‚ an avid baseball fan‚ and the journey he takes and the lengths he goes to fulfill a dream. The Journey takes Ray too many different places around the Northeast; and even places he thought his mind would never go. Ray Kinsella is your typical mid-west farmer. He and his wife Annie have a daughter and a small corn farm in the middle
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Anass Elwawi ENGL 2290 Dr.Shawn Casey September 16‚ 2016 Mary Rowlandson Response Paper Mary Rowlandson‚ the daughter of a wealthy land holder in the Massachusetts Bay colony‚ was a victim of the King Philip war. She got married to Joseph Rowlandson at the age of 18‚ they had four children‚ one in which died in infancy. Shortly before the King Philip war ended a group of American Indians attacked the city of Lancaster and captured Mrs. Rowlandson along with her 3 children and a group of settlers
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As a successful writer and professor of English‚ Traci Gourdine expresses the significance of “being seen” and having the confidence from your mentors in “Convocation Speech: Seeing the Invisible‚” by sharing stories of dear friends and her experience as well. The passage that I believe is best considered as her thesis is‚ “Before I can teach I must see the individual before me. Too many have been told they cannot achieve‚ that they are weak and hopeless with math‚ science‚ reading or writing.
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Cited: Rockwell‚ Norman‚ Rosie the Riveter‚ 1943‚ Arlington‚ Vermont. Accessed December 2‚ 2011. http://www.rosietheriveter.org/painting.htm Rockwell‚ Norman‚ Four Freedoms‚ 1943‚ Arlington‚ Vermont. Accessed December 2‚ 2011. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm142.html Rosie the Riveter: Real Woman Workers in World War 2‚ Sharidan Harvrey. Library of Congress‚ 2009. Web video
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Baby Boom Critique “Baby Boom”‚ is a heartfelt and comical movie in one. J.C. Wiatt played by (Diane Keaton)‚ is a woman of a fast paced lifestyle dedicated to her profession working 75-80 hours a week. J.C has no time to spare for her personal or romantic life‚ or relaxation time for that matter with her schedule. (The film shows J. C. and her live-in mate‚ played by Harold Ramis‚ grudgingly allocating four minutes for sex one evening before going right back to their reading ("Movie Review
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