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    "You must go on adventures to find out where you belong."- Sue Fitzmaurice. John White was an explorer with many great and well-known adventures, but one, in particular, turned into perhaps one of the greatest mysteries today and has been baffling researchers and theorists for centuries. The Lost Colony of Roanoke came to the New World in search for a new place to call home and a brand new chance at a new life. The Roanoke Island is surrounded by land or some sort of barrier with only one clear…

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    Intro The Guatemalan Mayan Genocide was a big problem for everyone. One would expect to only effect Guatemala and their community. That wasn't quite the problem through. It also surprisingly enough effected America also. Due to the fact that we attempted to help but it didn't quite work well. Number 1 This event took place in guatemala. Back before the Mayan Genocide most citizens in Guatemala identified as Mayan. Some would say Mayan controlled the population. Guatemala achieved…

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    The Mysterious Disappearance of The Mayan Empire; What Caused The Empire To Collapse? The Mayan people are a great fascination. They were creative, original, different and left a great mystery for today’s new world to explore. The Mayans were an ancient native American civilization who were known to be one of the most advanced civilizations in Mesoamerica today. They never progressed past the stone age to have seen advanced inventions like the wheel or other metal work that would have aided…

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    Out of all the phrases and propaganda from the book 1984, I believe the most iconic phrase “2+2 = 5” illustrates the totalitarian powers that distort reality. In this dystopian 1984 novel, George Orwell portrays a character fighting against a totalitarian government. When Winston Smith, the protagonist, attempts to revolt against the party, ends up being imprisoned. It demonstrates how he is surprisingly contrastive from a hero. In George Orwell’s 1984, the protagonist Winston Smith is shown as…

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    The Lost Colony Essay

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    child to be born in the new world. Some of the main theories sounds correct, but there are no evidence to back them up. ONe is that they were killed by a tribe of Indians. Another one is that they moved up North away from the Island. Since its disappearance in 1588, the lost colony of Roanoke has intrigued people for centuries and has spawned numerous conspiracy theories. The lost colony first started in 1585, 22 years before Jamestown and 37 before the pilgrims settled in Massachusetts. The…

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    in 1954 leaving a strict military regime in its place. This ultimately triggered a thirty-six year long civil war causing hundreds of thousands of Guatemalans, specifically the native Mayan peoples, to be displaced, missing, or dead. The Forced Disappearances in Guatemala…

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    she was continuously raped, abused, and beaten by members of the staff. These experiences led Edna to becoming addicted to drugs and living on the streets. Like many other Indigenous women, the government and its policies like residential schools forced Edna into the dangerous life of the “other”. In…

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    In some countries, politic parties make what we call "internal elections" (when several people present as candidates in a party but only one can be the candidate for it), that's not bad for people who belong to some political party, but, why is it forced to vote even who doesn't belong to any political party? This modality is called by them, "Open internal elections". People who don't vote must pay a fine that is not so expensive, soooo, we'll pay it, haha!! All this is really a charade and…

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    period one's actions would reveal the way people judged them. Even now actions still show how people view others. In Robert Lewis Stevensons mystery novella Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the Victorian Era influences Jekyll and Utterson's actions. Jekyll was forced to live a perfectly moral life. Jekyll is trying the potion to create an alter ego. Jekyll took the glass “[and] with a strong glow of courage,drank of the potion” (Stevenson 58). Once Jekyll tries the potion he is hooked. He is using the…

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    The buffalo played an important role in the life of the Crow tribe, whether it be for a source of food or for the reason they are packing up their lodges and moving. A majority of Pretty-Shields stories came about when the buffalo were abundant, according to her that was the time when her people were the happiest. Nevertheless, Linderman made attempts to get stories about her people’s present condition, “When the buffalo went away, the hearts of my people fell to the ground, and they could not…

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