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    Why did the colonists expand westward? Well at the time the colonists were very close together on the east coast and many people wanted to explore their living westward away from most of the civilization‚ to make their own. I am thankful for westward expansion because I live in west. The westward expansion was a great help to everyday life. This had great exploration westward for the brave people that decided to endure this excruciating journey. The people that expanded westward had to endure great

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    Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was the 3d president of the United States of America. He was one of the most important presidents. BEing one of the first presidents‚ he build this country by purchasing the Louisiana Territory. Jefferson was also fundamental in the creation of this country. He should be remembered as important to the United States‚ but why? Thomas Jefferson’s early years weer not as interesting as the rest of his life. He was born on April 13‚ 1743 in what is modern day Albernale

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    ‘’I’m a barbie girl in a barbie world ‘’ Do you know barbie is ? Who created and why did they create her and know how she is just a very popular toy for all common young girls in our world . The barbie is a common toy all girls like and this is what my research paper will be talking about and how this invention reflected on our world and changed it . Barbie was invented by Ruth handler in the year of 1959 using a German doll called Bild Lilli as her inspiration Ruth wanted to change the life

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    severely trying test or experience. When going through a test people sometimes might change in ways that alter their lives. Characters in the book The Crucible saw themselves change while undergoing a sever test. These people did not understand how much they were really changing and how it would effect them for the rest of their lives. Rev. Parris thought of himself mostly but would learn to change. Rev. Hale is in expert in witchcraft and is convinced that there are witches in Salem when he first arrives

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    with creating a new game. In this essay I will discuss the “how” and “why” Dr. Naismith invented the game. I will argue that components from his childhood‚ and his experience playing a variety of sports helped him in the creation of the game. Furthermore‚ his demeanor and personality played a large part in creating the game to be played as it was originally designed. Finally‚ I will discuss how the first game of basketball was played‚ how it was received by the players‚ and Dr. Naismith’s notes on

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    How Far did the Nazi Regime depend on fear rather than popular support for maintaining their control of Germany between 1933-39? What is this essay asking you to do? Determine whether the Nazi regime used fear as a method of control of the German people or whether there are other reasons for the fact that the Nazis kept power and control of the German people. For example Did propaganda also help? Was the regime actually popular with Germans? Why was there no opposition? Did the Nazis

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    In 1985‚ immediately following Konstantin Chernenko’s death‚ Mikhail Gorbachev was elected as General Secretary of the Soviet Union. Before Gorbachev assumed power‚ the Soviet Union was Communist in name‚ however it did not emulate Communist values. Citizens were strictly controlled‚ as what they read‚ watched and said was monitored. Citizens were monitored even more about what they can see about their government and country‚ in order to prevent rebellion or resistance. As Gorbachev began his rule

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    are playing defense will have an advantage over the aggressors because the defenders value their freedom more then the other side values their conquests. The question that comes from this option is how many nuclear weapons should each state be allowed to possess‚ who should be allowed to have them‚ and how will we manage the amount each state

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    wondered just how the American Revolution began? The Revolution mainly started with the navigation acts of 1660; however‚ many other things caused the revolution to happen. Some examples are: The French and Indian war‚ Pontiacs Rebellion‚ the Proclamation of 1763‚ The Sugar act‚ The Stamp act‚ Declaratory acts‚ Townsend acts‚ The Boston “Massacre”‚ Boston tea party‚ and the Intolerable acts. The British king and Parliament created and passed the Navigation acts from‚ 1660 to 1696. This act was the flint

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    The great Spanish conqueror Hernando Cotes (1485-1547) invaded and conquered an Aztec empire populated by millions of natives that stretched out from Mexico all the way down South America. With a force of fewer than 1 thousand men supported by horses and cannons‚ never before had such a puny force conquered the most powerful native tribe of this earth‚ and gathered such a massive wealth. This conquest was not an easy one‚ problems involved where trying to convert natives to his side‚ so that he may

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