1. Jamestown‚ 1607 2. First Africans brought to Virginia‚ 1619 3. Mayflower Compact‚ 1620 4. Great Migration of Puritans to Massachusetts‚ 1630s and 1640s 5. Roger Williams established Rhode Island‚ 1636 6. William Penn established Pennsylvania‚ 1681 7. Salem witch trials‚ 1692 8. James Oglethorpe established Georgia‚ 1732 9. Jonathan Edwards sparked the Great Awakening‚ 17349 10. The French and Indian War‚ 1754-63 11. Proclamation of 1763 12. Stamp Act‚ 1765-66
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China modernized during the Republican period (1912-49)? After the fall of Qing Dynasty in 1911‚ the unprecedented‚ new form of government emerged in China immediately. Whereafter the betrayal of the Republic of Yuan Shikai (1913-1916) and the turmoil of Warlordism (1916-27)‚ China was in a relative stable situation till the Nationalist Government was established in Nanjing in 1928‚ a period first possible for any modernization effort. That is‚ most of the modernization efforts‚ both externally
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March 1912 Pact of the Embassy Reb. 1913 Madero assassinated‚ Huerta assumes presidency Carranza‚ Obregon‚ Zapata‚ and Villa ally to fight Huerta U.S. occupation of Vera Cruz Apr. 1914 Huerta Resigns July 1914 Aguascaliente Convention Oct. 1914 Battle of Celaya Apr. 1915 Mexican Revolution US Gov. recognized Carranza as Mexico’s President Oct. 1915 Villa attacks Columbus‚ New Mexico in retaliation General John J. Pershing enters Mexico to chase Villa 1916 1917 Constitution (articles 3‚
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President Gerald Ford Gerald Ford was born on July 14‚ 1913 and was named Leslie Lynch King Jr. He was born in Omaha‚ Nebraska and is currently alive and living in Rancho Mirage‚ California. As a child President Ford lived in Grand Rapids Michigan. He moved there when his parents were divorced at age 2. His mother‚ Dorothy Ford‚ got custody of him and married President Ford’s stepfather‚ Gerald Ford Sr. on February 1‚ 1916. Gerald R. Ford‚ Jr.’s name was not legally changed until December
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A comparison of Dulce and Decorum Est by W.Owen and An Irish Airman Foresees His Death by W.B .Yeats using different figures of speech to attract the reader’s attention The subject of both of these poems is war. Different types of language are used to attract and persuade in some cases‚ and in others to narrate a story. I am going to examine and discuss how these two poets use different these different types of language show the author’s opinion of war. Although‚ these are both war poems they
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the federal government. The first bank branch was opened in Meloburne-July 1912. In 1913 there were already branches in all six states. In 1916‚ its headquarters is moved to Sydney. Area served to the NZ‚ Indonesia‚ Vietnam‚ UK‚ USA‚ China‚ and Hong Hong‚ Singapore. In the years 1991-1996 the bank is privatized. However‚ although it is already a public company‚ its name does not end with "Limited”. Since 12 September 1991 in the Australian stock exchange. The bank is known in the marketplace for its
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King Abdul Aziz‚ founder of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. King Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud (known as Ibn Saud) was a tall‚ imposing figure‚ a natural leader of men. He knew instinctively how to judge men and‚ as his rule progressed‚ how best to exploit the natural resources of his country for the benefit of his people. His achievement‚ the unification of many warring tribes all proud of their own lineage and traditions‚ laid the foundations for the modern state of Saudi Arabia. His success
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(slide 1) Hello everyone I’m ….. we are gonna talk about an interesting topic which is Decolonization in Yeats’ poems The first thing that comes to our mind after hearing Yeats’ name is the word decolonization Before we’re gonna talk about him ‚ there’re some details about the Irish literature in general . Also‚ in our presentation we selected the important points because all these points if we take them individually we’ll not finish (slide 2) So‚ If you look at this sentence ‚ the main
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change and unrequited love show up as major themes in William Yeats ’ poem The Wild Swans at Coole. Yeats sets up the poem in the first stanza to give a general feeling of sadness by describing "The trees are in their autumn beauty" and "The woodland paths are dry" (1-2). Autumn represents a time when nature starts dying and the dying leaves scatter where Yeats is walking. The reader also gets a general feel of an aged surrounding when Yeats mentions "a still sky" (4). The stillness of the sky contradicts
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