traveling to America was to seek religious freedom. The Puritans came into existence when Protestant reformers sought to reform or “purify” the Catholic church. When the Puritans saw that little difference was being made a group called the Separatists broke off of the Puritans and decided to start fresh by coming to what would today be America (Why the Pilgrims Really Came to America).With a new life these now called Pilgrims were able to practice what they pleased‚ given such freedom one can see why they
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Have you ever had such a long day at school by the end of the day you aren’t even paying attention‚ or have you been sitting in class with nothing to do wasting time? The time in school should be shortened because teachers have to spend a long time at school‚ students get bored and near the end of the day they don’t actually pay attention‚ and we waste time not paying attention in classes when we could’ve spent outside getting exercise. Teachers deserve shorter times in school. Teachers have to stay
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June 14th 2013 CP:150 Introduction to Computers Unit 13 Paper Why legalizing marijuana would be beneficial to the United States. The current drug laws are doing more harm than good‚ legalizing marijuana would benefit the country in many ways. It would increase revenue for states. If marijuana were legal‚ the states would have more money to spend on important problems. Also marijuana has many medical benefits. Marijuana has been a part of humanity for almost as long as history has been recorded
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fair completed what most thought not to be possible‚ despite several obstacles and in the midst of unimaginable pressure on the architects and other workers. The influence that the fair had may not seem significant on the surface‚ but it impacted America far more than perceived. For example‚ the World’s Fair changed America’s view of the world and conversely for America’s own opinion on the world. Similarly‚ the fair was one of America’s first attempts to show the world its potential and strength
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Melanie Mitchell 02/05/2013 It all started when my friend and I were driving and I had a great idea. I said “Wouldn’t it be fun to go to Atlanta Georgia?” I mention that I have family that lives in Atlanta Georgia‚ and that we could stay with them. We planned the trip for August 10th. Turns out this will be the most liberating and most independent event in my life. Thursday‚ August 10th rolls around; it’s time to start loading the car‚ and hit the highway. Just knowing that we were on our
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Change Within The Juvenile Justice System: The History & Review of the Juvenile Justice System Jerod H. Richardson Survey of Law and Criminal Procedure CJ 2241 Professor David Horiuchi 11/20/2014 Change Within America ’s Juvenile Justice System One of the hardest decisions that judges have to make is sentencing a juvenile to be tried as an adult. With the increase in violent crimes in America today‚ juveniles are often found in the front line of media for violent crimes.
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foot in America. They fled their country for many reasons including famine‚ poverty‚ and hope for a better future. They faced many dangers on their journey to America and many hardships once they arrived. It is because of this immigration that so many of us American born citizens can trace our ancestry back to an Irish immigrant. The first set of Irish immigrants arrived in America in the 17th century‚ from “a small island west of Great Britain” (O’Hara‚ 2002). There were many reasons why Irish citizens
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should’ve been banned. I also think that it should be treated like most books do where you have to read them. This book is also a book that changed me as a reader I haven’t stopped reading books since this book. I absolutely love this book even tho it does have some bad stuff. But even because of all that stuff I still absolutely love the book. Next I will be telling if I think the book should be banned or not. So no I do not think that this book should be banned or even should’ve been challenged
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_Explains why Americans declared their independence none_ Why America Revolted against Britain Why did the colonists revolt against Britain? They had many reasons to revolt that they stated in the Declaration of Independence‚ that was adopted July 4‚ 1776. The Declaration of Independence had 2 parts‚ the preamble which was just an introduction and the second part was all of the reasons for the colonies to revolt. Basically all of the reasons had something to do with the king abusing his rights
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Why America went to war with Vietnam In the article “The Causes of the Vietnam War” Andrew Rotter talks about all kinds of reasons why America went to war with Vietnam along with things that promoted America to get involved with Vietnam. One reason America went to war was because President Harry Truman authorized a military aid to the French. Also the U.S. was afraid of communism taking over countries along with the reasons why America did not like the government of North Vietnam. One of the
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