March 8‚ 1769 I’m a male and my original name is Carl Smith my friends call me CS. My age is 23 years old. I’m from Virginia and during the last years I have been traveling around the 13 colonies to fight the British soldiers. My ancestors came to the “New World” because they wanted to be free and not wanting to anyone controlling them. I’m single‚ that is the reason why I joined the American Army over 6 Months ago is because I was unable to get a job that I wanted was unable to received my diploma
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Times I (1600s-1770): when the British colonies in north am decided to become indep from the kingdom. • Colonial Times II • Independence: the war for indep‚ the am revolution. • The Young Republic (1790-1830): the first 40 years of the am history‚ marked the transition to a republic democracy. • The Antebellum Period (1830-1860): Before the civil war • The Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1880) The period: 1600s to 1880 Aristotle: "The beginning is half the whole". "Indians"
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Roger Williams Analysis Roger Williams writings in The Key into the Language of America reflected his nontraditional views of the Natives during his time. While most Englishmen in America viewed the Natives as “savages‚… wild men‚… barbarians‚… or heathens‚”(page 90) Williams “saw that the American Indians were no better or worse than the “rogues” who dealt with them‚ and that in fact they possessed a marked degree of civility.” (page89) The fact that he came to his conclusion by actually submerging
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colonists in Virginia also displayed a profound fear of witchcraft and the works of the Devil. To guard against this phenomenon‚ witch pots were employed just as they had been in England. In 1978‚ a witch pot was recovered in Virginia Beach. Unfortunately‚ the relic was found by an amateur collector and most of the details regarding the find have been lost due to negligence. However‚ the loss of information does not render the discovery invalid as it clearly displayed that colonists in Virginia were attempting
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AP Practice Essay #1 Intro: EX 1: The differences between men’s and women’s colleges were considerable in Virginia Woolf’s day. Rather than assert this in a pedestrian‚ expository way‚ Woolf uses the respective meals served at each college to illustrate the discrepancies between the schools. The meals are a metaphorical device‚ akin to a poetic conceit: Woolf makes a far more forceful‚ profound distinction between the male and female schools through such juxtaposition than if she had merely enumerated
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John McMillian’s lively cultural history offers readers a contemporary perspective on the legacy of the sixties underground press‚ comprising hundreds of cheaply produced‚ unevenly written weekly/biweekly “rags” (his term throughout the book) from mimeographed sheets (a copy produced on the precursor to a photocopier) to tabloids‚ which eventually merged New Left politics with a counterculture communal aesthetic intended to connect‚ reflect‚ and advance the youth movement. Reading the book at this
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comparison to the rest of the world‚ the continent of Africa can quite often be described as a place riddled with tribal beliefs‚ ethnic conflicts and “bad” governance. It is believed to be backward and isolated from the world’s long history towards modernity.Within John Lonsdale piece “Globalization‚ Ethnicity and Democracy: A View from “the hopeless Continent”‚ he argues that contrary to popular belief Africa has gone through the processes of globalization and that its current issues are due to how
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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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The History of Thanksgiving Bobbie A. Harjo In Plymouth‚ England‚ during September 1620‚ a ship slowly sailed out to sea. This ship was named the Mayflower‚ and it was on a very special trip. The Mayflower’s passengers were headed to the New World‚ America. These people were called the pilgrims‚ and they were leaving England to begin new lives. This was one of the things that they were thankful for‚ and one of the reasons they celebrated the first thanksgiving. The Pilgrims set ground at Plymouth
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William Paterson (Patterson) was born in County Antrim‚ Ireland‚ in 1745. When he was almost 2 years of age‚ his family emigrated to America‚ disembarking at New Castle‚ DE. While the father traveled about the country‚ apparently selling tinware‚ the family lived in New London‚ other places in Connecticut‚ and in Trenton‚ NJ. In 1750 he settled in Princeton‚ NJ. There‚ he became a merchant and manufacturer of tin goods. His prosperity enabled William to attend local private schools and the College
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