Cause and effect essay: The American revolution. By Emma Jade Griffin The American revolution was arguably one of the most important wars ever fought. It focused on the 13 colonies gaining independence from Great Britain‚ because of British taxes. It is said that the colonials fighting in the American revolution literally stated they were fighting for “the cause”‚ many men young and old signed up to fight for theirindependence. They incorporated all sorts of men and techniques in the war and fighting
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The Xia Dynasty The first prehistoric dynasty is said to be Xia‚ from about the twenty-first to the sixteenth century B.C. Xia-dynasty was founded by the Si-clan‚ who were descendants of the clan’s foundation father‚ Yu. Because of the lack of written sources‚ historians have still not gained a correct idea of how the people lived at that time. According to the later tradition‚ Yu spent thirteen years to dig out channels and maintain dikes. When emperor Shun died‚ the officials disagreed with the
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the following day. He states to his new team‚ the Kilpatrick Mustangs‚ "You are all losers‚ But if you stick with the program you could all be winners at the end." Two of the teens do not get along because they are from rival gangs. Willie Weathers (Jade Yorker) is from the 88’s and Kelvin Owens (David Thomas) is from the 95’s. The first game is against the best team in the league‚ Barrington. The game starts out somewhat positive for the Mustangs‚ as they recover a fumble on the first drive‚ but things
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forge a connection between Asian and European markets and triggered periods of Enlightenment in Europe. The Silk Road started‚ mainly‚ as a way for trade to flourish between Europe and Asia. Many Europeans were interested in luxury goods such as silk‚ jade‚ spices and porcelain. Resulting‚ the Asians were able to prosper from the exporting of such goods. Asia’s economy‚ such as that of China specifically‚ remained heavily reliant on the money from the Silk Road trade‚ without regard to the origin or
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My artifacts are really special to my family because they have been past down for generations. They belonged to my great-aunt Billie Lewis Carroll. On her honeymoon in China she got them. She died of cancer at the age of sixty-three years old. She gave them to my great-grandmother‚ her name was Katie Lea Lewis. Katie was a good cook and a hard working housewife. She was also diabetic. My great-grandmother gave it to my mother. Jennifer Lea Burch. She works at a school as the secretary. A secretary
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out. Designs became more understated and traditional and taylored looking. Along came Poodle pins‚ Christmas Tree pins and other Christmas jewelry. Charm bracelets became popular along with chunky bangle bracelets. Included in this period were opals‚ jade and rhinestones. Note also in this period body jewelry came into style. In the 18th century jewelers began making costume jewelry with inexpensive glass; in the 19th century semi-precious material for costume jewelry came to market. Thus costume jewelry
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1. How does the Stone Monkey become King? The Stone Monkey becomes king when he climbs to the top of mountain with a group of other monkeys. When they reach the top they see a waterfall. One of the monkeys proclaims that whoever finds the source of the water fall should be appointed king. Stone monkey speaks up and says that he will do it. So he jumps through and comes back which makes him king. 2. What does the Stone Monkey see on the other side of the waterfall? The Stone Monkey found a house
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There were many various civilizations in Mesoamerica approximately 3000 to 500 years ago. Though they were different civilizations‚ they had some similarities. One may think that ancient civilizations could not have been as advanced as we are today. Yet‚ who knows? They might have even been more advanced than we are in modern times in many various fields such as Inventing‚ Astronomy‚ Mathematics‚ Technology‚ Art‚ and maybe even more. Religion portrayed an important role in early Mesoamerican civilizations
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Michael Jonathan R. Dazo 11132957 Humalit As I read the poem entitled “On Hearing Her Play the Harp” for the first time‚ I got surprised of the fact that the poem has only four lines and that the words were pretty simple and easy to understand for first time readers but in fact the poem had a deeper and a more interesting meaning behind it. At my initial reading with no little or no research at all‚ I visualized everything as a white young pretty woman who comes from a rich and powerful family
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slaves‚ wool‚ muslin fabric‚ wheat and barley‚ frankincense‚ Myrrh‚ indigo‚ cotton‚ tea‚ spices and herbs. The Silk Road trade began in 200 BCE. This trade traded to three areas. They include China‚ India and Persia. The Silk Road traded silk‚ jade‚ rice‚ pearls‚
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