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Why Blackstone River is A National Corridor The Blackstone River changed Rhode Island horrendously. I think the Blackstone river is a National corridor. The reason why Blackstone is a national corridor is because of it change the way how people looked at, its destruction it had caused and the mills. The Blackstone River caused a whole lot of destruction and havoc around Rhode Island. “similar amounts of rain fell throughout the Blackstone Valley. These rains slowly, but steadily raised the…

fluffy clouds that resembled cotton candy. I was outside exploring the vast backyard while barefoot. It was my first morning in the United States. My stepfather, my siblings, and I had arrived seven hours ago from the Philippines to our new home in Rhode Island from the T. F. Green Airport at around midnight. Last night was my first time seeing my mother in a year. I was furious, imprudent, depressed. Since I was two years old, my grandparents had raised my siblings and I. When my biological…

Introduction Newport, Rhode Island was a safe haven for pirates during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, especially from the late 1600s to the early 1700s. This perhaps is surprising considering that Rhode Island was established by Puritans, but it is important to note that these Puritans were not as devout as the first generation that had settled the colonies. In fact, Rhode Island was a place where the non-traditional colonists’ could belong. Still, pirates were a part of the daily…

In “Lazarus, Emma (1849-1887)” Emma Lazarus’s writes in her sonnet “the New Colossus”, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…” (Par. 1). Engraved within the Statue of Liberty, the icon of freedom, this sonnet defines the country of the United States. Even before its independence from Britain, the America was vastly recognized as the land of opportunity for those seeking a better life for themselves and their families. Emigrating by the thousands, many…

“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” the Statue of Liberty states. America is a country that is known for its immense diversity and its tolerance to other’s cultures. However, as time passes this known fact is changing. The American government and its citizens are starting to be hostile to newcomers due to terrorist attacks,…

Hiram Rhodes Revels was the first African American to become a U.S senator in congress. Revels was born on September 27, 1827 in Fayetteville, North Carolina as a free black man. His early education came from a local black woman and he later on moved in with his brother, Elias Revels, to become a barber. After his brother died, Hiram continued on with his life with different jobs and eventually joined the United States Army as a chaplain. During the civil war, Hiram helped organize and recruit…

Regarding immigration, Senator Sanders’s presidential plan reflects upon the themes and central ideas shown in the poem, The New Colossus. In this case, that America is open for anyone everywhere. Bernie resolution states that, “ all undocumented people who have been in the United States for at least five years to stay in the country without fear of being deported”.(Enforcement, par 2.) Bernie will do so through expanding the DACA and DAPA, developed by our current president, President Obama.…

The New England and Chesapeake Colonies are quite different but they also have a lot in common. New England and Chesapeake Colonies can be compared and contrasted by the settlement patterns, demographic patterns, trading patterns, religion, government and economic activities. In terms of trading pattern the Chesapeake and New England Colonies had way different ways to trade. The Chesapeake Colonies mostly exported tobacco products, while the New English Colonies mostly exported things like fish…

In “Lazarus, Emma (1849-1887)” Emma Lazarus’s writes in her sonnet “the New Colossus”, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…” (Par. 1). Engraved within the Statue of Liberty, the icon of freedom, this sonnet defines the United States of America. Even before its independence from Britain, the United States was widely known as land of opportunity for those seeking a better life for themselves and their families. Emigrating by the thousands, many immigrants,…

I am following up on my final report by providing information in regards to the exhibit of “The Celebration of Writing” I attended. As you have requested, I have attended this festival and am reporting to you on the positives and negatives of what I saw and by using my observation and thoughts about the exhibition. These observations will provide you with information to create a visual exhibition on the ethical issues of payday loans. I know you are looking to make an exhibition on the final…