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    charles i is the king of england and also was the 2nd son of James VI of Scotland (James l of England) and Anne of Denmark., he succeed his father, from 1625 and was executed in 1649. charles was charming and dignified and was also aloof, he kept apart from people and was very narrow-mind. People around him or was in his country complained about his extravagance.charles was like his father, he always going out to look for money and his hobbies was art and enjoying owning fine possessions.Duke…

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    before he was born. He was just a 13 year old boy joining the Continental Army to be a messenger. In 1781 he was fighting in the American Revolution and was captured and beaten for refusing to clean the dirty boots of a British officer, because he refused he was beaten with a sword. In 1802 he was elected major general of the Tennessee Militia. He led troops during the first seminole war in Florida. He was well known by the American people for defeating the British in New Orleans in the…

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    Rosa Parks Research Paper

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    On December 1, 1955, I was 27 years old. I rode the Cleveland Avenue bus home everyday after working at my job at Joe’s Motors. On this particular day though, a woman by the name of Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus. I could understand where she was coming from, myself also being black. I was sitting next to her by the window and one white man was left standing up. The bus driver comes back to the row of seats I was sitting and tells us, “Let me have those front seats.” I looked…

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    Tracheoesophageal Atresia

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    instead of the stomach, eventually resulting in suffocation unless surgery is performed to correct the malformation.50 Surgery to correct esophageal atresia with tracheoesophageal fistula is routinely performed with success, but the parents of Baby Doe refused to consent to the surgery. Shortly after Baby Doe was born, a hearing was held at Bloomington Hospital…

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    led nonviolent protest such as the Montgomery bus boycott, voting rights march and the Washington march for jobs and freedom. King joined the civil rights movement to fight for a set of principles in which he believed for example non-violence. King refused to engage in violent actions against his enemies. However, police would spray powerful water hoses and release the dogs to bite these peaceful protesters, but this inspired many americans to support king an what he promoted. The bus boycott…

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    Mistakes In America

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    Everyone messes up. The mishap can be huge and impactful or small and insignificant, but there is no way around mistakes. An easy place to commit these common mistakes is on the road. When diving, you can speed, change lanes without signaling, or even execute poor turns; all of which are actions the police can stop you for violating. Since America’s population is composed of about 14% who identify as African American and 62% who identify as caucasian, we can assume that the racial statistic…

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    I cannot believe the amount of disrespect and dishonor Tom has brought to the Driscoll family name by bringing Luigi’s assault and battery case to a trial rather than the reputable duels. Also, Tom not only refused once, but he also refused the challenge twice when I told him he was to partake in the duel to prove he was not a coward. At this point, I was ready to openly disinherit him completely because I did not “deserve this infamy” and shame within the Driscoll family (Twain 57). Eventually,…

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    Martin Luther King Jr. Had many achievements in his life time like being time's person of the year. Some of his achievements helped to change the world. All of his achievement had an impact. Here are some of his achievements and how they helped change the world. The March on Washington. The March of Washington is possibly his most important achievement. In this march he gave his most famous speech, the "I have a Dream speech". This rally helped the Civil Rights law which banned all…

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    “Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation,” by Coretta Scott King. I believe that freedom has to be rewon. In every generation freedom has to be rewon because people that make a difference only make a difference in that time of age. People like Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks. He led the Civil Rights Movement in the United States from the mid-1950s. In the spring of 1963, he gave a speech “I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation…

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    The Cherokee Indians had lived in northwest Georgia, but in the 1800s many whites begin to settle there. Georgia believed the state had the right to this land because it was within the borders of Georgia, but the Cherokee Indians had lived there for centuries and felt they had a right to the land. Many Cherokees adapted a more American lifestyle and some became plantation owners or store owners. The Cherokee Nation also created a constitution that was similar to the Constitution of the United…

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