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have six combined MVP awards. They share over one-hundred thousand passing yards, and have thrown over seven-hundred touchdowns. Aaron Rodgers and Brett Favre are two of the best NFL quarterbacks of all-time. For twenty-three straight years Green Bay has been a powerhouse in the NFL thanks to these phenoms . They’ve given the Packers half of the franchise’s Super Bowl trophies, and have seen seventeen playoff seasons. In 2007, Rodgers made his first career start, filling in for the injured…

The Massachusetts Bay colony was initially settled by Puritans in 1630. They were overwhelmed by the religious persecution of King Charles I and the Church of England; they left England under the leadership of John Winthrop. These original colonists rapidly established numerous of small towns in the name of high religious standards and strict social rules; up until Anne Hutchinson came along. Anne Hutchinson challenged the traditional role of women in the Puritan society through her opposing…

Communities that value Puritan ethics are advantageous because they value hard work and family values. Societies require everybody to pitch in so that they will prosper. When the first Europeans arrived in the New world, everybody had a responsibility to do whether it be at home or at work . Eventually, the new settlers prospered through the effort and sweat that was input to the New world. This promotes the idea that groups of people that are labor intensive will thrive as it demonstrates that…

Colonial Period The colonial period of America was filled with the explorations of different religions and the freedom to explore your religious tendencies. In this unit of American Lit, we learned about the puritans, rationalists, and Native American traditions. We read a poem by Anne Bradstreet, “The Burning of our House.” Some of the students chose to do the virtue chart that Benjamin Franklin did in 1726 so he could improve a specific thirteen virtues. We also analyzed a couple of Native…

William Williams was born on April 23, 1731 in Lebanon, Connecticut. He was a Selectman for twenty-five years, served the provincial and later state Legislature for nearly forty years-during which time he was councilor, member, and Speaker of the House. He was appointed by the Connecticut Assembly to become a delegate for the Second Continental Congress after Oliver Wolcott fell ill. Even though he didn’t make it in time to Philadelphia to take part in the debates and cast a vote for the…

My favorite Superbowl commercial, was the Prius commercial. Mainly because it reminds me of one of my favorite movies, The Blues Brothers. My favorite part especially was at the end when all the cop cars were really close together, and the car put on the breaks automatically, then they just swerved their way through the cop cars because the cops were sleeping. Also, I know it had to do with three very illegal things, robbing a bank, stealing a car, and running from a police chase, but oh well.…

The Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) is often associated with Canada; this company started off as a fur trading business and currently operates as a transnational retail store. A recent HBC commercial portraying Dr. John Rae, a Scottish surgeon who explored Arctic Canada with the help of the Inuit peoples, was released with narration by Les Stroud, a famous Canadian survivor-man. Viewer’s reactions to the commercial have been mixed, with some comments on the YouTube video praising the “Inuit being…

agreement between the National Football League (NFL) and the American Football League (AFL). The first ever Super Bowl took place on January 15, 1967 with 61,946 attendees. It was located at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles. The Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs by a score of 35-10. Years later, the Super Bowl turned into something much bigger. People are willing to pay hundreds or even thousands of dollars for tickets. They are also willing to travel across the…

Che Guevara: Reviled and Revered Today, Che Guevara is looked at as a symbol of rebellion. However, Che Guevara is both revered and reviled in today's society due to his horrific actions of being a cruel leader, but successfully being committed to the justice of the people of the Cuban Revolution. Born as Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, Che Guevara was born on June 14, 1928 in Rosario, Argentina. He was part of a middle class family that was the source of most of his political views. As a child,…

Is Jose Mourinho the greatest football coach of all time? During his first press conference after being appointed head coach at Chelsea Football Club Mourinho said, "Please don't call me arrogant.. but I think I am a special one." Since that press conference, the media has called him arrogant many times but he has also convinced them that he is the greatest football coach in history. Mourinho is the only coach in Europe that has worked his way up to a coaching position, he has coached five…