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    their seeds so much quicker (which was actually very time consuming) than by hand. The inventor was Eli Whitney in 1793 and patented it in 1794. A revolutionized cotton gin is still used today. Nat Turner’s Slave Rebellion Nat Turner was an African-American who led a slave rebellion in the morning of August 23‚

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    Summary of Memory Distortion in Alien Abductee Study A summary of "Memory Distortion in People Reporting Abduction by Aliens" Introduction This is a summary of the article by Clancy et al.‚ 2002. The prevalence of alien abduction stories has been increasing in recent history (Bartholomew& Howard‚ 1998; Newman & Baumeister‚ 1997). Psychologists have more recently interpreted the stories as evidence of memory distortion (Newman & Baumeister‚ 1997). Previously published accounts of abduction

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    started what would be called the Shays’ Rebellion. Because it involved fundamental economic‚ social‚ and political issues‚ such rebellion forced ordinary Americans such as farmers‚ and small plantation owners‚ to think about their understandings of the promises of the American Revolution and what kind of government they desired. The Shay’s Rebellion was a representation of the economic troubles faced by the majority of people in the United States. With this rebellion they hoped to finally experience equality

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    VI. Bacon’s Rebellion A. Berkeley’s fears of the freedmen were justified. B. In 1676‚ sparked not by a Dutch invasion but by an Indian attack‚ rebellion swept Virginia. C. It began almost as Berkeley had predicted‚ when a group of volunteer Indian fighters turned from a fruitless expedition against the Indians to attack their rulers. D. Bacon’s Rebellion was the largest popular rising in the colonies before the American Revolution. Sooner or later nearly everyone in Virginia got in on it‚ but it

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    stronger central government was needed. It was used by important people such as George Washington‚ James Madison‚ and Alexander Hamilton to help convince the different states to give more power to the central government. <br><br>I believe that the rebellion in itself wasn’t very significant or important‚

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    In the movie Aliens ‚ we see various patterns found in society. We see the gender role stereotype competitions and the motherly instinct to go to death to save a little girl. We also come across the conditioning that we have been taught for centuries ¾ that women are weak and should leave the big jobs to men. The director uses the military as a microcosm of our world. Each character plays an important role found in society. As we see each character slowly fall to pieces‚ we begin to distinguish what

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    consequences of the gold rushes have been exaggerated‚ especially when studying the political effects of the Eureka Rebellion‚ it is still clear that through the intensity of mining a significant change occurred economically‚ urbanely and industrially‚ that has benefited Australia to this day. The primary consequence and gain of the gold

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    European cultures have been killed off. The old times have been forgotten forever. There is however an undercover rebellion working with the government and peasants. One man Damon Somerhalder is apart of the rebellion. The rebellion has discovered time travel to any time in the past. They send people back to show them the miraculous old times‚ so that they will fight with the rebellion. However‚ when in the past‚ they are nonexistent to the old time people. They do

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    Gary Lawrence 17/10/2009 Movie Analysis of Alien (1979) Cinematography Alien One was created in the late seventies by Ridley Scott and is set in deep space post 2000. The Science fiction based movie is still highly respected today as a recent time classic and holds a fierce cult following. One of the main reasons for this is that the cinematography has been extremely well thought out and planned down to fine detail. The beginning sequence hooks viewers with an array of suspense that

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    Witness/Narrative: Nat Turner I believe I was chosen by God to start the slave rebellion in 1831. Let me guide you through my life and tell you about what happened at that time. I was born October 2‚ 1800 and sold out three times in my childhood before I was hired to John Travis in the 1820’s. I regularly read the bible and became a preacher of African-American slaves. When I was a young slave‚ people said that I showed “uncommon intelligence” and I was also taught to read and write things. When

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