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    The Enlightenment was the Age of Reason. The Age of Reason was a time when scientists promoted science‚ skepticism‚ and intellectual interchange‚ which changed the reason in which people think of today. During the Enlightenment‚ scientists and other intellectual people have made many important discoveries that make our world and society what it is today. SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION: There were many new scientific discoveries during the Enlightenment. There were many discoveries‚ especially astronomic

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    and European Americans‚ the European Americans(Europeans) repeatedly dishonored the treaties which they agreed to uphold. Usually‚ they established the same treaties they betrayed‚ such as the Treaty of Fort Laramie (1851); which eventually led to the tragic massacre of the Cheyenne Indians at Sand Creek.[1] “The Treaty set forth traditional territorial claims of the tribes as between themselves.” [2] Greedy and eager to completely disregard the Treaty of Fort Laramie and head west due to the discovery

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    Many Americans in the 1930s supported a policy of isolationism for several reasons. First being they did not want the US to be pulled into another war in the way it had with World War I. Lastly the nation was still recovering for the Great Depression American supported isolationism because they were concerned about getting involved in another war. After our involvement in WWI many American that is was a war that the U.S had no part in. There were reports that our involvement in World War I was done

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    descriptions‚ raked from the gutter‚’ ‘decoyed‚ deceived‚ seduced‚ inveigled‚ or forcibly kidnapped and carried as servants to the plantations.’ They were regarded as the ‘surplus inhabitants’ of England.” By founding a colony with the belief of “surplus inhabitants”‚ Jamestown was destined to become a society structured on class. These “surplus inhabitants” were expected to help support an “enterprise for all... men to work upon”. These “surplus inhabitants” would become known as indentured servants‚ a

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    The Black Death started in 1347 and raged on for some years‚ wiping most of Europe as it spread. Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) wrote of the plague’s symptoms: swellings or tumors in the armpits and groin‚ which led to blackness on different parts of the body. There’s no doubt that the Europeans had their own opinion on the cause of the plague and how to contain it. The Black Death was a plague that very unfamiliar to the victims. As a result‚ they had different beliefs on the cause of the plague;

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    What would be some good custodian interview questions? I work in an educational facility. Employee Issues - robert contreras Answer Answer # 1. The goal of a job interview is to determine which applicant will best meet the requirements and needs of the job opening that you have available. You want to ask questions that allow you to accurately and fairly evaluate and compare each applicant’s ability to perform the requirements of the job. This would include asking questions about attendance

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    The Man Who Wanted To Know Everything Leonardo di Ser Piero da Vinci mostly known as Leonardo Da Vinci was an Italian renaissance polymath such as in: painter‚ sculptor‚ architect‚ musician‚ mathematician‚ engineer‚ inventor‚ anatomist‚ geologist‚ cartographer‚ botanist and writer. His genius‚ perhaps more than that of any other figure‚ epitomized renaissance humanist ideal. Born on April the 15th 1452 in Vinci Italy. Young Leonardo was raised by his father Ser Piero and step mother. When Leonardo

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    interpret the law. However‚ this caused many problems; one such problem was the incident called Shay’s Rebellion. Shay’s Rebellion happened because many of the people that fought in the revolutionary war didn’t receive any sort of compensation as they were promised. To add insult to injury‚ the farmers experienced high state taxes‚ which consequently initiated the rebellion. Congress couldn’t do anything to remedy or suppress this rebellion because they didn’t have an army‚ they couldn’t collect any

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    The major reasons for the formation of the Iroquois Confederacy were to put an end to the intertribal conflict in the region‚ additionally because of the spread of the peace and power gospel coinciding with the increasing practice of the condolence rituals. Intertribal conflict was a serious problem with many native groups that had differed in customs all across the continent‚ and it is understandable how in the midst of unending conflict peace would seem desirable‚ much like the desire for world

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    If I was snowed in school for a whole week‚ I would do lots of things. I’m only going to share a couple with you now‚ they may not be good but they are kind of funny. Some of these things may be weird‚ but I find it funny. Some people may find it mean but I don’t really do this stuff. So here are my thing I would do if I was trapped in school for a whole week. The first thing I would do is I would make all the teachers give not more homework for example math and social studies homework. I would

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