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    Williamsburg Observation

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    The population within Williamsburg can be divided into three groups: the college students, the service workers, and the elderly folk. Usually these three groups roam in isolated circles from each other, they never really interact. My initial thoughts going into the project were that I wanted to zone in on the specific actions of service workers and a William and Mary student towards each other on the bus. What was of interest to me, was the unique society that is derived from riding a bus; the…

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    Why Arizona Is Home To Me

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    Grand Canyon is just a bunch of rocks everywhere and there is nothing to see but, these people are wrong. In fact, in 1908 the Grand Canyon “was declared a national monument […] and national park” (Williams 61). It is still declared as “one of the most beautiful places in our country to visit” (Williams 61). There are lakes within the Grand Canyon where you can swim, helicopter rides throughout the canyon, horseback riding, and so much more. The Grand Canyon provides lots of fun activities for…

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    their attack dressed in combat ready armor and carrying assault rifles and handguns. (Juliet Williams and Don…

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    The Progressive Movement

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    Cfuf.Org, 2009, http://www.cfuf.org/Filestream.aspx?FileID=14. “Gang Culture Result Of Family Breakdown - The Christian Institute". The Christian Institute, 2009, http://www.christian.org.uk/news/gang-culture-result-of-family-breakdown/. Henderson, Mary Anne, and Brian Platt. "The War On Christmas, Or How To Build Mass Support For Right-Wing Ideology". Www.Counterpunch.Org, 2015, https://www.counterpunch.org/2015/12/23/the-war-on-christmas-or-how-to-build-mass-support-for-right-wing-ideology/.…

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    Rockefeller’s legacy as the richest man in the oil industry is still with us today. As a young boy, John Rockefeller was a typical American boy that was interested in business. Rockefeller was born on July 8, 1839, on a farm in Richford, New York, to William and Eliza Rockefeller (“John D. Rockefeller, 1839-1937”). As a young boy Rockefeller always showed more interest in business than doing farmwork, and started his business…

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    Sir George Calvert

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    also known as the first Baron of Baltimore. He was born in Yorkshire, England in 1580 to parents, Leonard and Alice Calvert. (“Biography) Calvert was raised with Protestant beliefs. (“Land”) When he was Fourteen years old, he attended Trinity College in Oxford, England and graduated in 1597. (“Baltimore”) Calvert learned to speak three different languages (“Maryland”) He could also write in Latin. While traveling of the continent, he met Sir Robert Cecil. (“Baltimore”) Even when Calvert was…

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    All About My Family

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    My immediate family is made up of my father Edward, my mother Melaine, and my brother Antorius. I also live with my grandparents William and Mary. I also live very close to most of my family members on my mother’s side. My great-grandfather split his farmland among his eight children. They each got two acres to build a house on for their family. Most of the children still live on the farmland, so I see most of my family members on a daily basis. Everyone in my family is very family-oriented.…

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    four feet six inches, not to mention the constant headaches on top of that. In addition to his “deformity”, Pope as well as his family, were ridiculed for being Catholic with the fall of King James II and the ascension of the Protestant rulers William III and Mary II. This also came with the prohibitions against openly practicing their Catholic faith and living within ten miles of the new protestant governed London, England. It was with these trials that helped Pope in not only his poetic…

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    grew up on a booming plantation that was kept up by many slaves and servants. He attended school at South Carolina College, now know as the University of South Carolina and graduated from there. He studies law for two years before he had to come home to take care i. In 1838, Hampton married a woman by the name of Margaret Preston; who also happened to be the niece of Senator William C. Preston.Wade and Margaret would have five children together prior to her death in 1852. After his wife 's death…

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    American Indians Education

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    Jamestown. From 1621 and on the American Indians had so many opportunities with school, below you'll see the a few of the following listed from the power point: 1650 - Harvard Charter called for “education of English and Indian youth”, Dartmouth and William & Mary had “Indian Schools”. 1712 – Mohawks start own school. 1819 – “Civilization Fund” – Congressional $$ for education of frontier tribes - “sons of the forest should be moralized or exterminated”. 1820 – Secretary of War suggests treaties…

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