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    ergo the slaves. The new America needed money to jumpstart the economy of a new nation and nothing was better for that then exports filled by slaves. The Americans realized the economic value of slaves or forced work by a dictator can be. That is why they opened commerce with Saint Domingo and Toussant. Thomas Jefferson said that “I would gladly compound with a great part of our northern country”. He was fine doing commerce and work with freed slaves but he just needed them in the tobacco fields

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    The New England Colonists highly valued religion and rules. Some well known colonists are the Pilgrims. The Pilgrims came to the New England Colonies for freedom of religion. They believed that the Church of England had gone to far beyond Christ’s teachings. There way of dealing with serious crimes was execution. The lesser crimes were handled with fines. There was one law on guns‚ if you did not bring a loaded gun to church you were fined 12 shillings. The church building itself had no significance

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    The time period of 1754-1763 eventually led the American colonists to realize that they did not need the British any longer. The colonists felt that they themselves‚ were not Englishmen but members of their own society within the American colonies. By winning the French and Indian war the British were entitled to the land east of the Mississippi River to the Appalachian Mountains. As the Americans began to move westward thinking that if they fought the war in the colonies‚ they were entitled to

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    States such as New York‚ particularly the city Bronx (mainly south Bronx)‚ was on the verge of collapsing. In reaction‚ Hip Hop Culture blossomed from the mounds of wreckage on August 11‚ 1973 thanks to DJ Kool Herc. What is Hip Hop? What makes it so unique? Here remains a longstanding debate about what Hip Hop culture represents‚ the underlying message is this “when presented with a lack of education and occupational opportunities‚ these rappers forge their own paths by turning this disadvantage

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    GIFT FROM A SON WHO DIED by DORIS HEFIOLD LUND It s not the way I thought it would be l thought the sun and the moon would go oui. I thought ioy itself would die when Eric died. He had given so much to all ot us his family. his iriends And yet his death is not the end oi ioy after all lt s sornehow another beginning. . lour’ Eric died at twenty-two. aller a ahd-a-half -year struggle with leukemia.r While he left tls with the deep bruises ol grief‚ he left us sg much more So much to celebratel

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    death‚ fighting‚ sexual issues and friendship. Contemporary audiences find ?Romeo and Juliet? enduring for many reasons. It deals with issues that adolescents are dealing with at that time of their lives. Adolescents also find the play appealing because of the language and how it is used‚ and also the sexual undertone of some of the script. Romeo and Juliet were also very young‚ which makes many of the characters easy to relate to. Baz Luhrman?s film interpretation of ?Romeo and Juliet? was very different

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    helped flourish Christianity within a very troubling time in Rome. He used his massive amount of power and influences to make Christianity legal‚ help solve theological debates‚ and build the church that later was his burial site. Constantine‚ unlike many other historical important individuals‚ used his power to help benefit a group of people from being severely persecuted to openly practicing their religion. Like Paul‚ Constantine used his position of power as a means to further his personal beliefs

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    is neuroscientist who has made very large contributions to the psychology and neuroscience field. Ramachandran was lucky enough to have wonderfully unique patients to work with to help him understand the way the brain works. Ramachandran didn’t use many new technologies but still he contributed new understanding even through his observation and simple experiments. Ramachandran is a testimate that no matter how strange and bizarre a person’s case‚ there is a neurological explanation. Although Dr.

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    Why So Few Students Read Newspapers? Do you read newspapers every day? Do you like to read newspapers? When I interviewed some students from Saint Louis University‚ most of students said no. Why do so few students read newspapers? Some interviewers told me that they prefer to read novels‚ magazines‚ books‚ Twitters‚ and Facebook news instead of reading newspapers. Some students said they did not have enough time to read a whole newspaper. In addition‚ some students even said that they did

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    How was Hitler able to capture the hearts of so many people? Through propaganda. Through a detailed‚ psychologically advanced‚ and twistingly genius comprehension of what the German people needed. In the middle of the grim‚ gray‚ and gloomy society in Germany‚ he stood out as someone who was young and enthusiastic--a man who was genuinely interested in the well being of his country. He rose to power very strategically‚ first getting the Nazi name out there and then eventually using the good guy

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