1. What percentage of the population did slaves comprise in New York City by the early 1740s? a. 20 percent Slaves comprised one-fifth or 20 percent of the total population of New York City‚ making it a city with one of the highest concentration of slaves in colonial America. (See the introductory section.) 2. Which statement describes African American slaves’ views on the American Revolution? A. They viewed it as an opportunity to gain their own freedom. As the battle for political independence
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liberty and rights. Although many African Americans at the time were slaves there were a few free African Americans. Free African Americans saw the American Revolution as a way to establish civil rights which had previously been denied from them. Lord Dunmore‚ the royal governor of Virginia‚ stated that if any African American came to him to support the British in the war he would declare them free. Patriots began to worry that slaves would start to support the British during the American Revolution due
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The Aeneid Study Guide The Aeneid Study Guide Context Virgil‚ the preeminent poet of the Roman Empire‚ was born Publius Vergilius Maro on October 15‚ 70 B.C.‚ near Mantua‚ a city in northern Italy. The son of a farmer‚ Virgil studied in Cremona‚ then in Milan‚ and finally in Rome. Around 41 B.C.‚ he returned to Mantua to begin work on his Eclogues‚ which he published in 37 B.C. Soon afterward‚ civil war forced him to flee south to Naples‚ where seven years later he finished his second work‚ the
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father. Utilization of siege machinery enabled Alexander to surpass his father’s achievements and conquer the East. These technologies together with his great mind of military strategies enabled him to become one of the greatest military leaders in history. Introduction Philip II laid the foundation for Alexander’s great success in his campaign to take the East. Philip II instilled in his son the need for a strong‚ loyal army with many supporting units‚ especially siege engineers. Alexander built
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defending. The city could easily be supplied from the sea‚ but because of poor use of the Persian fleet‚ Alexander was able to move his siege engines and supplies to Halicarnassus for the battle. Alexander began his siege on the northern side of the city by filling-in a portion of the moat. He utilized ditch-filling tortoises to fill-in the moat‚ and enable his siege crafts to be positioned strategically in front of the city. Once this was complete‚ the Macedonians
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John Agard John Agard |[pic] | | | | | | | | | | | BIOGRAPHY PLAYWRIGHT‚ POET‚ SHORT-STORY AND CHILDREN ’S WRITER JOHN AGARD WAS BORN ON 21 JUNE 1949 IN BRITISH GUIANA (NOW GUYANA). HE WORKED FOR THE GUYANA SUNDAY CHRONICLE NEWSPAPER AS SUB-EDITOR AND FEATURE WRITER BEFORE MOVING TO ENGLAND IN 1977‚ WHERE HE BECAME A TOURING
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The Iliad Homer Major Themes The interaction between fate and free will: A complicated theme‚ the interaction between fate and free will is present in every book of the Iliad. At times it seems that men have no real freedom. The gods intercede repeatedly‚ altering events as they please. But Homer was no determinist‚ and there is a place in the Iliad for human agency. At key points‚ Homer makes it clear that mortals make important choices‚ and a few times mortals nearly overturn the dictates
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Regardless of the treaties the colonists continued to move West beyond the mountains into the Ohio River Valley (Washburn and Utley 1977). 1774 was the beginning of the breakdown of the arrangements between the Indians and the seaboard colonists. Lord Dunmore‚ the Royal Governor of Virginia‚ wished to reoccupy the abandoned Fort Pitt‚ located in western Pennsylvania. This resulted in a war against the Shawnees and Delaware tribes. This also resulted
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Freedom. Is that not what everyone wished for during the 1700s‚ especially the slaves and women? The Sons of Liberty wanted to get away from Britain’s rule‚ ordinary men craved for freedom from the mother country’s endless taxing‚ but women and slaves had the least independence even in their own country. White people looked at African Americans as animals and half human. Women could not even own land‚ much less vote. Although men played a big part during the war‚ slaves and women helped shape the
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The catapult was a siege engine which was used to throw projectiles over walls. These projectiles included stones and in cases of a siege‚ rotting corpses of cows and humans. The catapult was good because it could be fired from a long range. It was bad because It was quite hard to transport. Siege A siege was the most common way of attacking a castle and it was when an army of men stood around a castle until the people inside the castle starved to death. Sometimes the siege would last for months
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