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    Tree Plantation

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    Tree Plantation Tree plantation means planting more trees in a planned way. It is very necessary to the environment. Trees are our best friends. They give us oxygen. They also give us shelter‚ shade‚ foods‚ fruits etc. They help our environment in many ways. They prevent soil erosion. They make our land fertile. They save us from droughts‚ floods‚ cyclones etc. If there are no trees our country will turn into desert. Different kinds of natural disasters will come. People will suffer from the shortage

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    John Smith wrote this book with the purpose of creating his own historical narrative rather than rewrite heroics in history. Smith filled this work with his history and his life from his perspective along with tales and other stories from his adventures and time in the military. In this literary piece Smith shows the relationship between Early English Settlers and American Indians‚ shows the lifestyle of Early English Settlers‚ and shows the determination that the settlers had to build a new country

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    Difficulties Involving Early Colonization Ekaterina Smirnova When reviewing the writings of John Smith and other various writers‚ we begin to envision the significant roles they played in the colonization of the New World. Despite the hardships John Smith faced while attempting to colonize Jamestown‚ he implemented strong values and principals such as “one who does not work‚ shall not eat.” In Smith’s eyes all people were to work together to achieve a common goal. He always thought about what was

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    My state is Virginia‚ it was named for England’s “Virgin Queen” Elizabeth I. Virginia has had three state capitals. It’s first state capital was Jamestown which was the state capital for over 80 years‚ in 1699 Virginia changed its capital to Williamsburg after a fire destroyed Jamestown‚ in 1780 the capital was changed once again to Richmond‚ where it has resided ever since. The state population is approximately 8‚382‚993 as of July 1‚ 2015‚ . The state bird is the Northern Cardinal‚ it is most

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    Plantation and 2mks

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    (a) Explain what is meant by the term ‘resistance’. [2mks] (b) Describe TWO ways in which the Haitian Revolution impacted Caribbean society and culture. [4mks] 4. (a) Explain what is meant by the term ‘plantation society’. [2mks] (b) Explain ONE way in which plantation society contributed to social stratification. [2mks] (c) Explain ONE way in which education contributed to a new class formation in Caribbean society. 5. (a) Define the term ‘culinary practices’ [2mks]

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    intentions‚ and way of living have anything in common? Jamestown and Plymouth were both different groups of people coming from England to America for very distinct motives. There were many differences between the two‚ but they also had some resemblances with their venture and establishment in the territory. The two groups‚ both experienced the same consequences when they landed in America. Jamestown settled in what today is Virginia‚ Their main goal to go to the new terrain was to make money and become

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    Both John Donne and William Shakespeare view death with their opinions and we can see the differences straight from their poem. First of all‚ in John Donne¡¯s Holy Sonnet 10‚ he says that death is death and that death will never go away unless everything is dead. Donne‚ the Poet is pocking at death. Death itself dies when we wake in God’s arms‚ in heaven. "Though some have called thee / Mighty and dreadful‚ for thou art not so" (line1 1-2). This shows how the speaker addresses death as a person and

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    Analysis of Sherman Alexie’s novel. Centers on character of John Smith‚ a man caught between two worlds: the Indian and the White and not at home in either world. Issue of John’s intolerance; his suffering‚ alientation and violence. Negative impact of intolerance of white society and co-workers. Author’s message. From the Paper: "John Smith‚ the protagonist of Sherman Alexie’s novel Indian Killer‚ is a man caught between the white world and the Indian world‚ and at home in neither. He is a full-blooded

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    William J. Holland’s 1898 and 1930 editions of his epic tome‚ The Butterfly Book‚ describes and depicts in seventy-seven full color Plates and numerous figures the more than seven hundred valid species and the several hundred varieties then known in North America north of the Rio Grande of Texas. In the writing‚ Holland (1848-1932) had access to all of the then known American literature referring to most of the species occurring north and south of the equator. The earliest descriptions by other

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    colonies of Jamestown and Plymouth had several similarities as well as differences. The colonists of both colonies had an extremely harsh first winter‚ had treaties and traded with the Natives with an overall good relationship with them and who had both their Kings beheaded. The similarities continued over time‚ like building their own houses‚ having every colonist required to work‚ and not given what they were promised for going to the New World. Although the colonies of Plymouth and Jamestown have many

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