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    Art is a form of self expression that allows individuals to express themselves with creativity. Moreover, art is intended to be appreciated for its beauty or emotional power. There are many different types of art. Some forms of art include a painting, sculpture, photograph, architecture, music, and dance. As a matter of fact, art can also be interpreted in many ways because art is open to interpretation. The three pieces of art I analyzed were the beaded crown, George Washington’s painting , and…

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    What would you do if you could discover a “new world”? That’s exactly what the Jamestown Colonists were going to find out when they sailed out for the new world even though this journey could mean their death. The question for this essay is “Early Jamestown: Why did so many colonists die?” even though Jamestown was supplied with 560 colonists only 90 colonists survive after the May of 1610. What the colonists were expecting to find was a new route to china and Valuables but when the colonists…

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    Delynna Johnson History 108 Chapter 2 There were two European settlements first created in the New World; the first being Jamestown. It was founded on May 14, 1607, and there were 100 members of a joint venture called the Virginia Company. These people founded the first permanent English settlement in North America on the banks of the James River. The second settlement was Plymouth; founded on September of 1620. It was composed of around 100 English men and women, many of them were members of…

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    While both Woolf and Petrunkevitch both focus on an insect, Woolf explains that death is an inevitable part to life and also shows how beautiful the struggle for life is by the dynamic point of view and artistic tone she used. Woolf’s view on the moth changes from hopeful and energetic to insignificant and helplessness by the essays end. Woolf starts her essay by describing the energy outside her window as “pleasant morning… earth gleamed with moisture.” Woolf then transfers the energy of the…

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    The Union navy quickly mobilized to set up a blockade of southern ports. The blockade largely prevented the south from selling or receiving goods, and it seriously damages the southern economy. The union was mad about being broken and the confederates were mad because Abraham Lincoln was president and he wanted to get rid of slavery. The strategies of the north and the south were that the union strategy took out the South's supplies and demand, the South's strategy was the south thought that…

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    “Over the subsequent 50 years, a period of extraordinary public service, Jefferson remained the master of Monticello, and a buyer and seller of human beings” (Finkelman 2). In the article, “The Monster of Monticello,” the author uncovers the truth behind Jefferson. Jefferson was a slave owner that treated his servants with disrespect and cruelty. At the same time he was president, constantly talking about the ideas of equality in the United States. In the article, Paul Finkelman uses the word…

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    In Virginia Woolf’s passages called “Two Cafeterias” she talks about how she went to two different colleges and how women have a place in society that isn’t the same as the men’s place in society. So, she decides that she would go to two universities to see how the meals compared to each other. She was disappointed by the women’s meal as she realized there were major differences between what the women were given for dinner and what the men were served for dinner. While she is at a men’s…

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    The civil war was an ugly fight between the North and the South. The South wanted slavery and the North didn't, and this is why they didn't get along, so this is why the union and confederacy formed as groups for war. During the Civil war both North and south needed people for help to finish task and to help with things the white people couldn't do. The Northern and Southern armies had pretty different point of views for the Africans services. The South needed the Africans to fill in the…

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    The Union and Confederate fighting styles were similar in many ways, but in certain aspects, they were vastly different. Both sides valued honor and loyalty and frowned upon retreat. Both sides believed they were fighting for a just cause and that they would win the war easily. One difference between them was, the Confederacy had first-rate generals and the Union had more manpower. The Confederacy started more defensively, but as the war progressed they became more offensive. The Union was…

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    he involed a lot at planning colonizing virgina for profit. On Dec. 20, 1606 he became one of member in fleet of three ships. That voyage took 4 months with mutiny with leader “Captain Christopher Newport“ Smith was prisoner when they arrived at Virginia at April 1607, but he was realed when other colony leaders opened Kwon 2…

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