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    system, it influenced the development of slavery in the US which would last for many years. The Columbian Exchange impacted the new and old worlds by introducing many valuable crops such as citrus to the new world and vanilla tobacco to the old world. It also brought new technology which improved the combat of the natives in the new world, which had both negative and positive effect on the Europeans. One of the most important things exchanged was cattle; this brought disease to the natives which…

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    Columbus like the year he was born in 1451 and was sent off by the queen of Spain called Isabella. Well that's just the minor stuff and it’s not harmful at all. Let's get into some bad things that Christopher Columbus has done before and why we shouldn’t celebrate Columbus. It will be pretty surprising some of the things that he had done. Christopher Columbus wasn’t as smart as you think and here’s why. First of all he did not discover the world being round…

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    Do you trust your government? Most Untied States citizens do not trust the government. In the past 100 years, government trust has declined dramatically. While a majority of citizens do not trust the government, only nineteen percent of Americans can say that they trust the government all or most of the time. While some Americans trust the government, Americans should not trust the government because there is corruption, going against the constitution and because of the amount of spending…

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    Emerson because people only live one lifetime, people can learn about themselves, and learn about there surroundings. There is only one lifetime a single person can live, why not do all the things you are capable of in it. My parents used to tell me that I should never be afraid of trying new things, because you only live once. I have been following this piece of advice ever since. Every time I learn and am able to perform something on my own, I think of more and better…

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    Selma Movie Analysis

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    It took a lot of sacrifices, blood, sweat, and tears to get to this point as a country, and the last thing we should do is take it for granted. Selma is a very compelling in many ways. We are compelled to fight for what we believe in no matter what obstacles come our way. If we know for a fact that it is right and God has ordained it, we should…

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    Have you(saw/heard/became aware of) that every minute you at least see one electronic device? To think and (more than needed) the knowledge of how many people on earth have an electronic device! Plus our modern technology is used to do many great things like help cure cancer, or help to find new substances for sicknesses. Plus it also helps with order and organization like street lights and airports. On the street it lets you know when to go, and when to stop. In the Airport it lets you know…

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    Panama Flag The country of Panama is rather small and might be known mostly for the Panama Canal, but what about the flag? Every part of the Panama flag represents something significant to their countries beliefs and past. This is the same for just about every country such as the United States thirteen stripes and fifty stars along with the colors all have a meaning. Along with a brief but an important history of their flag and Panama also has etiquette for their flag for their flag just like…

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    Gothic Elements

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    but somewhere also equal The most books have similarity’s in Gothic Elements. You can compare them to different books and you will find something that could be similar. In The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern leads the Supernatural to extraordinary things “her momentary glee at the adjustment is crushed by the pain that follows as the ring continues to close around her finger, the metal burning into her skin.” (Morgenstern 24). You will also find the Supernatural in “Fall of the House of Usher”…

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    Our country, the Philippines. Occupant are keep on rising much faster compared to our frugality. Our country indeed has been as sluggish as lackadaisical when it approaches to the aspect of improvement. It grosses a lot of years, even periods for us to be able to take an advance movement towards one step of modernization. Other nations like Singapore, which has been populate by other more influential country had been able to adapt yet get up and make themselves more prolific. But all through the…

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    of Independence made our country. Before the founding fathers wrote the declaration of independence life was unfavorable. The people in America didn't feel they had rights and they didn't have a say in anything.…

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