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    (A) 10-10-12 The Importance of Rebellions in Early America Many people think rebellions are a bad thing. Those people probably do not know that there were three rebellions that would change America for the better. The three rebellions happened in three key states/colonies. Shays’ Rebellion was in Massachusetts‚ the Whiskey Rebellion was in Pennsylvania and Bacon’ Rebellion was in the colony of Virginia. The most important rebellion was Shays’ Rebellion because it gave this country the need

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    Shay’s Rebellion http://www.termpaperwarehouse.com/essay-on/Shays-Rebelion/44327 http://shaysrebellion.stcc.edu/shaysapp/artifact/category.do?ID=2 Daniel Shay’s rebellion showed the weakness of a limited government. p.216‚ 220 Bailey‚ Thomas Andrew‚ David M. Kennedy‚ and Lizabeth Cohen. The American Pageant. Boston: Houghton Mifflin‚ 1998. Print. Boyer‚ Paul S. The Enduring Vision. Belmont‚ CA: Wadsworth‚ 2009. Print. PRIMARY SOURCES Gazette‚ Hampshire‚ comp. "A

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    of the tone of this book is depressing‚ sad‚ and lonely because Dave is telling the story of his abuse as a child. But during the chapter “Good Times” and the Epilogue the tone changes to happy. In the chapter “Good Times” it reflects upon the once picture perfect family before his mother found alcohol and started to abuse him. In the Epilogue Dave writes about his experience as an adult and loving father to his son Stephen. He recalls one special family vacation spot that he talked about in “Good

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    (Friedan 16). This philosophy may seem out dated today. With the great feminist movements from the women of the Victorian Era and the 1970’s the idea that women can only be housewives is a thing of the past‚ but not of the distant past. In "Lamb to the Slaughter" the main character is the

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    taxes‚ low prices for tobacco‚ and resentment against special privileges given those close to the governor‚ Sir William Berkeley‚ provided the background for the uprising. These factors made the rebellion inevitable. All of the chaos was precipitated by Governor Berkeley’s failure to defend the frontier against attacks by Native Americans. Bacon commanded two unauthorized but successful expeditions against the tribes and was then elected to the new House of Burgesses‚ which Berkeley had been forced

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    The Prairies‚ 1870—1896 1. Chapter Introduction 2. Métis Flee Westward 3. Métis in Northwest 4. First Nations People in the Northwest 5. National Dream 6. Northwest Rebellion of 1885 May Unit VI/Chapter 6: British Columbia to 1896 1. Chapter Introduction 2. The Oregon Territory 3. Colony of Vancouver Island to 1858 4. Cariboo Gold Rush 5. Colony of British Columbia—and Confederation 6. Railway Survey

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    wrote several short stories. Two of these stories are The Landlady and Lamb to the Slaughter. The Landlady is about a young naive recently graduated schoolboy who is on his journey to success‚ but along this journey he stays at a boarding house the owner of this boarding house is an eager elderly women who seems harmless at first but she is actually a cold blooded murderer. The other story‚ Lamb to The Slaughter is similar in a way it is about a stay at home wife “Mary Maloney” who seems like a

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    do you turn‚ that is‚ when even money cannot buy your happiness. Major problems include drug use‚ domestic violence‚ and sexual abuse‚ but being a teenager‚ it is known that juvenile delinquency and rebellion is on quite a high in recent times. When one asks: Why is juvenile rebellion as it is? I can only think of one answer‚ and that is lack of communication. The cause is as stated and cannot be put in another way. Communication brings people together in ways that other things cannot

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    Lamb to the Slaughter Literary Analysis Roald Dahl’s Lamb to the Slaughter is the story of a loyal’s wife reaction to her husband’s betrayal‚ using the rhetorical devices of dramatic irony‚ dark humor and foreshadowing. Throughout‚ the story you follow an abnormal day in Mary Maloney very wonted life. She makes the day abnormal by murdering her husband and shrewdly covers it up‚ without leaving a trace of evidence. The first rhetorical device encountered is foreshadowing‚ and foreshadowing is

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    In the short texts The Landlady and Lamb to the Slaughter written by Roald Dahl‚ important characters are the Landlady and Mary Maloney. Both these characters are important as they are not the pleasant personas they appear to be and are in fact ruthless murderers. The Landlady is about an elderly woman who kills her house guest by poisoning them with arsenic and then stuffs their bodies. Lamb to the Slaughter is about a housewife Mary Maloney who kills her husband Patrick Maloney‚ with a leg of

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