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    Not many people understand the vast difference between video art‚ and film‚ but when you actually begin to understand the different genres‚ it becomes apparent that they just are not the same thing. On a base level‚ the objectives of both are generally different‚ initially‚ video art is more about experimental expressive freedom‚ and film is more centered on entertainment‚ though there are some instances when they do overlap‚ where the film makers decide to push the boundaries‚ and experiment‚ or

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    Many people don’t know the importance of the story of Paul Revere. This is because over hundreds of years‚ the story has been over looked. Many schools and teachers don’t teach the story of Paul Revere‚ but in the end‚ the story has a major impact on the beginning of the Revolutionary War. Paul Revere was born on January 1‚ 1735‚ in Boston Massachusetts. Paul grew up in Boston working for his fathers silversmiths business‚ that would later on be passed down as his own. Paul married Sarah Orne

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    Q: Was the American Revolution inevitable or could it have been avoided? A revolution is an overthrow of a tyrannical ruler or political system. Colonial America‚ once abused by mother Britain‚ became a strong‚ independent country after the inevitable American Revolution. The British had treated colonists unfairly through the policy of salutary neglect -which was their way of keeping them under control by avoiding strict law enforcement (a positive outcome of salutary neglect was that it established

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    Colonial Americans’ Thoughts on Britain as Influenced by Historical Ideas When thinking of American history‚ the revolution immediately comes to mind. There were many events which led to the war‚ and many reasons why the colonies desired autonomous ruling. The American colonists despised the absolute monarchial rule of the British due to the mistreatment that they caused‚ and several historical ideas put in place by the Magna Carta‚ English Bill of Rights‚ and several other documents. After the Seven

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    "For Imposing Taxes on us Without our Consent" The section of the Declaration of Independence titled "The Charges Against the King is extremely important. The English Declaration of Rights included a similar section‚ so without indicating the revolutions’ causes it would have been very difficult to justify independence. Today and during the time of the revolution many of the accusations seemed rather weak and unsupported. However there were some that were considered by all to be significant infractions

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    The people of Concord experienced colonial imperialism much differently than those who lived in Boston. Unlike Boston‚ Concord was not a major port city. It also did not have British regulars present on a daily basis. Concordians had many problems within their own borders they were more concerned with than the events caused by the colonies strained relationship with Britain (Robert A Gross‚ Minutemen and Their World. Page 10). This is not to say Concord did not take part in colonial activities to

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    Deciphering the Mayan hieroglyphs has been a difficult and long process. Much of the Mayan history and knowledge was burnt away by Spanish inquisition in the sixteenth century. The Spanish believed the Mayans practiced devil worship‚ and there writing system was a tool for the devil. Many Mayans were tortured and jailed for crimes of devil worship‚ and forced to convert religions. The Spanish then burnt up thousands of the Mayan books‚ and people were tortured or burned at the stake if they were

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    By definition‚ torture is “ the action or practice of inflicting severe pain on someone as a punishment.” The representation of torture has been a key controversy in academic literature and continues to spark conversations among critics today. This topic is current when acknowledging the growing popularity of torture by the world’s governments in recent years‚ and how the existence of torture in the modern world has raised difficult questions for writers on their representation of torture (Gallagher)

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    The French and Indian War took place over 9 years. It was fought between the French and British with the help of Indians on both sides. The dispute was over the land in the Ohio Valley which was land crucial for fur trading with Indians. Both countries claimed the land‚ thus resulting in the French and Indian War which was a major turning point because it ended salutary neglect‚ therefore resulting in the Sugar Act and soon the Townshend Act which was crucial because this all then lead to the Revolution

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    The colonists in the early 18th century felt closer to their homeland of England than they did to their neighboring colonies. It wasn’t until after the French and Indian War that the colonies started to feel unified in a way. Then with the addition of harsh tax acts and policies the colonists started to question being a part of the British Empire. These acts without the colonist’s consent started to stir up ideas about actually becoming an independent nation and revolting against their English rulers

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