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    the thirteen colonies. Many of the European settlers went to America in seek to find religious liberty. They hoped to set up a genuine form of their faith in America. The pilgrims are one the religious influences in the colonies they fled to the Netherlands in 1608. They believe that Satan had initiated blasphemy in England. The pilgrim leaders agreed to “obey just and equal laws.” It was the first written frame of government. Furthermore John Winthrop established a colony in Burton…

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    World”. Many slaves from Africa were being transported to the Caribbean and Brazil. From here, slaves were then sold to the colonies in the New World. Plantations in the colonies used to the slaves to do the labor work, and slaves belonging to the wealthy represented their high-class standing. Thus, as more slaves were being sold, traded, and brought into the New World, the populations and diversity of the Americas expanded…

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    Charlemagne’s Contributions to Christianity A Review of Charlemagne’s Historical Influence Nicole Briggs Barry University Author Note This paper was prepared for THE 317: Turning Points in Christian History, taught by Professor Smith Abstract This research paper focuses on the contributions made by Charlemagne and his influence on the development of Christianity. The following questions will be answered: Who is the person? When did he live? What was going on at that time? Where…

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    This created New York and Delaware. This in turn brought together more religions in one area and made the region even more religiously dispersed. In 1681 Pennsylvania was founded by Will Penn and he wanted it to be a place for Quakers. The colony made a humanitarian…

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    Puritans Influence

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    Editors). Due to his Protestant beliefs and his leadership, “Geneva became the center of Protestantism, and sent out pastors to the rest of Europe, creating Presbyterianism in Scotland, the Puritan Movement in England and the Reformed Church in the Netherlands” (Biography.com Editors). During his rule, John Calvin did not allow Christianity, art, and music with instruments (Biography.com Editors). His ideas of worship were plain and focused on God, which means no stained glass windows,…

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    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…

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    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…

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    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…

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    Misconduct in News Media News media has evolved for almost thirty-five years because of Internet usage, leaving a great milestone in world history; now advanced in technology, social media has pulled itself in the world of news media, giving a window to viewers to read and reflect on news media without even knowing it. However, according to Tim Graham, social media has been put in a harsh spot because of the inaccuracy of sources within stories. In Paul Farhi’s “Why Everyone (It Seems) Hates the…

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    They also caused an exodus of people who believed differently from them and were in the colony. This exodus led to the creation of Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire. Roger Williams founded Rhode Island when he was exiled for speaking out against the Puritans on October 9th, 1635. The Puritans also started the larger flow of people to…

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