In the first article‚ “The New Flat Earth Society”‚ by Albert A Bartlett‚ the author discusses the beliefs of the New Flat Earth Society‚ especially pointing out the need for the earth to be flat and therefore infinite in order to encompass the ever-growing population of people. Although the Earth has been proven to be round‚ the Flat Earth Society is deemed ‘New’ because of their desire for the Earth to be infinite to be able to make up for the increasing number of people and the decreasing number
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Chapter 4: Slavery‚ Freedom‚ and the Struggle for Empire‚ to 1763 I. Olaudah Equiano II. Slavery and the Empire A. The Triangular Trades 1. A series of triangular trade routes crisscrossed the Atlantic. 2. Colonial merchants all profited from the slave trade. 3. Slavery became connected with the color black and liberty with the color white. B. Africa and the Slave Trade 1. With the exception of the king of Benin‚ most African rulers took part in the slave trade‚ gaining guns and textiles
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Impact of New Media on Society: Smartphones The term ‘new media’ is one that is constantly evolving‚ and on a daily basis‚ encompassing more as well as newer and innovative elements in it. In the broadest sense‚ it is the opposite of ‘traditional media’‚ which includes print‚ television and film‚ and radio. According to New Media Basics‚ new media is essentially interactive‚ and it includes a host of communication mechanisms that revolve around the internet‚ and include elements such as e-mail
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involved in exploration of the Americas. Spain started the trend with the exploration of Columbus. Observers realized that Columbus had not discovered Spice Islands south of China‚ but a whole new world to the Europeans. Expeditions of exploration in search of wealth were the first action of the explorers of the new land. Immediate metal wealth was not found in the Caribbean Islands‚ but it was found later on the Americas mainland. England was then enticed to claim land for itself‚ and claimed the lands
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Zoe Collins 1993 DBQ: Chesapeake vs. New England 7/9/13 Although during the 17th century the British colonies still recognized themselves as European or English‚ they managed to develop unique characteristics through the expansion of colonies‚ and the escalation of population. Through this expansion‚ new information‚ customs‚ and new ways of life were learned and practiced daily‚ and with these changes came the separation of the two societies. While the settlers of the Chesapeake region
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Although people from England settled in the Chesapeake and New England area‚ the regions evolved into two distinct societies due to their differences in religion‚ politics‚ and especially‚ economies by 1700. The religion of the Chesapeake and New England areas differed. Because New Englanders came to escape religious persecution‚ one would think that it would become a land of complete tolerance. This was not the case‚ though. The New Englanders were very religious-based‚ and considered themselves
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the founding of the northern and southern English colonies? The major similarity of the founding of each colony was the reasoning the people were coming over in the first place. They were all looking for better lives economically. The differences were the northern colonies were mainly looking for freedom politically and religiously. The southern colonies were just looking for an all-around better scale of life. The people from the southern colonies came over with adventure on their minds instead of
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going through a difficult time with war debt. They were just coming out of the French and Indian War. (1754-1763) England was currently struggling all around so they proposed to have the Stamp Act against the American Colonies. The colonies were very hesitant only because their standards bothered them. The prices of the stamps were not the main topic of controversy for the American Colonies. “No taxation without representation” was a very common chant during protest. This is equivalent to “Black
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The people of the Trobriand Islands in Papua New Guinea have been a source of interest to anthropologists since the early 1900s‚ when Bronislaw Malinowski first studied them. In a time when anthropology was "barely established as a formal discipline" (Weiner‚ 1988)‚ Malinowski had an intense interest in ethnographical field work as well as the fascinating culture of the natives of what was then called Papua‚ the southeastern part of mainland New Guinea. The Trobriand way of life is extremely different
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greatly effected not only the colonists but also their slaves by bringing unity to both rich and poor in the colonies and providing hope to the enslaved that they could have freedom. After the French and Indian war‚ Britain acquired half of the French colonies in America. The British tried to force their desires on the Natives which upset them causing a conflict called Pontiac’s War in 1763. This war caused the colonists to take out their aggression on peaceful or defenseless Indians which lead the
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