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    Throughout human history the human race has been plagued with conflicts and war. During the era of settling the New World, there was eventual conflict that arose between the settlers and the Native Americans. It wasn’t always so, the Native Americans and the New World settlers once maintained friendly relations, which obviously degraded over time, growing into the conflicts that fill the pages of literary pieces. Throughout early American history, many political leaders and authors of literary…

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    care and structural components, which include: open communication, administrative availability and responsiveness, decentralized decision making, personnel benefits, staffing and scheduling and diversification (Lee & Nichols, 2014). Transforming Pocahontas Memorial Hospital into a rural magnet hospital will drawl in talented physicians and nurses, while creating a sense of cohesiveness and ownership. The close working relationships, personal growth opportunities, and work satisfaction from…

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    A journey to Virginia began on December 6, 1606, on three ships, the Godspeed, the Susan Constant, and the Discovery. Approximately 104 boys and men arrived in North America looking forward to starting a new settlement in 1607. Eventually, they chose Jamestown, Virginia, named it after the King James I. Jamestown was the first permanent settlement in North America. They chose it because of multiple reasons, one of them was because it met the criteria for a settlement. Jamestown had three of its…

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    general representations of race and ethnicities. Disney movies such as Pocahontas and The Hunchback of Notre Dame display common negative stereotypes given to cartoon characters. In Pocahontas, the Native American tribe is repeatedly referred to as savages. The English believed they needed to improve their lives and change their ways. This stereotype has existed since the first interaction of Europeans and Native Americans. Pocahontas and the Powhatan tribe are dehumanized by the English…

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    Love And Prussic Hour

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    one. Strychnine can cause death through asphyxia. This means people are basically suffocating. Love can be suffocating because if there is too much one person can not handle all of it. It will cause extra stress that is not needed. In history, Pocahontas and John Smith’s relationship is a forbidden one. When Smith was taken to the official residence of Powhattan he was…

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    American Gender Roles

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    to marry an “unconverted creature, namely Pocahontas.” (Prep 4, 2) Rolfe declared that it was his job to “labor in the Lord’s vineyard, there to sow and plant, to nourish and increase the fruits thereof.” (Prep 4, 2) It was his job to spread the word of God to others; therefore, bringing them to the paths of God. Pocahontas was an Indian, so she did not belonged to Rolfe’s race; therefore, she did not know anything about the European religion. But Pocahontas had a “desire to be taught and…

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    What if Disney princesses had realistic waistlines? Well, they would look pretty fab. No doubt about it. Buzzfeed’s Loryn Brantz decided to digitally edit six famous Disney ladies — Ariel (“The Little Mermaid”), Pocahontas (“Pocahontas”), Jasmine (“Aladdin”), Belle (“Beauty and the Beast”), Aurora (“Sleeping Beauty”) and Elsa (“Frozen”) — to show what the cartoon heroines would look like if they had more realistic physical proportions. After all, since these characters are supposed to represent…

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    The Jamestown Colony

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    and eventual flourishing of the Jamestown colony. For one, Rolfe boosted the economy of Jamestown so much as to have investors begin to seriously finance the small, yet booming settlement in the New World. As well as this, John Rolfe’s marriage to Pocahontas created a butterfly effect which created ties with many colonists in the Jamestown settlement to the local Native Americans. By bringing over the new strain of tobacco, John Rolfe effectively created new jobs and the first major cash crop in…

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    Ever since Disney Studios came out with their first cinematic masterpiece, their princesses have been looked upon as role models. Walt Disney has created a franchise with prim, proper female leads and charming princes. His first film, the beloved Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, is about a young princess who seeks refuge in a cottage of seven dwarves. She is fleeing from her evil step mother who is envious of her beauty. Little girls idolize Snow White along with the other classic Disney…

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    John Smith Research Paper

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    returning to England. On his first voyage to the New World, he had three ships. They were called Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery. John Smith was on the Susan Constant. He first landed in the New World on April 26, 1607. He met Pocahontas, and she saved his life. He had to go back to England in 1609 because of a fire injury caused by his powder satchel being ignited. In 1614, he returned to the New World but was captured by French pirates off the coast of Maine and…

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