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    his naval contingent provided valuable assistance by preventing reinforcements from reaching the French fort. A two-month siege ended in June when British soldiers staged an heroic (and almost comic) raid on the fortress, forcing its capitulation. George II later rewarded Pepperrell with a baronetcy, the first American colonist so honored. The French fared somewhat better on the western frontier, where their position at Crown Point on Lake Champlain was used as a staging area for Native American…

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    The story The Most Dangerous Game and the movie High Noon are very much alike and have some differences. The main characters are alike in some ways. The setting is located differently but has a major impact on both stories. Both stories are also in the same time period in the early 1900s. These stories having many things alike, such as the characters and the setting, and many differences like the plot. In both stories the characters have many similarities. They are both facing life or death…

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    Zita The Spacegirl

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    1. Dooby Dooby Moo by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin is an example of a picture book. The genre of this book is picture book because it uses basic vocabulary that is easily understood by young children and illustrated pictures and images to guide young readers through the story. The lively and highly expressive illustrations are able to create delightful personalities of the farm animals and farmer Brown and through these energetic illustrations one is able to infer the plot of the story. The…

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    Paul Revere: A True Hero

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    Paul Revere Paul Revere was not a unique hero before the battle of Lexington. On April 18 and 19 1775 Paul Revere took his famous Midnight Ride. One of the resources we used was the Longfellow poem that tells the story of the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere. In the Longfellow poem there were things that Paul Revere did that night. There was the signal when the british came 1 by land and 2 by sea. The midnight ride of Paul Revere was taken place in Boston and all the towns that were mentioned…

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    The character I chose to explain on Animal farm is Napoleon written by George Orwell. Napoleon is self-centered,immature,and untrustworthy.Animal farm is a book about the animals fighting for equality. How do you think these animals and Napoleon will run the farm without a human?Will there be conflict or reforms about the farm? we’ll see. Napoleon is abusing his power and authority as a leader and I chose Napoleon because he seems like a interesting character that plays a big part in animal…

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    “General of the Continental Army, George Washington appeared on Mrs. Ross's doorstep around the first of June, 1776, with two representatives of Congress, Colonel Ross and Robert Morris” (Legend of Betsy Ross). Betsy was requested by George Washington to make the First American Flag. Also at the age of 21, she eloped across the Delaware River to Gloucester, New Jersey. After all of this Betsy has been gifted with a Philadelphia bridge named in her honor. The story of Betsy Ross is incredible…

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    Settlers in the American backcountry often protested to express the grievances with the Federal Government and the regulations and policies they set in place. Taxes of goods and crops were the root for the Whiskey and Shay Rebellions. The Shay Rebellion raised awareness for the need of s a stronger central government. Referring to the Shay Rebellion, historian Leonard L. Richards quotes, "fundamentally altering the course of U.S. history." Farmers in Massachusetts in 1786 were fed up with the…

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    The French Indian war mostly was about the British and the french. The Indians came after the war started.  In 1749 the French and British both claimed parts of the Ohio Valley. Both of them were building forts. The french had been building forts they built their forts to connect their lands in new France and Louisiana. They also were competing for food because they hunted. They also wanted the land for the trading specifically the fur trade industry. But as time went on the French gained…

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    The Proclamation Of 1763

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    Great Britain's initial attempt at controlling the colonists was the Proclamation of 1763, one of the results of the Seven Years’ War, which is also as the French and Indian War. This particular war was fought between Britain and France when disputes arose over French expansion into the Ohio River Valley in 1756; at the end of the war, the British received territories from France and Spain that therefore launched their expansion westward. Clearly, the British wanted to control westward expansion…

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    In “The Omnivore’s Delusion: Against the Agri-Intellectuals” Blake Hurst, a lively old farmer, shares the reality and necessity of industrial farming standards today. Firstly, an emphasis is put on the technological advancement of the world and the influence it has on farming. People rely on their doctors advancement in technology, but want their farmers to continue in the same practice as previous generations (Hurst). An advancement in technology has the ability to broaden a farmer's ability…

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