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    Dossier informing the Queen of Russia’s situation in 1850: A brief potted history of Russian dynastic history over the past 1‚000 including key events and people- Year Date Event 1707 8 October Bulavin Rebellion: A small band of Don Cossacks killed a Muscovite noble searching their territory for tax fugitives. 1708 7 July Bulavin Rebellion: After a series of devastating military reversals‚ Bulavin was shot by his former followers. 18 December An imperial decree divided Muscovy into

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    The expansion of America from the thirteen colonies across the entire continent was known as westward expansion. In 1845‚ John O’Sullivan‚ a newspaper editor that was writing about the possible annexation of Texas‚ coined the term Manifest Destiny. “Manifest Destiny…to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions” (Wexler 96). Manifest Destiny inspired a 29-year old named Stephen F. Austin to talk grandly of colonizing the Mexican province

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    the most difficult and controversial issues that we are faced with is abortion. There are numerous strong arguments both for and against the right to have abortion. The difficulty of this issues lies in the different aspects of the argument. The essence of the person‚ rights and who is qualified to these rights‚ are a few of the many aspects which are very difficult to define. There are also issues of what circumstances would justify abortion. Since the issue of abortion is practically impossible

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    similar to westward expansion. From 1801 to1844‚ westward expansion spread rapidly and America experienced a serious change in national unity. During this period territorial expansion had a very large impact and overall brought Americans together. During the early 1800’s (1800-1823) the Louisiana Purchase and Treaty of 1818 increased national unity. The Louisiana Purchase was economically beneficial and generally cemented the union. The Treaty of 1818 resolved boundary issues between the United States

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    What was life in the prison like? Only few people can answer that question‚ but The Yuma Territorial Prison was not only a prison‚ it also had other activities which the prisoners could get involved in so they would not spend all day locked in a cell. For example a very important part of the prison was the famous Library which was built inside the Yum Territorial Prison. It was not a very fancy library‚ the prison could hardly afford books for the prisoners and for the people of Yuma to use. This

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    1. Description 2. Background Information a. Common Names African Baobab‚ Baobab‚ Monkey Bread Tree‚ Upside Down Tree‚ Cream of Tartar Tree b. Scientific Name Adansonia digitata L. c. Family Name Bombacaceae 3. Species a. Adansonia digitata L. b. Adansonia Grandidieri c. Adansonia Gregorii d. Adansonia Madagascarcariensis e. Adansonia Perrieri f. Adansonia rubrostipa g. Adansonia suarezensis

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    Anna Correa Mr. McKenna Global 9H 5/20/13 The Effects of the Expansion in the Post-Classical Period: The Islamic Civilization The “Post-Classical Period‚” was a time of change‚ expansion‚ and vast cultural diffusion. The Islamic civilization is a group that emerged from the Semitic groups of southwestern Asia‚ and moved to the Arabian peninsula in tribes‚ known as the Bedouin tribes‚ due to lack of water and food. The Islamic Civilization encountered the cultures of the Europeans‚ Asians

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    Westward Expansion The westward expansion happened in the 1800`s. It was a period of time when the United States was trying to obtain more states in the Union from throughout North America; it was titled the Manifest Destiny. One of the reasons was because immigrants wanted to come to America to have freedom of religion‚ uninhabited land‚ and access to special metals. Martin Van Buren (1837 - 1841)‚ William Henry Harrison (1841‚ he died of pneumonia in office)‚ John Tyler (1841 - 1845)‚ and James

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    In Jack Frost’s "A Considerable Speck"‚ the speaker is a writer who‚ before completing his piece notices "a speck that would have been beneath my sight" (line 1). Initially‚ the speaker remarks‚ the writer "poised my pen in air to stop it with a period of ink" before this microscopic mite grabbed the writer’s attention and "made me think" (Lines 4-5). The speaker is in aw and is fascinated with the minute creature as it races across his white sheet of paper. "With inclination it could call its own

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    During the time over the 1800s and the early 1900s‚ there were many large issues that appeared over time as the United States started to grow larger and larger. One of the main things was the increasing amount of children joining the workforce‚ due to their families not being able to support themselves due to raise in housing. The children were often given pennies a day‚ much less then what an adult would make‚ and missed out on learning and important opportunities such as reading and writing. The

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