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    How did the Jews hide from the Nazi’s? How were the Jews treated in the camps? Did any of Jews try to escape the concentration camp? A man named Adolf Hitler persuaded a large group of people to follow and join him in his plan to get rid of the “undesirable people” in Hitler’s eyes. Hitler formed a large army of soldiers and got them to believe that Jews were born for serving them and if they didn’t do that they did not deserve to live. The treatment of Jews made people try to hide‚ was brutal and

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    Columbus came to the New World for a variety of reasons. A few of these reasons included: wealth‚ converting non-Christians and to prove the theory of the earth being round. On Columbus’ journey to the New World he had actually set out on his project that he called “Enterprise of the Indies”. In this project he had set out to reach east by sailing west. Columbus wanted to prove the theory of the earth being round. Now Columbus’ journey was mainly based on the works of Ptolemy. If Ptolemy’s works

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    The settlers of the Chesapeake region of America were an extremely fascinating bunch. Despite many hardships‚ they set the stage for the American South for the next two centuries‚ and achieved a lot with precious little. It is simply amazing to think of how anyone could have stayed alive in a foreign land surrounded by the unknown‚ with no friends and family to help and guide them. The majority of the colonists that moved to the Chesapeake region of Maryland and Virginia were laborers‚ that

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    big melting pot however the Chesapeake and New England regions were made up mainly of people of English origin. Even though the settlers came from the same place their societies evolved in two different directions. The cause of Chesapeake and New England’s road into two distinct societies is due to many economic‚ social‚ religious‚ and geographical reasons. The Chesapeake and New England settlers came to America for many reasons. The settlers that came to the Chesapeake region were single‚ land-hungry

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    Size: Families in New England were much larger‚ and consisted of both males and females. In contrast‚ families of the Chesapeake were primarily men brought over to work the fields. Age: Ages of settlers in New England ranged wildly‚ seeing as immigrants came in family groups. Chesapeake settlers were all in the same general age range. Health: Since New England was spared the tropical diseases of the south‚ its inhabitants were considerably healthier. Immigrants to New England actually gained five

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    feed the ever growing population. There were many causes of this agricultural revolution Britain was at war with France consequently the soldiers needed to be fed‚ and due to war‚ supplies imported from Europe (e.g. corn) were reduced. This added significant strain on the food being produced in England which added stress to the farmers. In the early 18th century‚ much of the countryside was farmed as an open field

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    seventeenth century as having no variation from place to place‚ this is not true. Many settlements during this time were different in several ways‚ such as the English colonies in New England and the Spanish settlements in the southwest. Economic development and religion proved to be a key difference between the Spanish settlements in the southwest and the English colonies in New England during the seventeenth century. The two main religious groups in New England were the Puritans and the Pilgrims.

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    Various reasons and accumulative events account for the withdrawal of the French from Indochina by 1954. Since the beginning of the French Colonisation of Indochina by 1893‚ tension existed by both parties which were only intensified by the series of events and ideas that followed. The aftermath of WWII France significantly weakened the country and its economy. This led to the withdrawal of the French from Indochina‚ because it eventually became too expensive for the French to fight for their colony

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    Why the West was the First to Discover‚ Explore‚ and Settle in the New World By 1450 a large area of the world remained unexplored by the old world. At least three civilizations: China‚ the West‚ and the Islamic World all had the capability to explore the Americas . However only one did- the West. If one observes the technology of the West in 1450 it comes as rather a surprise Europe made it to the New World first. The other civilizations‚ particularly China were more powerful‚ wealthier and more

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    the story. In my family no one was interested in basketball at all‚ well my dad did follow the NBA scores from the sports news on TV like every other week. They never showed any NBA basketball games on TV‚ there was only a show that was on every Friday mornings at 5 o’clock IN THE MORNING! Since there wasn’t many people interested in basketball in Iran‚ there are not many talented and very good basketball players from Iran. Either in the NBA‚ or the Iran’s league itself. Now I hated basketball also

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