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    The majority of Americans have never questioned and may never question if the American Revolution was a biblical event. Yet it is important to evaluate events in America’s past‚ rather than unconsciously accepting their appearance. After listening to the podcast by Dr. Smith and reading the essay on the revolution‚ the evidence points to the American Revolution as an event that was not biblical. As uncomfortable and strange as that may sound‚ the Bible simply does not validate it. The founding fathers

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    The Conquest of the Far West

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    S. History II Advanced Placement 1 September 2013 Chapter 16 Outline: The Conquest of the Far West The Societies of the Far West (434-441) The Western Tribes * Indian tribes were the most important group before the Anglo-American migration in the Far West * Western tribes developed several forms of civilization * More than 300‚000 Indians lived along the pacific coast among them were Serrano‚ Chumash‚ Pomo‚ Maidu‚ Yurok‚ and Chinook * When the Spanish arrived disease and destruction

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    Examine the reasons why some sociologists do not use official stats in their research. Official statistics are a source of secondary data. They are produced by the government. They are quantative data. There are two types of Official Statistics. Hard statistics which are objective and can’t be manipulated; statistics on births and marriages are hard statistics. Soft statistics which are more subjective are easy to manipulate; statistics on crime‚ poverty and unemployment are soft statistics. Positivists

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    Some people may argue that Rome fell because of Invasions‚ but there are more to Rome’s decline than just invasions. There are many other reasons to Rome’s decline such as their weak leadership‚ economic problems‚ and much more that happened during this event that occurred. Without these problems‚ Rome would have been able to protect themselves. One of the many problems that Rome went through was their weak leadership. Each leader kept falling‚ which made Rome hard to control at times. Rome faced

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    stronger national government such as George Clinton feared that it will threaten the economic success of individual States and will lead to the abuses of power experienced under the British rule. However‚ after a careful analysis of the history and reason behind the Virginia Plan‚ one will understand that this is not the case. In fact‚ the Virginia Plan gives power just enough to ensure order and harmony in the States. Before the constitutional convention‚ the States and the national government ran

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    American ethnic literature ENG301 2/4/2013 Tiffany Altvater What makes American literature American? America has long been fans of the superior writers‚ such as Hemingway and Fitzgerald for their various works including “The Great Gatsby” and “The Old Man in the Sea”‚ America has been known for its fondness of short stories. American literature aims to embody the values and morals of the American culture. The foundation of American values include the rights to liberty‚ justice‚ freedom

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    Van West

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    1. What are the underlying cultural issues contributing to the problems? In this case the cultural issue is that Van West didn’t speak Spanish that well. Gonzalez actually spoke a little bit of English‚ so they could communicate. However‚ if Van west would speak better Spanish‚ then it might have solve a lot of problems even quicker. Furthermore‚ both Hernandez and Van West grew up differently so they had different visions of approaching problems with workers‚ and production issues. Van West was

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    POLLUTION Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that causes adverse change. Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy‚ such as noise‚ heat or light. Pollutants‚ the components of pollution‚ can be either foreign substances/energies or naturally occurring contaminants. Pollution is often classed as point source or nonpoint source pollution. Forms of pollution The major forms of pollution are listed below along with the particular contaminant

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    of what it means to be a American. It involves Americans having there freedoms and their rights. I believe being a American is something that is a privlage to have then just something that everyone who lives in the United States have. Being American is even something that can be counted as a blessing‚       One of the ways of how it means to be American is having freedom. It is one of the most known things about America is out freedom. What is means to have freedom is we don’t get told what to do

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    the Spanish American War. As a result of the war‚ the victorious U.S. forced Spain to grant Cuba its independence and turn over control of the Philippines‚ Puerto Rico and Guam to the United States. Although many supported the United States involvement in the War‚America’s motivations were not pure and‚ therefore; I do not believe that U.S. was justified in its involvement in the War. In the late 1800’s Cuba was a prized colony of Spain located just 90 miles south of Key West‚ Florida.

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