Mason and Gorges divided the land in 1629, Mason taking New Hampshire and Gorges taking Maine. In the 1640s, Massachusetts got too big for it’s britches and took control of New Hampshire, then parts of Maine in the 1650s. Judges ruled against Massachusetts in 1979, so New Hampshire became a royal colony. Maine was incorporated into Massachusetts in 1691. After New York was claimed for the English, the land between the Hudson and Delaware Rivers was given to…
Veterans Haven North (VHN) is a transitional housing agency that is run by New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. VHN is located in Glen Gardner a small town in Hunterdon County NJ. VHN is fairly isolated located up a curvy hilly road set back in the woods of Glen Gardner. Glen Gardner is in a suburban area and the houses are fairly close together. The houses are nondescript, the majority appearing to be three or four bedroom homes of small to average size. This is subjective,…
Seeds of Colonial Unity and Independence The New England Confederation was set up in 1643 It was made of 4 colonies, which held the main goal of defense. The colonies were Puritan only C. Confederation was weak but, it was a large step toward American unity. 2) Colonies were allowed to…
The Old Testament is old, right? And the order of it is pretty dang important, so that’s what I 'm talking about. And it goes like this. So first as you would think, we are going to start with the key events of Genesis and so on, So first off God created all the things, on the first day God created The heavens and the earth and light and darkness. On the second day God created the sky. On the third day God created dry land, the sea, and also vegetation, so like plants and seeds and stuff. On the…
The political news media is an important part of the American democratic process. Using the democratic process to make decisions on who our next candidates or laws and acts our following candidates want to change in the next election. News media is a significant part of today’s culture. Which keeps our society well-informed about the political issues and topics discussed in order for us to seek change. News media is a large outlet of information for us to keep up with local, state, nation, and…
In Niche News: The Politics of News Choice by Natalie Stroud investigates how people choices where they want to go for the news and the political implications that their choice ultimately entails. In spite of the conventional and true way of thinking about media utilization isolating along generational or political lines, to a great extent figures out where individuals go to find out about events. One generation has a tendency to depend on print, another on TV and still another the web, the…
Reporting News Around the Globe The way in which news is presented heavily influences readers in numerous decisions. These can be somewhat as small as choosing what is important, as seen through political debates where readers form opinions through what is presented by news corporations. Media outlets incorporate news values and certain elements to create a news worthy story. Each country reports news in different ways, which can be influenced by their history and ideologies. However, when…
New Zealand troops have spent more time in Afghanistan then both World War One and World War Two Combined, despite this, mainstream media coverage of the war has been limited, and one-sided, government reports have relied on embedded journalism and the NZDF methods of public relations (PR), have been responsible for the upkeep of the military’s positive, peacekeeping, reconstructed, ‘kiwi’ image. While this was not untrue, it can not be considered truthful. The NZDF maintains strong connections…
Introduction Who are Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield? George M. Marsden, an American author, describes Jonathan Edwards as, “extraordinary and the most acute American philosopher and the most brilliant of all American theologians.” John Charles Ryle, an Anglican bishop, describes George Whitefield as, “a humble person and after he had a calm examination, he had come to the conclusion that Whitefield was one of the most powerful and extraordinary preachers the world has ever seen.”…
Kindred People-Kindred Minds The contemporary American Christian may profess to have a thorough understanding of the nature of Christianity. Yet he may have, at best, only a vague awareness of the ancient Jewish roots to which Christianity is bound. To add to his confusion, much of the text contained in the sermons delivered from many pulpits is only loosely based on academic study and may contain a great deal of emotionally charged rhetoric. This combination of lack of understanding on the…