Conference‚ why did your colony choose to join Confederation? Which of your colony demands were met? At our class confederation conference‚ my colony chose to join confederation for a variety of reasons. First‚ it enabled the construction of an intercolonial railway that provided Canada West access to the Atlantic ports. Without this railway‚ the imports and exports of Canada West would be carried through American railways and ports. And they would have no way of traveling to the Maritime colonies. The
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The colonies that the British started in America‚ was for their own gain‚ it was to help create a supply of resources for them to receive as a return for helping them start anew. This was how it started‚ but what Britain did not realize was this was going to be the start of a new culture being brought forward to join forces as one. The British attempted to hold strict laws against the colonies so they continued gaining the most benefits. These British colonies in America were able to create a personal
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Technology Access and the Diverse Student There are many issues that affect the education of diverse students in the United States. However; in South Carolina‚ an issue that many diverse students are faced with is the implementation of technology in the classroom. Technology is often viewed as a tool that will help enhance learning‚ prepare students for the future‚ and as a tool to explore knowledge. This may be true for some students‚ but not all students feel the same. The problem that local school
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Today Racism is so common that it has finally been recognized as an issue‚ however it hasn’t always been like this. In the past there has been count less acts of racism. Racism can be defined as racial discrimination over skin color‚ ethnic background and race‚ or a belief that some races are by nature superior. History is like a giant mirror‚ it made up of thousands of pieces that creates the whole. It reflects what we do‚ When the European settlers came to North America‚ they came with a promise
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In this lab‚ we decided to investigate an important fact that normally goes unquestioned: why are cells so small? Would it be more efficient if everyone were just made up of one or two huge cells? A source of energy and molecules are required by all living organisms‚ which means that the amount of the cell that is able to receive molecules is important. The group’s hypothesis was that “cells are small because small cells have a larger surface area to volume ratio”‚ which is important because a larger
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poison from Nero’s behalf. After his death/Murder‚ Agrippina was suspected of slandering Octavia and Nero arranged her to be out of the imperial residence. In time‚ Nero continued becoming more powerful in freeing himself of his advisors and did away with rivals to the throne. In 55AD‚ he removed Marcus Antonius Pallas‚ an ally of Agrippina‚ from his duties as treasury. Seneca was suspected of having relations with Agrippina and for embezzlement. Luckily‚ Seneca succeeded in having himself
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Joseph Stalin was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union’s Central Committee. After Lenin’s death‚ he became the second leader of the Soviet Union. He was always Supporting Lenin and the Bolshevik system‚ even before the Bolshevik revolution. The political Communist of the Soviet Union was Marxism–Leninism which depends on the theories of Marxism and Leninism. The term Marxism–Leninism was called by Stalin. When Stalin became the leader of Soviet Union‚ he wanted to follow
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all have different depictions as to why their culture led to downfall of Jamestown. Breen argues that Jamestown is unsuccessful because they were unsure how to adapt to the changes and difficulties that came with creating a new society. Breen states‚ “part of the problem was cultural‚” because at this time English was well established and prospering even with its depressed agricultural economy. In England‚ due to their economy‚ the settlers worked part time so when they got to Jamestown‚ they thought
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had highly regarded philosophers that wrote great lengths about them. This gives us a great foundation to try to understand the different systems and how they were based. The goal is to analyze some of the different ideologies and find why they were thought to be so good‚ and what made them good. To begin there is Pericles’ Funeral Oration written by Thucydides‚ which documents a speech that Pericles used to address a crowd in Athens‚ comparing Athens to most notably‚ Sparta. It is evident that Athenians
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Why are Tropical Rainforests so Important? Tropical rainforests occupy only 7.5% of the worlds surface and is 1.2 billion hectares‚ yet over half of all plants and animal species live or grow here. The largest rainforest in the world is Amazon which is 600 million hectares and covers nine nations- Brazil‚ Bolivia‚ Peru‚ Guiana‚ Ecuador‚ Colombia‚ Venezuela‚ Guyana and Suriname. Tropical rainforests are home to many rare plant and animals‚ they contain 80% of all insects and 90% of all primates
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