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    The colonial strategies of the Spanish‚ French‚ and Dutch were similar in that they all originally began their colonization through unchartered companies and colonized to spread Christianity and to acquire wealth. Each of these peoples also traded with the local natives. Despite their similarities‚ these countries’ strategies differed as well.             The Spaniards began whipping the natives who practiced polygamy and punished the ones that worshipped their traditional gods. They also began

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    changes in the relationship between the British and American Colonies. The French and Indian War‚ brought many positive and negatives to the political‚ economic‚ and ideological relations between the British and the colonists. Britain’s victory in the French and Indian War gave Britain much power and it became the dominant force in the North Americas but because of war debts‚ the colonist’s loyalty to the British was deeply shaken. The French and Indian war had an interesting effect on the colonies

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    olonial Era By:Adrianna The Colonial Era is known as the explorers. Topics I’ll be talking about is explorers‚ slaves‚ farming‚ trading‚ revulsion war. If you want to find out more on the colonial Era‚ start reading. Explorers Famous spanish explorers teams explored the caribbean and south america. The famous english explorers were referred to as pirates and privateers by their enemies. The english had to fight the european. During the 15th century and continuing into the 17th century

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    The Wild Colonial Boy

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    The wild colonial boy{Poetry Analysis) The wild colonial boy The ballad‚ “Wild Colonial Boy” by unknown has the context of an Australian traditional bush ballad. In this ballad there are many language techniques such as similes‚ metaphors‚ personification‚ repetition‚ rhythm and rhyme. The narrative of this ballad is that there once was a boy named Jack Doolan who robbed the rich and fed the poor. In the end he is fatally wounded by one of the troopers (police). This also leaves the question

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    Colonial Pipeline Tragedy

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    individuals acting only for their personal benefit‚ thus depleting a necessary group resource to the point that it cannot recover (“Tragedy”). This issue reared its head in the state of North Carolina recently due to the gas shortage caused by a damaged pipeline. On September 9th‚ Colonial Pipeline Company discovered it had a leak in its southern pipeline near Helena‚ AL‚ and was forced to shut the pipeline down (Press). This left several southern states with severe gasoline shortages. Many citizens

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    The history of Post colonial Mexico included many successful and influential leaders: Porfirio Diaz‚ Francisco Madero‚ Francisco (Pancho) Villa‚ and Emiliano Zapata. Disparities in classification of the revolution arise from the numerous factions and ideological assumptions advocated for the overthrow of Diaz’s rule‚ hence one can argue that it was a political‚ social‚ or economical revolution. A social revolution advocates a complete transformation of all characteristic aspects of society‚ encompassing

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    Top Facebook-Related Concerns Those who quit Facebook often quote privacy concern as their chief motivator leading to disconnect. Considering recent outbreak of privacy-related scandals‚ including NFA wiretapping and loss of financial data by Target‚ pressure to reconsider privacy issues mounts. According to Lee Munson with Naked Security‚ the predominant demographic of the population that recently started questioning the safety of their personal information online is mainly older adults. Interestingly

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    better lands and though these lands had natives already‚ they were just another obstacle. They would befriend the natives and get them to teach them the ways of the land in order to live and survive off the land. Once they were self-sufficient‚ they would begin to try to conform the natives to their way of life as the proper way of life. They would teach them that they were living wrong and evil lives and would eventually turn against the natives when they did not conform to their way of life. Therefore

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    Aastha Bhandari Prof Galloway Hist 1301 19 Set 2017 1. You are a British Soldier that was assigned to protect the Customs House in Boston. An event the colonials call the “Boston Massacre” took place. You have been called back to London and must defend your innocence in the matter. Defend your actions. Critical thinking 2 In the years leading up to the American Revolution‚ the British sought to establish firm control over their American Colonies. The Boston Massacre also known

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    Colonial History of Mali

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    Colonial History of: Mali Mali started out as part of The Ghana Empire which was dominated by the Soninke people up until 1203 when it was taken over by an anti-Muslim Sosso Kingdom. The Mali Kingdom took over from 1230 – 1600 this empire had a lot of influence over West Africa; it began to weaken in the 14th century and was challenged by the Songhai Empire. The two empires ruled over Mali until they were defeated by the Moroccan Saadi Dynasty who controlled parts of Mali until they were challenged

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