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    The Professional Soldier The professional soldier is the soldier that puts God‚ Country‚ and his fellow soldier before Himself. The soldier that shows up for duty with the attitude of not what do I have to do for my Army‚ but what can I do for my Army. The professional soldier adapts and overcomes situations that would brake the average man down. The professional soldier is mentally and physically a weapon to be used against enemies of the United States of America. I am a

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    bother‚ with marriage if you can be with plenty of different women. As an individual‚ with age and maturity this indeed may change. However the commitment of marriage seems to be a risky‚ and potentially expensive undertaking. One may agree with Plumb when he states‚ “ the family has always been molded by the changing needs of society”. (The Dying Family 9).

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    Sickness hangs heavy in the air with the stench of death. Soldiers walk by me in tattered clothes‚ some missing shoes and toes. As I lay on the ground of my hut‚ trying to sleep‚ that another poor soldier had to build‚ I shiver and huddle in a ball to try to keep my body heat toward me in an attempt to keep me somewhat warm. The Continental Army made our winter camp in a town called Valley Forge‚ located eighteen miles out of Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. During the winters of 1777 and 1778‚ there

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    The history of childhood is a subject of controversy. Since serious historical investigation began into this area in the late 1960s‚ historians have increasingly divided into two contrasting camps of opinion‚ those advocating "continuity" in child rearing practices‚ and those emphasising "change". As there is little evidence of what childhood was really like in the past‚ it is incredibly difficult for historians to reconstruct the life of a child‚ much more the  "experience" of being a child. In

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    Joseph Tyler Moore is my name and I received my name from my dad’s middle name (his name is Ronald Joseph Moore‚ Also his middle name is Joseph because Tammy’s middle name is Joyce and that was the closest to that name). Also‚ Joseph means “God will increase”. As well‚ Moore means “someone who lives by a marsh”. First‚ The kind of goals I made are get straight a’s‚ and have no discipline records is my graceful Mom (Katie)‚ my dignified Dad (Ronald)‚ my older cool sister is Kayla‚ my little energetic

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    Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis (New York: Ballantine Books‚ 2002 Pg ix + 288 Context‚ acknowledgments‚ preface‚ index.) In the book Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation written by Joseph J. Ellis starts off by creating a mood to the reader showing that the Founding Brothers: Aaron Burr‚ Alexander Hamilton‚ George Washington. Benjamin Franklin‚ John Adams‚ James Madison‚ Thomas Jefferson as well as Abigail Adams who was John Adams wife went through

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    We are assigned a room and given a small piece of bread. The bread felt brittle. I fall asleep and wake up to yelling and screaming. It was my mom and dad. They were outside on a wall with some other people. The was a nazi soldier standing in front of them with a huge gun. He pulls up his gun and starts firing at the people on the wall. The sound of the gun ranged in my ears. One by one they fall until they were all dead. My parents die instantly as the bullet pierces through

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    How revolutionary was the Revolutionary War? “Constituting or bringing about a major or fundamental change.” The Revolutionary War started April 19‚ 1775 and continued through September 3‚ 1783. There were many reasons leading up to the Revolutionary War. For example‚ some of the reasons included the French and Indian War that took place 1754 to 1763‚ Quartering Act which took place in 1765‚ Stamp Act in/of 1765‚ the Boston Massacre which took place on March 5‚ 1770‚ and the Boston Tea Party that

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    I think the American Revolutionary War was revolutionary because it was going from a monarchy to a democracy and that is revolutionary. Many people don’t believe that it was revolutionary. They had their opinions because we didn’t get rid of our pre-existing social or political infrastructures. People like to compare the American revolution to the French Revolution‚ which ended in the country having a whole new take on social equality and freedom to live as you please. They got rid of King Louis

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    I think The Revolutionary War was revolutionary because the colonists were fighting the British for their freedom. George Washington was commander chief of the Continental army in the revolutionary war. He had a big role in the revolutionary war. Friedrish Von Steuben was by Washington’s side throughout much the gruesome was. Washington choose Von Steuben because how strong and how courageous he was. Von Steuben trained Washington’s soldiers to be powerful and less fearful during all that battles

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