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    West, but the threat of war is obvious in this lyric. “Now as I rest my feet by this fire, those hands once warmed here I have retired them. I can breathe my own air, I can sleep more soundly.” With the white settlers adapting to their much sought-after homestead, resting by the fire, they selfishly reminisce that the Natives once did the same there before they forced them out. The settlers find time to rest after years of fighting off the Natives for land that is clearly their own. The settlers…

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    great amount of debt, and land. The debt could only be resolved by taxes, and since the American colonists had never truly been taxed before the British Parliament saw it as a great idea. In 1763 during a British Order in Council it was said, "for maintaining these colonies requirers a large revenue to support it..." (Doc. F). The British were already down 140 million pounds and they could not afford to support the colonies without a way of…

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    settlement of the American Western frontier from 1865 to 1900 including; free land for western settlers, having a railroad to connect the east with the west, and the economy, which brought a lot of immigrants over in search of work. Free land was offered to western settlers through an act that passed called The Homestead Act. The settlement of the Western frontier brought people from different racial backgrounds in hopes of free land and to work on the railroad. The railroad would span from the…

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    prairies knows the wonders of the lands: from the land’s beautiful sunsets, to the hard work their ancestors performed to build the prairies into what they are today. A reader may think there is nothing to edit about the prairies, for in its entirety, it is perfect and in no need for alterations. However, a reader may not wonder if the poem is about what is wrong with the prairies, but perhaps what is right with them. The poem could be concerning how those living on the land edited the area…

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    Routine activity theory is one of the fundamental speculations of environmental criminology. Lawrence Cohen and Marcus Felson initially built up the routine activity theory in 1979, and this theory fluctuates from other crime and reprobate speculations. Different hypotheses appear to analyze the reasons for crime and attributes of criminals, however the routine activity theory concentrates on the question how do routine activity of individuals…

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    A Cafecito Story is a story of love, coffee, and hope. Based on Miguel and Carmen’s small coffee farm in their native Dominican Republic, A Cafecito Story shows how the return to the traditional methods of shade-grown coffee can rejuvenate and fix up the landscape and human culture. In Central America, coffee is the second most important export after oil. A Cafecito Story tells the story of an important beverage that brings nations together and unites people in trade. The story starts out from…

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    outside. 3. However, humans or monsters who contains the souls of human and monster can get out. 4. The barrier can be cracked. =How to crake “the Barrier” and get back my home? = 1. You need to kill these 7 monsters who once used magic to build this barrier, or 2. If you would rather to persuade all 7 monsters to ruin their own achievements. =Who is the monsters in group that built the barrier before? = They are pre-queen Toriel, king of arcadia Asgore, general Undyne, royal scientist Alphys…

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    From Little Things Big Things Grow The song “From Little Things Big Things Grow” is a song written and released in 1991 by Paul Kelly and is a song about the protest from the Gurindji people and Vincent Lingiari during their argument about land rights at Wave Hill station in August 1966. The Gurindji strike at Wave Hill station was an revolutionary incident that occurred in August of 1966 at Wave Hill station in the Northern Territory. On the eponymous date in 1966, Vincent Lingiari, a…

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    American Immigration

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    still called it the land of the “golden door”. The journey to come to America was extensive and tough and some still got turned away. Although immigrants that traveled here didn’t always acquire a friendly welcome, but they were fortunate to have this new home because they had the opportunity to move up in status, obtain land, and religious freedom. First, they had the opportunity to move up in status. In nearly all countries, it is difficult or even impossible to change your status. For most…

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    At the end of the day, the environment is all we have, because without it we wouldn’t be here. It is crucial for people to acknowledge this and treat their land properly. The first principle of the earth charter discusses why you must respect the earth, and life in all of its diversity. It states that you must” Recognize that all beings are interdependent and every form of life has value regardless of its worth to human beings.” I believe Tobias was a man who lived his life with standards like…

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