along the American frontier? What Turner wants to point out here is that the American West is the most important feature of American history‚ and of the development of its society. He refers several times to a process of “Americanization” and we will see that the definition he gives of it is a very peculiar one. He gives a definition of the frontier: “it lies at the hither edge of free land”‚ meaning that he considers the Indian territory to be free land. According to him the frontier is the “meeting
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When America comes to mind‚ you usually think of freedom or opportunity. That was exactly what the frontier provided. The frontier came to symbolize America for numerous of reasons. The frontier gave everyone opportunity’s including black‚ female‚ or even deprived white. With the westward expansion‚ you were allowed to build your own empire no matter your primary status. Especially with the Homestead Act now in place‚ it made the West very promising. The Homestead Act was an act that assured 160
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| Connections and Contrasts of Francis Bacon and Rene Descartes | | | | The Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One’s Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences is one of the most influential works in the history of modern philosophy‚ and important to the evolution of natural sciences. In this work‚ Descartes tackles the problem of skepticism. Descartes modified it to account for a truth he found to be incontrovertible. Descartes started his line of reasoning by doubting everything
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The definition of the efficient frontier says that “the efficient frontier represents the set of portfolios that has the maximum rate of return for every given level of risk‚ or the minimum risk for every level of return.” I plotted standard deviation on x axes and Returns on y axes to interpret efficient frontier. Exhibits also include these and the graphs you asked for as graph2: In our study‚ we concentrated on the optimal portfolios‚ the one which has the lowest volatility or risk‚ for given
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This is not about bacon. heartily sorry if u were trying to learn about bacon. CHARTER OF RIGHT S AND FREEDOMS A section of the Constitution Act ‚1982‚ which sets out constitutionally protected rights and freedoms FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS -conscience‚ religion -expression ‚press(media) -association -peaceful assembly -thought‚ belief ‚ opinion FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION VS. CENSORSHIP Restrictions: -materials that spread hatred - school boards decide on what books to allow -certain forms of pornography
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“Jackson’s Frontier-and Turner’s” Historians are seen as individuals telling the common folks of the world‚ in this case the common folk of the United States‚ the events of the past. Historians do not just regurgitate facts‚ they create a narrative; mostly made up of facts‚ but also from their perspective. What individuals do not realize is historians do not miraculously know the information; they must research the information from evidence‚ from a certain period‚ making historians a type of
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Nathaniel Hawthorne Like discussed in class‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne writes more about the guilt that comes from the sin. A lot of his stories are about the sins people did in their lives or he would even make up things that people did. His main theme that he focuses on is the theme of loneliness. When a person reads stories created by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ you can feel the loneliness of the characters. In a way I find that some of his stories are depressing because the way he makes some
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writers came about‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne. Because of him American literature would finally be recognized because of his many great works such as the Scarlett Letter and The House of The Seven Gables. His contributions to literature cannot be understated and the praise he receives to this day is rightly given. His works were largely influenced by his unrelenting believe in New England puritanism and therefore he can be considered a profound Christian writer. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s family
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The main mission of Berkeley City College is “to promote student success‚ to provide their diverse community with educational opportunities and to transform lives” – this is what exactly required Edmundson during the process of teaching his students (Edmundson‚ 1997). As he puts it in his work that he did not wanted to hear that student enjoyed his class and discipline‚ but he needed to know that his classes challenged the students and changed their lives. He also points out that students needed
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