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    Flies by William Golding‚ there are many different symbols that help carry the author’s different messages throughout the novel. Piggy’s glasses were the thing that was technically responsible for a couple fires that almost destroy and burn the island‚ which also can mean that wisdom can be used for both good and evil. The significance of the glasses is easy to figure out from the beginning of the novel when the boys take Piggy’s glasses to start a fire in hopes of getting rescued. The glasses are

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    I started reading “Mayflower” for a coursework but instantly got addicted to it. Philbrick‚ a Nantucket occupant‚ got to be interested about the Pioneer story while exploring the Wampanoag Indians local to his island.  He partitions his book into three areas‚ reflected in the subtitle: the narrative of the little gathering of Separatists who left Britain (where their religious practices were banned) for Leiden‚ then cruised for America; the watchful discretion with which the English and the Indian

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    The journey towards the West was the path for American emigrants to search or move to new land. The trail that was used to move west became known as the Oregon Trail. The trail was over 2‚000 miles long. The trail was more used during 1840-1860.Over 500‚000 emigrants used the Oregon Trail. It took 4-6 months to travel the trail. Fur trapper would travel on horses or by foot.. Marcus and Narcissa Whitman were one of the first settlers. They decided to make the path accessible for everyone. Years later

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    Louisiana Purchase was the greatest land purchase in US History. It nearly doubled the Nation’s size and it would bring much wealth to the nation. For example‚ in time gold would be discovered in the west and farming would be used on the land. This territory had been owned by different nations as a result of the French Indian war. However‚ in the end‚ it was sold to the US by the French. Jefferson had a plan for this land‚ although not everyone agreed with him buying the land. The treaty was still signed

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    What was the short-term significance of the 5 year plans? Joseph Stalin gained the effective leadership of Russia in 1929. Stalin’s time‚ as leader of Russia‚ was to gain fame for three reasons; 1.The Five Year Plans 2.Collectivisation 3.The Purges. This essay will look at the short-term significance of Stalin’s 5 year plans. Stalin introduced the Five Year Plans as he realised that if Russia was to become a key player within the global market then the country needed to industrialise rapidly and

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    been fluctuations in how Mexican immigrants have been received. During the Great Depression‚ when white individuals needed jobs‚ hundreds of thousands of Mexican Americans were illegally deported‚ or as president Herbert Hoover put it‚ "repatriated" back to Mexico. During the second World War‚ with the American servicemen overseas‚ American companies needed labor‚ so they relied on Mexico for workers. The U.S. Government‚ in conjunction with big business‚ put together the Bracero Program. When we needed

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    Elise Larsen Ms. Gibson History 8-5 15 December 2017 The Inevitable War Was the American Revolutionary War inevitable? To illustrate this are three reasons explain why it is. For instance‚ the acts and taxes King George III passed is something that was a huge problem. The battles and conflicts are also evidence. The third reason is the fact that the King was too stubborn to make peace with the colonists. Those are the reasons the was inevitable. The Acts King George III passed in 1751-1774 did

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    Chapter III RESULTS AND DISCUSSION This chapter presents the data obtained through the survey conducted‚ and the analysis of the data using the appropriate statistical treatment and the interpretation of the results obtained. Problem No. 1: What is the level of performance of third year students in? Table 3 Perception of Third Year High School Students on Disruptive Behaviour Gender Gender | Mean | Standard Deviation | Qualitative Description | Male | 3.21 | 0.58 | fair | Female | 2.94

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    The Mexican American community endured a lot of hardship in the United States. They had to face equality amongst communities and racism. The communities that surrounded the different backgrounds and ethnicities were segregated and the funds would depend on the background of the community. Many of these communities were not enforced to live in segregated communities‚ but the opportunities that were offered did not give enough choose for then to choose otherwise. The resources available in the community

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    The Significance of the Frontier in American History 1893 Frederick Jackson Turner was born November 14‚ 1861 in Portage‚ Wisconsin. He is well recognized for writing the paper “The Significance of the Frontier in American History.” It is considered an influential and impacting piece of work because of the proposition he states within the thesis. Turner’s reasoning for scripting the paper was to present the issue of the dissolving American frontier. He released his disquieting thoughts about how

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