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    Virginia Colony versus Massachusetts Colony Throughout the 17th century‚ the New World was being developed and the colonies were being formed. Two of these newly founded colonies were Virginia and Massachusetts. Between the two colonies‚ there were many similarities as a result of similar backgrounds of those who founded and were running the colonies. Although there are many reasons as to why people‚ the majority being from Europe‚ fled to the colonies‚ there are also multiple different aspects of

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    Narrow Escape

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    Bonding and Bonded Bunnies Bonding and Bonded Bunnies Rabbits are very sociable creatures‚ which means that most rabbits like to have a friend to snuggle with‚ play with and live with. Finding a bunny friend for your rabbit can be easy‚ but equally‚ it can be very challenging to find bunnies that suit each other. Bonding rabbits does not depend on a rabbit’s age or breed; what it depends on is the personality of each rabbit. This means that a continental giant could bond with a netherland

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    The Narrow Escape

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    Candidate Number: 0028 School Number: 1902 3: You are a member of the Taxi Cab Union during the General Strike of 1958. Give an account of your experiences during the strike. As I sat down reading a novel and watching my grandchildren‚ I observed how things have become so different from when I was their age. My mind started to wonder back to the General Strike of 1958. My palms started to sweat and I started to tremble as I recalled the events of that memorable day. I decided to relax and

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    In 17th century England‚ a wide variety of factors transpired to influence normal people to leave their homeland for the new English colonies in America. Some of these factors were “push” factors: negative events that made conditions worse for English citizens and influenced them to look for greener pastures elsewhere. Other factors are known as “pull” factors: positive aspects held by other lands that made them specifically attractive over others. For English citizens in the 17th century‚ the key

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    Linguistic Oppression

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    WA1: Linguistic Oppression It only takes a few minutes to call someone out. But by changing and challenging this normalized language‚ you can actively work against behaviors and ideologies that are racist‚ sexist‚ homophobic‚ transphobic‚ elitist‚ ablist‚ sizist and overall‚ oppressive. Language oppression is any word that uses an identity or an identifier of belonging to a certain group (class‚ race‚ sexuality‚ ability‚ gender‚ etc.) as a negative or undesirable quality. It ’s a form of verbal

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    The Lucky Escape.

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    " Dad I hate this town. I want to go back to our old house" mumbled Matt " Go to bed Matt. You’ve got school tomorrow" replied Dad "Okay I’ll go to bed but I still hate this place!" snapped Matt before trudging off to his room. "Wake up son! You’ve got to get ready for your new school" called Dad as he was passing Matt’s bedroom. Matt’s family had just moved to a new town because his father had a job promotion but Matt felt it was really a demotion. Okay‚ I know I’m nervous about starting at

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    The 13 Colonies Essay

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    thirteen colonies can be divided into three distinct regional sections: New England‚ Middle‚ and Southern. Each section had its own distinct economic and cultural framework which emerged from the geographical elements of the land and the religious beliefs of the settlers. Although founded by people of similar European origin‚ the regions became unique. This allowed all thirteen colonies to prosper and generate money in the way best suited for them.

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    The Colonies by 1763

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    settlement at Jamestown in 1607 and the Treaty of Paris in 1763‚ the most important change that occurred in the colonies was the extension of British ideals far beyond the practice in England itself. The thirteen colonies throughout time all established themselves and soon developed their own identities. Colonies in different areas were known for different things and no one colony was like the other. These people began to see them selves as Carolinians or Georgians‚ Quakers or new Englanders

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    Oppression In 1984

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    Oppression Through Grammar Dina Sayed 1-4 The novel 1984 by George Orwell highlights how the government uses multiple different tools in order to oppress their citizens‚ one of them being grammar and language. The concept of “Newspeak” is made to completely erase the ability to form rebellious and contrasting ideologies to the Party. The ultimate goal of Newspeak is to ensure even the possibility of rebellious thought is impossible since there are no words to formulate it. By forcing Newspeak

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    Huck Finn Escape

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    Salinger and Twain present the ideas of escape in the two novels? First of all the two authors wrote their books in different times and their ideas of escape will differ‚ for example Huck was written in the late 1800’s when slavery was still rife in many of the southern regions of America the idea of escape has a literal meaning. Alternately to this Catcher in the Rye was written in the 1940’s and depicts the societies of the then modern America. The ideas of escape were mainly within Holden’s head and

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