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    Equality During and After the Enlightenment During the late 17th and 18th century in Europe, the world watched the birth of the Enlightenment Era spread globally. The Enlightenment Era was a time of change and appearance of innovative philosophes such as John Locke, Adam Smith, and many more. The Enlightenment began when people started to believe in different things than the church and started to think for themselves. Popular Enlightenment ideals were equality, women's rights, people ruling…

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    Naval officials reported that the bodied and remains on six airplanes and 27 men that were never found. Ships and aircrafts disappeared across the coast of Cuba and Santo Domingo which is where the Bermuda Triangle is said to have stretched. Ships and aircraft have disappeared without a trace along this line. Many ships and airplanes have disappeared on the Bermuda Triangle or have encountered fatal accidents over centuries…

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    Imagine yourself, sailing upon ancient boat, funded by the king and queen who are expecting you to come home with pounds upon pounds of gold. You mean to go to Asia, to trade with the merchants who have done so for hundreds of years. Only, you failed. You went the wrong way, hitting series of islands and land masses in the Atlantic Ocean which will later be known as, The Americas. Christopher Columbus and his four voyages to the “New World” helped to make many small discoveries, which shaped the…

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    The book “Undocumented,” captures the story of the author, Dan-el Padilla, an immigrant who came to realize the “American Dream.” This book serves as a reminder of the determination and perseverance that the immigrants must have to survive in the United States, or any other host country as they try to live the life of their dreams. Through the author’s accounts, we come to realize many aspects that surround the elusive American Dream. Firstly, the definition of this context is entirely…

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    In Control Of My Life

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    the car, Omar and Gisela agreed to say that Gisela was driving, that way Omar’s celebratory drinks wouldn’t become a problem. My selfish problem at the moment was getting my hair wet with the drizzle after spending the morning at the salon in Santo Domingo. I could have paid not to get out of that car, but I had to and I did. As the five of us, were outside checking the damage to the cars, the young boy started sobbing while repeating: “my dad is going to kill me, he is going to kill me”. He was…

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    Americans are an indigenous group of Americans with partial or total heritage from a black tribal groups of Africa. This term may also include those persons who descend from enslaved Africans (Michelle 2012). The first African arrived in 1526 via Santo Domingo which is the present-day South Carolina. These slaves revolved and sought refuge among the local Native Americans. The first recorded Africans in the British North America was in 1619 when 20 odd black people came to Jamestown as…

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    increasingly better, causing immigration to grow by 250 percent. To accommodate the flow of migrants, Trujillo augmented education by raising the number of schools from 900 to 3,000. Student population optimized to half a million. Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, the oldest university in the New World, received a large renovation. Literacy stayed at a record high, never dropping below 60 percent. People started calling Trujillo “the Benefactor” due to his habits of giving favors. He…

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    world as well as eating maize could by their idea of the humoral body be fatal. An example that is given by Earle is the story of Jeronimo de Aguilar. Aguilar was born in Andalusia and travelled to the Indies. In 1511 he sailed to Panama towards Santo Domingo when his ship was caught in a storm and he shipwrecked off of the Yucatan Peninsula. Local Maya Indians, with whom Aguilar lived until 1519, captured him after his shipwreck. The in 1519, Hernan Cortes rescued him. However, following his…

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    arrived in a grand fashion, including one thousand ships. Preparations were made to greet the visitors, with celebrities and dignitaries present at the event. The arrival was compared to being akin to Christopher Columbus’ arrival on the island of Santo Domingo, a beginning point…

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    Presidential Report Card: Calvin Coolidge. Introduction Birth: Born on July 4,1872 Presidency Number: 30th President of the United States Years in office: August 2,1923- March 3, 1929 Political party: Republican Family information: Wife: Grace Goodhue Coolidge Children: Calvin Coolidge Jr. and John Coolidge Parents:John Calvin Coolidge and Victoria Moor Coolidge Occupational background: Law: Practiced Commercial Law in Massachusetts (1897) Politics: Was a representative in the Massachusetts…

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