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    uprising, in efforts of the colonist to break free of the queen’s rule. The first American colony was found 1607 in Jamestown, Virginia. The thirteen original colonies were Virginia, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware, North and South Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Georgia. The early colonial eras had many problems dealing with the European balance of power and the colonists’ appropriation of…

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    colonies were generally operated, and I will then move on to how the majority of Southern colonies implemented their system of labor. The Middle colonies, of the pre-Revolutionary War America, consisted of Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware. These colonies were settled by a large variety of differing European ethnic groups, such as the English, German, Dutch, French, Scots-Irish, and Swedes. These groups were clustered tightly together, and they lived in a closer proximity…

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    the 15th century, Spain almost colonized all of American land. English began the colonization of America in 1584, and their first step was Roanoke Island. Finally, in 1600s, the famous first 13 Colonies in America were established and they were: Delaware, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Bay Colony, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Though the colonization took a long time and…

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    The piece relates to Hinduism as it depicts Vishnu in this story, but it is also an architectural piece as well. Think of the piece as a picture. The main painting is that of Vishnu, in a triumphant pose, like George Washington crossing the Delaware. Vishnu’s left foot is placed on a lotus pedestal held up by two humans. His right foot faces abruptly outwards towards the bottom left corner of the piece. Vishnu’s right hand is placed on his hip, and his left hand is holding a jug, though he may…

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    The Sons of Liberty was a group that was founded by Samuel Adams and John Hancock in July 1765. The group consisted of shopkeepers, craftsman, and other political leaders that were against the Stamp Act of 1765. The group’s goals were to force the British stamp agents that were in stationed in the 13 colonies to resign and to stop American merchants from purchasing goods from the British. The Stamp Act of 1765 was a tax that the British put on the American colonies where a stamp would be placed…

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    Henry Hudson was an educated English explorer and navigator believed to be born “in 1570, in Hoddersdon, Hertfordshire, northwest of London” (Quezzaire). Hudson probably served in the Muscovy Company when he was young due to his family’s high prestige in the Muscovy Company. In the late 1500s, he got married to a woman called Katherine, and together, they had three sons: Oliver, Richard and John (softschools.com). It is believed that he had firsthand education about seafaring, and worked aboard…

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    The statement “Union Victory In The Civil War Was Inevitable” is faulty because the North has more power, heavy-duty guns, and has a well-balanced leadership. The South had it better; they knew their surroundings, had a great leader and could have been two steps ahead if they thought logically. What that means is if the South just used their heads instead of jumping into battle the entire time, they could have thought their way out of this instead of losing to the Union. The Union saw this…

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    There were Thirteen colonies that survived and came together to form the United States of America, those colonies are, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. There are other colonies such as Roanoke, where the settlements failed to survive and all the settlers died. In the case of Roanoke, no one knows what happened to it’s colonists. All the colonies had their own…

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    Brown VS Board of Education In 1954 Oliver Brown made groundbreaking history. Oliver was in a case called Brown vs Board of education, and I believe he made a meaningful change in equality in education and much more. The Brown vs Board of education trail was a equal rights movement. Oliver Brown Desegregated Schools and proved that “separate but equal” isn’t true. He proved that white schools and black schools did not have equal education and that just because of somebody's color doesn't mean…

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    are not endangered nor threatened. There is so many kinds of these frogs out in the world, presumably given off as pets because again, they are not threatened nor endangered. These frogs are considered pests in California, Arlington, Virginia, and Delaware because they have been known for devouring native wildlife such as, fish, frogs, and tadpoles. These frogs are used, if used at all, for research, mostly in the field of vertebrate embryology because females are prolific egg layers and the…

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