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During the seventeenth century, conflict arose over the way people should be governed. In this time there were two main forms of government, absolutist and constitutional monarchies. In an absolutist monarchy, such as those in France, Spain, Central Europe, and Russia, the monarchs exerted dominance over the people by collecting all power for themselves. In a constitutional monarchy, such as those in England and the Dutch Republic, the rulers did not have complete power, they abided by the laws…

as a child Katherine Mary Dunham was always a rule breaker. She always took that one step out of the boundaries and changed everything for the better. When Katherine Dunham was young she used to sing gospel music for the local Methodist Church in Joliet that her family attended every Sunday. When her church started to have financial problems at the age of eight she started to sing songs that didn’t come close to gospel at parties to raise money for it.…

it’s going to always be there because of Racism and Discrimination. I personally fell to this by judging and stereotyping someone else’s character and ability of being smart based on the race he was brought up with. Four years ago I was a freshman at Joliet West High School. I was in my Algebra 1 class when I came across an African American classmate that I sat next with. My first instinct that I placed on him was that he was probably going to fail this class or get a poor grade just because I…

Movin’ On Up Have you ever had a teacher who prematurely judged you as a student? I mean, the way a teacher, without getting to know you or your abilities as a student, just assumes that you are “just like your sibling”. My sophomore year of high school was the beginning of my “lack of confidence” path as a student. I had an assignment to write and orally present a 5 minute speech. The subject of the speech was left wide open. I chose alcoholism. I remember gathering a few facts from…

the mother road, to changes of a more convenient road structures like a 4 lane street. In 1941 the Federal Defense Highway Act of 1941 authorized and funded a limited access four-lane divided highway that was constructed between 1942 and 1945 from Joliet, Illinois, to Wilmington, Illinois which redirected a route of Route 66. This was to help sustain the wear and tear of wartime like traffic by updating their construction methods by applying a special sub base of gravel and stone on top of the…

Born on November 3, 1997 in Gujarat, India, I’m the oldest on my mother’s side and the 6th oldest on my father’s side. I lived with my grandparents up till the day I had to depart for the United States of America. It was really hard for me to adjust with my family that I never lived with. My family and I had a lot of adjustments we had to make in order to live a successful life in the US. On May 13, 2004 my family and I were at the airport. I remember this day was very important because we…

The essays contained in my portfolio are part of the assignments written for the course English 101, which I took the first session of Summer 2016 at Joliet Junior College. This compilation of papers shows my progress and the effort I put to complete some of the basic core requirements to achieve an associate degree. The portfolio consists of: a literacy narrative essay, a synthesis with two sources and two argumentative essays. The essays represent my personal opinion about diverse topics…

Samuel de Champlain founded French colonies on the island of Mont Real (now Montreal) and in Quebec by sailing along the St. Lawrence river. The summation of their new colonies became known as New France. After priest Jacques Marquette and trader Louis Joliet explored the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes, add Sieur de La Salle claimed the Mississippi for France and named Louisiana, New France covered much of the midwestern United States and eastern Canada.While New France was expansive, few…

1. Life Story Ever since I could remember my life has been an amazing and insane roller coaster ride with a lot of ups, downs, twists and turns. There were a couple of significant situational issues that happened in my life and only have been resolved a couple of years ago. These issues were tough to beat but they have shaped me into the person I am today. It all began when I started first grade, I could tell that I was different from the majority of the kids in my class. I was a slow learner,…

Mark Maxson, who was serving life Stateville Correctional Center near Joliet was released from prison on September 27th, 2016. Mr. Maxon was accused of the brutal murder and sexual assault of a six years old boy from Chicago Roseland neighborhood. Since new evidence emerge such as DNA evidence that show Mr. Maxon did not commit…