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The picture perfect girl. Straight A’s at an Ivy League school, co-founder of Yale’s very own German Club and a volunteer at an organization called Best Buddies. Suzanne Jovin seemed to have nothing but a perfect life until the night of December 4th, 1998. Suzanne’s murder not only left many people in shock but also at unease. Suzanne’s killer still has yet to be found. The suspects and crime itself causes the question of WHY? I believe Billy is responsible for the brutal stabbing and murder of…

The American flag is seen as one of the largest icons of America still to this day. The American flag we see today consists of thirteen stripes and fifty stars, and it was created in 1777 on June fourteenth. In this version, the thirteen stripes represent the thirteen colonies and the stars represent the fifty states. The colors on the flag also have their own meanings; white stands for innocence, red stands for valor, and blue stands for perseverance. The flag was created by the Continental…

My person is nathan hale he was a white patriot in the american revolution. he helped with the siege on the british when there were the first casualties of war. He also served in connecticut. He was also a spy for the patriots and went to new york city to spy on the british when he was 21 years old. His last words were ¨ my only regret is that i have but one life to give for my country.¨ Hale, Nathan (June 6, 1755 - Sept. 22, 1776), patriot, spy, hanged by the British, long known as the…

Every summer of my life I return to the Stonington community for several weeks where I reestablish previous relationships and erect new relationships within the community. Stonington is a small lobster-fishing community off the coast of Maine located on Little Deer Isle. With a population of just over 1,000 Stonington is unique from my home town where twice as many people attend my high school. Despite the differences in lifestyles, making friends in Stonington was much easier than making…

Traces of democracy have been linked backed as far as the Ancient Greeks and Ancient Romans. From the ideas of the Ancient Romans and Greeks, the idea came to inspire the colonists of America in the Pre-Revolutionary War era. Democracy in the Colonies could be coined with the term because these said colonies had several of the same traits as the “Traits of Democracy.” The development of democracy in Colonial America can be analyzed because of the “traits.” Democracy in Colonial America…

From the very beginning of American history to the current day United States, equal opportunity has evolved to further incorporate more and more groups of people. With every step in the right path, there also seemed to be a backstep and vice versa. Starting from the beginning, the first major era in the American past was the Colonization and Settlement Period, approximately 1607-1750. During which settlers broke away from Britain but became confined within their villages and towns. The next era…

At the University of Connecticut, located in Storrs, Connecticut, all first-year students are required to live on campus. The University provides several housing options, including thematic communities like Honors Program housing or Business Connections Learning Community housing, gender-inclusive housing, and standard co-educational, non-thematic options. Regardless of a student’s housing selection, the student will live in a community that is maintained by Resident Assistants. Depending on the…

The Emergence and Evolution of the American Identity Prior to the Civil War Introduction The American Identity is an abstract, multifaceted concept that has evolved over time throughout every period of American history. During the Colonial Era, distinct colonies, each with its own culture, values, and legislation, made up Colonial America. The colonies were largely disunited, leading to a dearth of a collective cultural identity. As a result, the American Identity at that period of time was…

The methodology selected for this article involves a collective case study of hyper-segregated public elementary schools in Connecticut from 2010-2014. The cases selected for analysis consist of 131 elementary schools identified as hyper-segregated using the Sheff Standard. The Sheff Standard considers a school hyper-segregated if less than 10% or more than 90% of a school’s student body are Minority. For the purpose of this research, the 131 elementary schools identified using the Sheff…

The time period was the early 17th century. A group of people traveled on a ship to the New World. They all came over looking for a new way of life and religious freedom. Religion is what drove them all out of England to North America. The all left England to escape religious persecution. Massachusetts back in the early 1600’s wasn’t like it is today. It wasn’t a small state that had a land area of approximately 10,000 square miles. It stretched across most of the north eastern part of the…