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    Did you know that Dr. Seuss won 6 medals for all of his books combined ? He made all different types of children books, mainly rhyming. One of his popular books was called Green Eggs and Ham, this book was published August 12, 1960. This symbolized the things we are afraid of, through two characters: Sam-I-Am and an unnamed character. In the book Green Eggs and Ham, the character Sam-I-Am constantly persuaded the unnamed character to try the Green Eggs and Ham. The unnamed character refused…

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    Historians consider multiple reasons for the American Revolution taking place. One is the failure to communicate. It took far too long for information to travel across the Atlantic, and the colonies had no representatives in England’s Parliament. Others believe that the motivation to rebel against Britain was rooted in economics. Colonists felt trapped under the concept of mercantilism and wished to have economic freedom; trading only with England limited their revenue. Furthermore, the…

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    This chapter focused on the historical founding of the constitution. The first founding was initially shaped by political conflicts between the British settlers and Great Britain. Among the British settlers were five different social classes; the New England merchants, the southern planters, royalists, shopkeepers, artisans, and laborers, and small farmers. The conflict over taxation trade and commerce between these groups later brought them together to form a colonial resistance against Great…

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    Man Under Socialism

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    When the Rules Are Broken, History is Made It's hard to condense the last 300 years into a single book. In school, students learn about the past and how certain events have shaped the present. When reading a history book all of the important parts have to do with conflict of some kind; one side disagreed with another, one side was disobedient in one way or another. The books don't highlight the parts of the past that were peaceful and uneventful; they concentrate on wars, civil movements,…

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    Road to the Revolution 1st PeriodJoshua GordonParagraph 1 Introduction Hello this is the road to the revolution and what happen in the road to the revolution is Navigation act of 1660 what happened in that is the British passed a series of laws.The French and Indian war that is where they had a war.The boston tea party they took tea and put it in the boston harbor. The…

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    Unit 2 English Assignment

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    1. Chess/endgame (1): When a game of chess starts, the end is inevitable. The outcome of the ending is already determined by the first move. It sets the course for the entire game. Hamm represents the king; the piece that holds all the power yet is extremely vulnerable at the same time. Clov is a knight; trapped in a patterned way of movement and actions. Nell and Nagg represent captured chess pieces because they cannot move. The game of chess imitates a lot of repetitious movements. This is…

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    of all of those suspected of witchcraft onto the branches of a sal tree; the name on the branch that withers is condemned as a witch. Rice is also used by wrapping the grain in a cloth labeled with each of the names and placed inside a nest of white ants. The witch is identified by whichever bag the ants eat. An even deadlier method of identifying witches is forcing women to drink potions made of poisonous herbs to prove that they were not witches (McCoy 2014). Physical features such as old age,…

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    Jacques Copeau was born in a well off middle class family in Paris, France. He had always had a love for poetry, theatre, and literature and became acquaintances with some of the theater people and playwrights of his time. He became known as an advocate for theater reform after he was impatient with commercial theater, and was a director, producer, actor, and dramatist. Copeau’s first stage play was Brouillard du Matin at the Nouveau Theater in France. Copeau’s Career Timeline In 1909, he became…

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    Daniel Shay Rebellion

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    Initials: NC The founding fathers had a vision, a vision that all men are created equal, no matter what. there shouldn't be an all white school and an all colored school. People being allowed to eat wherever they want and not have to deal with racism. People in general should have the same rights as the person next to them. Doesn't matter what gender you are, or what color skin you have, we are all people. During King George the third rule in the colonies, there were a lot of things…

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    British Declaratory Act

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    The second defining fact from encyclopedia says that often overlooked by historians,was that it established once and for all the British Customs service on the ground in America.As always,with armed foreing by boston was the place where enforcement met the most resistance.The seizure of two of john hancock vessels for smuggling violations in early 1768.Well the declaratory act was an act of the parliament of great britain,which helped the repeal of the stamp act.The declaratory act…

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