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    Amish Research Paper

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    Amish Amish location-America Canada,Germany Population-270,000 in America Food Amish people are known for their great food. On Sunday they have a special meal after mass. The meal usually is bean soup with beans,pickles,and bread. For dessert they have Snitz pie and coffee. Almost every Amish family grows a garden that has corn, celery, beets, carrots, potatoes and tomato in their garden.They also raise their own livestock like such as pigs and chickens. Clothing Many Amish women wear a…

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    Bridge Vs Keystone Bridge

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    Andrew Carnegie began working for Tom Scott at the age of 12. Scott liked Carnegie and hired him as a personal assistant. In 1868 Scott asked Carnegie to build a bridge across the Mississippi River, to be the largest bridge to ever be built in America. Carnegie has no idea how to build it so he looks for advice from Keystone bridge builders. He decided to use steel, a relatively new material to the time. It was extremely expensive and hard to mass produce tho, no one have ever tried to use steel…

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    In this time of peril, the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793, I as a doctor am observing different treatments for Yellow Fever. In the city of Philadelphia, thousands of men women and children alike are dying of this nightmare come true. I will do as King George II says and make sure that should this happen in England, we’ll be ready Are the French doctors or the Philadelphia doctors better? They are similar, yet so different! What to chose what to choose… I will write the similarities and…

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    change the Pennsylvania way of law and order. He wanted the treatment of Indians to be with civility and respect; However, there were those who did not agree with this "Holy Experiment", and action was taken towards the destruction and demise of Penn's vision. The motivating cause of William Penn's "Holy Experiment" were the difficulties he and the Quakers were enduring at the time. They experienced discrimination due to their spiritual beliefs. The Puritans disliked their way…

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    City. In “Experience History Interpreting Americas Past” by “McGraw-Hill Education” they go on to say that, “Carnegie worked his way up from bobbin boy in a textile factory to expert telegrapher to superintendent of the western division of the Pennsylvania Railroad at the age of 24.” (McGraw-Hill Education, 520). Steel would pave the way for many of Americas industries to blossom. Cars, homes, bridges can be used as examples of how steel was used to help America. Many of the things we use…

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    William Penn Summary

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    quickly organizes a new system of government for Germantown. The government has a bailiff, burgesses and six committeemen. As quoted by Penn, "the bailiff, burgesses and commonalty of Germantown, in the county of Philadelphia, in the province of Pennsylvania." Francis Pastorius is the first bailiff. Jacob Telner and his brothers are burgesses. They have the power to make laws and remedy disputes democratically, and the process is ahead of its time. The summary of the trials becomes the…

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    Pennsylvania was founded in 1681 by William Penn with a charter granted to him by King Charles II. Pennsylvania was created as a place for the Quakers to be able to practice their religion, to make a profit, and for Penn to exercise liberal ideas. Pennsylvania was the most suitable colony to live in for someone wanting religious freedom, good relations with Native Americans, and to make a living with the good economy. Pennsylvania was a middle colony who had the nickname "bread basket".…

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    “Philadelphia Theatre Company” The Philadelphia theatre company which is located in Philadelphia, PA was founded in 1974 by Robert Hedley and Jean Harrison.It is said that the theatre has produced over hundreds of world premieres and has hosted dozens of world recognized artists. But in October of 2007 the Philadelphia Theatre company has partnered with a new brand known as Suzanne Roberts Theatre. The PTC made a start decision to combined their company with the Suzanne Roberts Theatre. The…

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    Penn Law Strengths

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    I am writing to reiterate my strong interest in the University of Pennsylvania Law School. As I mentioned in my “core strengths” essay, there are several reasons why Penn Law is unparalleled top choice for me: the cross-disciplinary approach that provides best possible legal education, vast array of seminars and projects that allows students to get practical education, and the collegial atmosphere that permeates the school. I majored in Business Economics and Public Policy due to my interest in…

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    His father was once a weaver and a profession. he once was replaced by robots for his job. His father also led the chartist movement in Dunfermline. At the age of 13, on 1848, Andrew and his family migrated to the US, and settled in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. After he settled their, he began looking for jobs. He also wanted to help out the poor as well, however he made a charity for the poor, by raising money they need in order to survive, and he gave some of them jobs as…

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