Growing up in South Florida‚ I’ve had the opportunity to mix and mingle with many different kinds of people and cultures. I have met people from all walks of life‚ both rich and poor. Fortunately‚ poverty in South Florida has not reached extreme levels‚ and so I had only heard horrible stories of how poverty has afflicted my fellow man. Yet during the past summer my eyes were opened to the truth as I had the experience of my life while participating in the Appalachian Service Project. The
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The Colonial Williamsburg has been an attraction for a long time and teaches many facts about Colonial Williamsburg. It informs all visitors about the buildings that had important influences in the making of Colonial Williamsburg. These buildings were the Capitol‚ Magazine‚ Governors Palace‚ and Bruton Parish Church. They were all very interesting‚ but the one that has the most significance to Colonial Williamsburg is the Capitol. The Capitol deserves the commemorative coin as it had served for government
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“Art is Long‚ Life is short”: Examining Adaptive Reuse at Savannah School of Art and Design Savannah‚ Georgia is a unique city in that it is a preserved microcosm that facilitated a history that goes back almost 300 years. X by General James Oglethorpe in 1733‚ Savannah Whether it be aesthetically‚ economically‚ sustainably‚ Savannah is a city that melds the past and present to create something very singular‚ something that attracts millions of people every year. Never mind the fact that Savannah
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Gunston Hall Field Trip Assignment Indentured Servant Before I even got off the bus the beauty and amazement of Gunston Hall and all of the land that surrounded it caught me off guard. To start‚ there was so much land and George Mason once owned every bit of it. Next‚ when you actually approached Gunston Hall‚ you realized how breath taking it was. From the picturesque house with impressive woodwork in the front parlor all the way to the well kept gardens. Everything was perfect‚ but then it hit
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Early colonist came to American for a variety of reasons‚ from religious freedom to dreams of getting rich. In this analysis we will look at the vision of two colonies and how the different colony visions led to the colony creation‚ and the differences between them. The New England community was so strong and so supportive in comparison to that of the settlers in Jamestown‚ Chesapeake Bay‚ that it is no wonder they developed into two distinctly different cultures before the year 1700. The Chesapeake
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Although the three million Confederate and Union soldiers who participated in the war may have been standing for conflicting causes‚ at their core‚ both groups were driven by some of the same basic principles. It seems almost impossible that men were able to endure the carnage of the war‚ and kept fighting even in the face of insurmountable danger. Soldiers were motivated by a combination of many complex contributing factors‚ including religion‚ brotherly bonds‚ and patriotism. Many soldiers clung
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The period of Reconstruction‚ lasting from 1865-1876‚ consisted of the years after the Civil War during which Americans made efforts to rebuild their chaotic nation. African Americans were arguably affected by this period the most because it was a small step in the right direction towards securing political and economic rights for former slaves. However‚ the slight improvement of daily life for African Americans didn’t result in much change. Although the North was somewhat successful economically
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They ran‚ they ran like they have never ran before‚ they feared being captured or worse‚ death! The worst part of it all was it was just the beginning. The first battle of Bull Run was the first major battle of the United States Civil War which resulted in a major loss and retreat for the Union. At the head of the Union was the sixteenth President of the United States‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ who at the time faced an enormous challenge of a crumbling nation‚ the future was uncertain and terrifying. At this
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Why Was it Difficult to Settle in Charleston? Why was it difficult to settle in Charles Town? It was hard to settle in Charles Town because of the geography‚ the competition with the natives for natural resources‚ and diseases like smallpox. There is also shortages of food‚ supplies‚ men‚ harsher weather‚ and new threatening animals. The English settlers had to deal with problems‚ such as finding a place to settle‚ growing crops‚ fighting with the natives‚ and disease. Geography was one reason
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Garrison Point Fort is a former artillery fort situated at the end of the Garrison Point peninsula at Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. Built in the 1860s in response to concerns about a possible French invasion‚ it was the last in a series of artillery batteries that had existed on the site since the mid-16th century. The fort’s position enabled it to guard the strategic point where the River Medway meets the Thames. It is a rare example of a two-tiered casemated fort – one of only two of
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