The Old Spanish Trail was a series of trails from Santa Fe‚ New Mexico‚ to Los Angeles‚ California. The three routes were called the Main Route‚ the Armijo route‚ and the North Branch.The trails went through New Mexico‚ Colorado‚ Utah‚ Nevada‚ and California. These trails were used for trade‚ including Native American goods of blankets and baskets for horses and mules from California. I choose this topic because it was a major trade route from 1829 to 1848. This is a huge part in our Western history
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president. When I came to the US for the first time it was like I am blind and could not see anytime because I was new to all the roads that were going we our road‚ on top of us‚ etc. In the the US they use to say that if you don’t know how to drive then you are without legs‚ if you don’t know the roads then you are blind‚ if you don’t know English then you are dumb. When I came to the US I knew how to speak English a little bit. It was very difficult to settle in US. When I came to the US it was
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Benjamin Franklin’s advice on how to get rich in America is based on simple yet accurate ideas that are still relevant today. He promotes working diligently‚ saving money‚ and living plainly. All of this information is practical‚ simple and very easy to follow. Franklin strongly believes in tough hard work. He emphasizes that we must not be lazy and work hard to fight-off hunger and poverty. Those who work hard are often promoted and appreciated for their diligence. One can see the difference in
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It is 8:30 on Halloween night as I am walking down the long streets of Clinton hearing nothing but children screaming‚ cars beeping‚ and leaves crackling beneath my feet in the cold‚ fall night. I turn the corner and see college kids and parents laughing by the Tavern as they exit the building. Making my way down the street with my friends by my side‚ cars are zooming by us like a school of fish swimming to get away from sharks. All of a sudden the group of kids I am with get attacked with shaving
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It was a misty night. The fog was all I can see. I stumbled‚ got up and stumbled again. Fear was screaming inside my head like the menacing roar of an angry lion‚ it felt like I was trapped in a never ending nightmare where all my greatest fears came to life. Frantically I felt the ground‚ finding for some clue to where I am. Wet grass. That is what I felt. The earth below me felt like ice all of a sudden when I recalled what happened. The picture of our car crashing through the divider and the screams
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In the poem "On the Subway" by Sharon Olds‚ she contrasts the worlds of an affluent white person and a poor black person. The two people have many opposing characteristics‚ and the author uses literary techniques such as tone‚ poetic devices‚ and imagery to portray these differences. The narrator is the white woman‚ and she realizes how people get "stuck" in places of society based on their skin color. The word "stuck" is repeated twice to stress this idea. The major difference between the two people
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Argumentative Essay Getting Older A lot of people say that getting older is sad and difficult for old people which is true but at the same time they have lots of opportunities to enjoy this stage of life. That is why there are some advantages and disadvantages that needs to be discussed. On the plus side‚ old people nowadays have several benefits. For example in health care they have lots of benefits that helps them receive treatments or medications for free‚ they don’t
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Meeting at Night Robert Browning The grey sea and the long black land; And the yellow half-moon large and low; And the startled little waves that leap In fiery ringlets from their sleep‚ As I gain the cove with pushing prow‚ And quench its speed i’ the slushy sand. Then a mile of warm sea-scented beach; Three fields to cross till a farm appears; A tap at the pane‚ the quick sharp scratch And blue spurt of a lighted match‚ And a voice less loud‚ thro’ its joys and fears‚ Than the two hearts beating
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scraped on the cement and as I tried to reach the door handle with all the strength left in my body it was too late. Waking up in the middle of the night telling myself it is only a bad dream when in reality there was no way to escape the nightmare because it was truly happening and there was no way out or anyone to hear my voice. In the story “I Only Came to Use the Phone” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez‚ there was a character named Maria de la Luz Cervantes’ who went through the worst situation ever one
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Teddy Park Mr. Valassidis Period 1‚ AP English Language & Composition September 29‚ 2012 Banneker Rewrite In 1791‚ Benjamin Banneker‚ the lowly son of former slaves‚ wrote to Thomas Jefferson‚ the great framer of the Declaration of Independence and advocate for equality‚ urging Jefferson to see the hypocrisy and injustices of slavery in the colonies. During this post-Revolutionary time‚ slavery was still prevalent in the colonies which bewildered many as America embedded its roots in the
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