New Orleans‚ the most powerful port on the Mississippi River‚ was first inhabited by Indians‚ explored and settled by the French‚ ruled by the Spanish for over forty years‚ regained by the French‚ and later sold‚ in the Louisiana Purchase‚ to the United States. Whoever controlled this influential port also controlled the Mississippi River‚ and the United States wanted and needed it. After years of negotiations‚ talks of war‚ and treaties‚ the Americans bought the entire Louisiana Purchase‚ a territory
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Name of Learner: Reheya Mae G. Guevarra Date of Birth: July 7‚ 2000 Age: 14 Grade/Year Level: Grade 8-Mendel Gender: Female Number of Siblings: 4 Birth Order: Youngest Parents: Mother: Maria Teresa G. Guevarra Age: 45 Occupation: Overseas Filipino Worker Father: Reynaldo Guevarra Occupation: (decease) Learner’s Physical Development Reheya Mae as a Grade 8 student‚ she is healthy and physically fit. She actively join and participating to the different school activities.
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Why was beheading so influential for us today? The French wanted a more instant and innocent way to execute people‚ which is why they adopted the infamous guillotine to their arsenal of punishments. Making executions easier‚ faster‚ and less painful‚ less shameful and more plentiful than ever before. The French Revolution began in 1789‚ after years of French people being subjected to monarchical tyranny. Being inspired by the American Revolution against Britain‚ the French found similar reasons
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influences the United States’ government. Throughout the history of the U.S.‚ government has constantly been influenced by Christianity. It started when Europeans came over and tried to colonize the U.S.‚ and it is still continuing today in our government. Many people from all over the world leave their country and come to the United States "The Land of the Free‚" in hope for a new and better life. They leave for many reasons like harsh living conditions or from a government that is strict
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Chapter 20: How was nationalism transformed by the state? At the start of the 19th century‚ nationalism identified liberals from conservatives‚ a political group that ruled much of post-Napoleonic Europe. As nationalistic ideas developed over time‚ the ideology of nationalism became more flexible and broader. The idea of a nation evolved from the early 1700’s‚ when it meant nobility‚ to the French Revolution in the late 1780’s when the French used the word nation to mean ‘the sovereign people’
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16‚ 1810 that was equated to the First Crusade? a. Called to arms 2. Jose Morelos called for the Congress of Chilpacingo in 1813 that accomplished what? a. Declared Mexican independence‚ decreed slavery should be abolished‚ and announce Catholicism as state religion. 3. What is the Army of Three Guarantees? a. Mexican independence‚ Catholicism as state religion‚ and distinction between Creole‚ mestizo‚ and Indian abolished. 4. Who was the first emperor (junta)
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Was It All A Dream? As Ms. Le Bris helped into the small cab that had been hailed to take me towards my uncertain future‚ my six year old mind whirled back to the past‚ recalling how I came to this moment in the present. My mother‚ Imogen Renaudin was an eighteen year old when she met my father. Fresh out of college and blindly in love‚ she had me‚ Ailsa Renaudin when she was just twenty. Lost in her own dreamworld‚ she fantasied that we would all be a happy family‚ slowly working our way up
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Why was Britain the first industrialised economy? The industrial revolution began in 1750‚ Britain‚ and by 1850s became the Workshop of the world‚ and lead us into the 20th century. There are many factors that could explain why Britain was the first industrialised economy. They had prime access to natural resources‚ especially coal. Britain was in the midst of an Agricultural revolution‚ which led to a decline in work‚ and an increase in population. Factories began to produce things cheaper because
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Are You proud of your country? I am very proud of my country. I am very lucky to be living in these United States. We have many rights and freedoms. We are all equal here. We are all lucky to have all the privileges and rights that we do have. We have freedom of speech. This means we can say and act however we feel whenever we want. In some countries‚ you are not allowed to. We also have freedom of the press. Our printing press can inform us in all the news that’s going on around the world
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In America the federal government can be defined as a body of individuals at the federal level that sets and administers public policy‚ exercises executive and political power through laws within a country. But the federal government faced much criticism but also some praise between the time of 1945 and 1965 with the handling of African American rights. It would be more accurate to give praise to many campaigns and people between the times of 1945 and 1965 that would go on to help shape and improve
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