limestone and fast water supplies. With these resources‚ England was probably the most ideal place for the Industrial Revolution to begin. Most of us know that the facilities available to us today were provided by the Industrial Revolution‚ however‚ what few people know is the reasons that promoted this historic event. Three main causes that sparked the Industrial Revolution include‚ population increase‚ expansion of foreign trade‚ and the need for efficient means of transportation. The first cause
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In American History‚ many events are started and thrived off of mass hysteria and paranoia; two notable examples of this are the Salem Witch Trials and the reign of Senator McCarthy during the Cold War. During the colonial period of the United States‚ an event known as the Salem Witch Trials took place in Salem‚ Massachusetts. This infamous event lead to prosecution and eventual hanging of several people‚ some of which had been falsely accused. A similar event happened nearly 200 years later during
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1. The village of Salem‚ a community of god-fearing Puritans. The young man named Goodman Brown says goodbye to his wife‚ leaving his home before the journey into the forest. Faith‚ wearing pink ribbons in her cap‚ asks him stay home because she has troubling thoughts. He will not return until next morning. Goodman Brown sets off on a road through a dark forest and the thoughts of the devil in the forest do not leave his head. Man is the figure of the devil. Goodman Brown occasionally wants
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ujhhkiyhik‚iu‚knjiujl‚ujhubuoiLocal Color in Edilberto K. Tiempo’s Selected Short Stories Lito L. Diones College of Arts and Sciences Cebu Normal University Abstract This research proves that Edilberto K. Tiempo uses local color in his short fictions and be called a Filipino local colorist. This analyzes the fictional elements and style contributing to local color. It also looks into his biographical synthesis as a local colorist‚ elements of local color and fictional style. It uses discourse
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In 1803‚ President Thomas Jefferson purchased the territory of Louisiana from the French government for $15 million. The Louisiana Purchase stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from Canada to New Orleans‚ and it doubled the size of the United States and there was more to go. Thanks to the Louisiana purchased U.S. has gotten a better geographic‚ economic‚ social‚ and political stable. There was more land for the population to stretch out. More gold to be mine. Better education
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Alone and wishing death upon himself‚ Creon‚ the king of Thebes‚ is left frantic and sorrowful. In the play Antigone by the playwright Sophocles‚ Antigone learns that her brother Polynices has been banned from proper burial rites by the leader Creon‚ who believes Polynices is a traitor. Antigone then defies this law‚ and when caught‚ is punished with being buried alive. Creon is then told by Haemon‚ his son‚ Tiresias‚ and the chorus leader to let Antigone go free‚ but when Creon finally gives in
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I’ll tell you what’s walking Salem-vengeance is walking Salem. We are what we always were in Salem‚ but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom‚ and common vengeance writes the law! (p73‚ The Crucible) <br> <br>Arthur Miller’s classic play‚ The Crucible‚ is about the witch-hunts and trials in seventeenth century Salem‚ Massachusetts. What starts with several girls practicing European white magic in the woods escalates to a massive hysteria‚ with the "afflicted" girls falsely
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Hana Ellamey Professor Deidre O’Shea EUH 2000 13 October 2014 Fall of Rome Rome is no longer the shining empirical state as it was when Augustus was in power. There is a clear division according to locality between the east and the west contrasting to the centralized state. As a result‚ the state turned into a destabilized state. The eastern part of Rome fell due to several factors; one of its major ones is the Germanic invasion. Accordingly‚ Europe rose in western Rome. Throughout this essay the
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WHY DID THE GREATEST DEPRESSION LAST FOR SO LONG AND WHAT CONTRIBUTED TO ITS END. The term “Great Depression” is made reference to the substantial‚ long lasting and the great terrible Global downfall of the economy or the period when the world faced a disturbing financial depression in the 21st century (1930s). Speaking of this gloominess‚ the date it occurred in most states is diverse but in most countries it started in 1929 and came to an end during the 1930s. This great depression is the
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The Great Depression was a time of worldwide economic disaster that began in 1929 and lasted until the 1930s. The depression begun with the crashing of the stock market. However‚ by 1932 the market was worth 20% of what they were before 1929‚ and in 1933 nearly half of the banks went bankrupt and failed. In 1935 farms had collapsed due to bankruptcy. However‚ the cause of the Great Depression was not due to the stock market crashing. The domestic consumption of new products were fueled by credit
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