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    I am writing to tell the readers of The New York Times about what has happened in Boston because of the Great Awakening. Before the Great Awakening‚ the churches in my community were not preaching the truth of Christ. This led to many other issues‚ like the people having a harsh and uncaring form of Christianity. They also were missing the spiritual enthusiasm that they needed. Colleges for ministers also failed to do their part and helped strengthen the spiritual issues that we were struggling with

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    John Adams was a man who believed in the law‚ and in fair play. If the soldiers could not get a fair trial‚ were we any better than the British and their high handed ways. John Adams knew he had to be the one‚ only a known radical could defend the soldiers. In the end‚ John Adams got most of the soldiers acquitted and the rest reduced to minor charges. The right by trial by jury was one of the rights the radicals were defending. The British were trying to limit trial by jury because too many smugglers

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    So you may wonder what happened to this nice housewife‚ she just went crazy. Well actually she was put in an asylum when she was little and she developed a very weird double personality. She actually ran away from the police and became a whole new person. She was planning to kill Mr. Maloney for a while because she wanted was a child of her own to keep her sane. But she had no idea what was to come. The police officers didn’t leave her house until pretty late. She was acting you would think someone

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    Who assassinated President Kennedy? There are so many questions about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. On November 22‚ 1963‚ President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in front of the Texas School Book Depository. Along came four gun shots aiming right for the President. According to the evidence card‚ The Grassy Knoll‚ a woman took a photo of a suspicious figure on The Knoll and a F.B.I. agent said he needed the photo and promised to give it back and never did. This F.B.I agent may

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    Canterbury. He was ordained as a Priest and then advanced to Archbishop days later. The men always brought up problems to each other and worked it out between themselves. Eventually‚ they started to disagree. Instead of giving in and agreeing‚ they were arguing with each other. Henry became very angry with Thomas and took him to trial. Thomas ended up having to flee the country for six years. In the story‚ this was very confusing to me when they said Thomas was gone for seven years. When I was reading it

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    A great president is someone who is a strong leader‚ makes choices that will change the country for the better‚ and does what is best for the good of all the people. Some people would consider Andrew Jackson to be a great president because he did things such as revolutionizing presidential campaigning‚ which made him the first modern president‚ and using his presidential power to veto bills that he saw unfit or harmful. Others would argue that Andrew Jackson was a terrible president because he enforced

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    What Happened in Chicago “I can’t believe he would turn me in like that!” I ranted. “After more than 30 years of friendship. How could he?” “Well‚ you did rob a bank‚ and were the most wanted man in Chicago.” nagged my cell mate‚ Ben. Ben was a very buff 45 year old that has been here in and out. Each time he’s here‚ he claims it to be a different fist fight. Although‚ he’s here almost every month‚ so who knows the truth? “Let’s go people!” barked the police officer. It was time for dinner. It

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    Was Andrew Jackson a good president? Unlike presidents before Jackson‚ he was born poor and had to work extremely hard to get to where he did. He taught himself to read and write and put himself through law school. Some people will blacken his name but there are reasons as to why they do this. Jackson‚ I feel‚ seemed to handle things in an extreme manner. One example of an extreme manner is the forced relocation of Native American tribes living east of the Mississippi in 1838; known as the

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    Christopher Edge Ms. Galipeau 1/31/02 Final Paper 1 What happened to Disco? Bellbottoms‚ afros‚ music‚ sex and drugs can best describe the Disco Era. The Disco Era was a care-free time in which there were no rules. People danced the nights away. Most of the people of the Disco Era lived normal lives‚ working nine to five jobs during the week‚ but when the weekend rolled around they put on their bellbottoms and dancing shoes and hit up the Disco Clubs. This is an era that will never

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    2010 there was a poll asking Americans to assess the last nine presidents from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush. Kennedy came out on top with 85-percent approval. The only one close to him was Reagan with 74 percent. Nixon at the bottom with 29 percent. George W.‚ 47. And Johnson 49 percent. In another recent poll‚ Johnson is now down to 42 percent. Another poll‚ in which 68 percent of Americans say that they think of Johnson as only an ordinary or only an average or below-average president. People

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