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    According to the musical Hamilton, in his early life he was an orphan. Alexander Hamilton was born out of wedlock in the West Indies. His mother died and his father abandoned him. Hamilton did whatever he could to get where he wanted to go no matter the cost of consequences. He grew up very poor from the West Indies and married into a family with money to a woman named Elizabeth Schuyler. He had a son named Phillip that he was not a part of his life because he was fighting the war in America.…

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    whiskey. Facing well-organized opposition from Jefferson and Madison, Hamilton mobilized a nationwide network of friends of the government, especially bankers and businessmen. It became the Federalist Party. A major issue splitting the parties was the Jay Treaty, largely designed by Hamilton in 1794. It established friendly economic relations with Britain to the chagrin of France and the supporters of the French Revolution. Hamilton played a central role in the Federalist party, which dominated…

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    America 's Global Involvement Here let us take a look at what our first president, George Washington: “The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements, let them be fulfilled with perfect good faith. Here let us stop”. The idea behind America, as the founding fathers had wanted it, was to be free of political alliance, for us to be…

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    The American Dream has been diluted and misconstrued by those who only see the outside into a greedy desire to live frivolously and materialistically. However, Adams saw and defined the American Dream as a wish for equal opportunity, where a person 's success isn 't based on people 's background or their material possessions, but based on their individual capabilities which allowed them to reach their aspirations. In fact, his definition even states, “It is not a dream of motorcars and high…

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    "All Seeing Eyes"? you have heard it, you have even seen it. the beady eye is all-seeing, all-knowing and all-powerful – and it is allegedly the symbol of an influential secret society known as the Illuminati. so what does illuminati mean? illuminati is plural for the Latin word Illuminatus enlightened it is a name given to several groups, both real and fictitious. if you go back in history the name usually refers to the Bavarian Illuminati, an Enlightenment-era secret society founded on May 1,…

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    consequences of his actions. Gene’s journey matches that of Adam and Eve in the Tree of Knowledge. Adam and Eve experience enticement to eat the Forbidden Fruit which sequently…

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    “Lord of the Religion” In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding there is the use of religious symbols to support a deeper interpretation of the novel. First, the symbol of The Garden of Eden is represented in many ways. Second, the structure of the book is similar to the story of Jesus and his disciples. Last, throughout the entire story a character is met named Simon, who is Christ-like. He somewhat resembles the light on the island like Jesus resembles the light of the world.…

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    The story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden is one of the oldest and best known in the West. The power that this story has comes not just from the Bible, but also from its depiction of evil, of people 's impulses, and of its presentiation of temptation. In the Bible the Garden of Eden is described as perfect. Because the serpent tempted Eve to want to be more perfect, humans fell and became imperfect. This story is now often used in modern advertising, which also promises improvements in…

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    Both men are being created from the dust yet at first one is stuck and unable to move until his great being comes along and set him free. While in the other story Adam is able to move as soon he is created. The differences are the tree of life and the first mother. In genesis god tried to give Adam and eve everything he could but they didn’t listen and still ate from the tree of life which was suppose to be evil. As a punishment they were kicked out the Garden of Eden. The first…

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    The Realistic Creation Story Growing up going to a Catholic school, and being a very religious person I have studied, and read The Bible, I have gone as far as tattooing Psalm 23:4 on my body. So, you could say that I have a personal connection to what is written in The Bible. Saying that, from as young as I can remember to my age now, the creation story in Genesis has been a story that is repeated often, but the creation story has always confused me a great deal. The reason being, is due to…

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