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    James Madison

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    James Madison: “Father of the Constitution” James Madison was the fourth President of America. He is best remembered today as the “Father of the Constitution” and for leading the War of 1812 against Britain. Madison was born on March 16‚ 1751 in Port Conway‚ Virginia‚ and was the oldest of 12 children. He grew up on a large tobacco plantation where his family had about one hundred slaves. When he was 11 years old‚ he began his schooling at a boarding school for five years. However‚ due to health

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    James Watson

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    James Dewey Watson For my biography‚ I decided to write about the biologist James Dewey Watson. He was born during the 1920’s. Along the side of Francis Crick‚ he was famous for the discovery of the DNA double helix. The way we look at the composition of the human body is different because of them and their research. James Watson was born on April 5‚ 1928 to the parents of James D. Watson and Jean Mitchell. His father back round was of English descent and his mother’s

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    Week Two Article Summary James Naismith Being a high school basketball coach‚ and with the vision of being a college coach one day‚ I thought that it would be interesting to write about the founder of basketball. In December 1891‚ Canadian-born James Naismith‚ a physical education teacher at the YMCA training school‚ took a soccer ball and a peach basket into the gym and invented basketball. In 1893‚ James Naismith replaced the peach basket with iron hoops and a hammock-style basket. Ten

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    James Madison

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    Major Events During James Madison’s Presidency Tatiana Cabello Social Studies May 24‚ 2006 Ms. Espinoza “The advice nearest to my heart… is that the Union of the States be cherished”(Gaines‚ 34). This was Madison’s final inspirational message to his countrymen‚ which clearly depicts how he had devoted his life in keeping the nation strong and united (Gianes‚ 34). Madison‚ the fourth president of the United States served as president for two terms. Madison also was president

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    William James

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    William James (1842-1910) William James was a philosopher and psychologist but was most well known in the field of Psychology for developing the philosophy of pragmatism‚ or the Functionalist theory: "Theory of mental life and behavior that is concerned with how an organism uses its perceptual abilities to function in its environment." He was also the first Psychologist to be born in America. William James was born on January 11‚ 1842 in New York City. His father‚ Henry James Sr. was a

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    The story of Cinderella began in ancient China and has since been translated and recreated numerous times into stories‚ plays‚ and even movies. Perrault and Disney’s versions of Cinderella took special interest to Louis Bernikow‚ in which she analyzed in her essay “Cinderella: Saturday Afternoon at the Movies”. In the essay‚ Bernikow shows that “there are two worlds in the Cinderella cartoon‚ one of women‚ one of men” (270)‚ and that the women in the story need men. In “Cinderella: Saturday Afternoon

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    Summary-Cinderella Girl

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    It’s about Edward‚ a boy who has mixed feelings about a girl named Meg Hunter. Meg Hunter is a jovial lass who is young at heart. She loves nothing more than to play football and climb trees. Edward enjoys Meg’s company and finds her personality interesting.Though she could always be seen with a smudge or two on her face and she was rather sloppily dressed. However‚ Edward would rather date the school beauty queen‚ Bella Jones because it was what any other normal guy would do . His prim and proper

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    Both‚ James Madison and Thomas Jefferson served very successful terms as president of the United States of America. Madison’s greatest accomplishment was the moral victory in the “War of 1812”‚ while Jefferson doubled the size of America with the “Louisiana Purchase”. Also‚ having an exceptional relationship allowed them to create the Democratic- Republican party. Despite sharing the same views on government‚ the aftereffects of their presidencies turned out to be far different. Because James Madison

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    James Monroe

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    The Era of Good Feelings As James Madison approached the end of his presidency in 1816‚ a fellow Virginian and Republican—James Monroe—was elected as his successor. Monroe’s presidency was a continuation of the so-called “Virginia Dynasty‚” since all of the presidents between 1801 and 1825 were from Virginia. The fading Federalist Party ran a candidate in the 1816 election for the last time‚ securing only 34 electoral votes compared to Monroe’s 183 votes. Monroe came to the presidency with a solid

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    James Baldwin

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    James Baldwin Has writing ever changed your life? Have you wondered about the author of the amazing work? James Baldwin was the author of books‚ plays‚ and essays that broke literary ground. His work explored social and racial issues regarding discrimination. James Arthur Baldwin was born in Harlem‚ New York in August 2‚ 1924 to Emma Berdis Jones and an unknown father. His stepfather was David Baldwin‚ a Baptist preacher and a factory worker. Baldwin grew up with an abusive father and a poor family

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