invented? Mr Morgan was looking for a game that was less violent and intense than basketball (a popular and new sport at that time) that would be suitable for the older people Where was volleyball invented? Holyoke (State of Massachusetts‚ USA) How was volleyball invented? Through experiments based on Mr Morgan’s own experience and training methods. The idea of the net was borrowed from the game of tennis. The net was raised to just above the height of an average man (6 feet 6 inches or 1.98m)
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meal come from? How will you make a shelter when all you see for miles are dead trees and cacti? This is what it may have been like to live as a Native American nomadic tribe member living in the Southwest. The Apache and Navajo people had to be incredibly resourceful and resilient to live in a region that didn’t have as many resources as other regions. Since the Apache and Navajo were mostly nomadic tribes‚ their homes needed to be easily packed up and moved. Because of this‚ their shelters
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“God-given” right called Manifest destiny. This belief dictated the U.S Policy. Following the Civil War‚ the federal government pushed the Indians off their lands to areas reserved for them called reservations. In addition to changing their homes‚ the Native Americans were forced to change their lifestyle and traditional ways while living in the reservation. Indian reservations were structured in a way that closely resembled colonial societies. The native population was ruled by outside influence
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experienced was a reduction in their population‚ as result of the foreign diseases brought in. This reduction in turn affected how well they could defend themselves from the outsiders trying to take control of their territories. Thus‚ most were eventually forced to change their homestead locations. The Indians also experienced a change in how they were perceived by the many different nationalities that wanted to take over their land. These perceptions were quite opposite from those of the earlier explorers
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Aztecs more over than the Spanish‚ Miguel Leon-Portilla describes the many reasons as to why the Spanish were successful in the victory against the Aztec empire. The Spanish had technology advantages over the Aztecs‚ and they also had the poor leadership of Motecuhzoma. One of the most notable factors that caused the fall of the Aztecs was the plague‚ this factor was very effective and an advantage that helped the Spaniards succeeded over the Aztec Empire. The Spanish had many advantages over the Aztecs
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religous‚ and Christian life styles were a big part of people. Also African Americans were treated horrible by White people. At this time there was still racial segregation. Women’s lifestyle has also changed very much. Women did not have much freedom at the time. During the time the laws favored white men. Women’s rights have changed dramatically overtime. During this time women had no political rights. They were not given the right to vote‚ also women had the same job as men but women made
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period where many people like John Locke‚ Thomas Hobbes‚ and Baron de Montesquieu came up with new ideas to change how people lived and governments ruled over there people. These ideas not only helped give people rights but they also helped the founding fathers write the constitution‚ and even influence Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence. These people’s ideas shaped how governments rule by giving people their natural born rights and creating system of checks and balances. They
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Abstract Asian miracle was the most spectacular period that saw the Asian continent turned into a powerhouse. There were similarities in the factors that led to growth in the economies key among them being innovation‚ entrepreneurship and good policies adopted the governments in place in ensuring the continuity of the upward trend in economic growth. There were differences especially in strategies adopted by different countries in the region especially on matters pertaining to trade and education
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that Gondwana must have had a long stable tectonic history.[2] Similarly‚ in the reconstruction of Rogers 1993‚ 1996 the oldest continent is Ur. In Rogers’ reconstructions‚ however‚ Kaapvaal and Pilbara are placed far apart already in their Gondwana configuration‚ a reconstruction contradicted by later orogenic events and incompatible with the Vaalbara hypothesis.[3]
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American’s started to become angry with Britain. Britain started to tax the colonies because they were in debt from the French and Indian War. The first example of a way for Britain to raise revenues was the Stamp Act‚ which taxed all paper goods. This would lead to ideas of breaking off from Britain. Thomas Paine wrote “Common Sense”‚ which motivated people to want to become an independent country and fight in the Revolutionary War. The Second Continental Congress stated many objections to British
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