to the fertile soil in the Chesapeake colonies Tobacco was a prime crop to grow here‚ finally providing Virginia with the saving grace of a cash crop for income. Tobacco is a large part of why the Jamestown settlement survived‚ hence keeping the American dream alive. Disease is dependent on the climate also‚ because in the New England and Middle Colonies disease is less of an issue
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show trials and ‘The Terror’‚ Stalin shaped the Communist Party and Soviet society to a significant extent from 1934 to 1941 through the use of fear and control to assume total power with no opposition. The Great Terror aimed to target individuals who undermined Stalin’s regime‚ and was catalysed by the assassination of Sergei Kirov‚ a Bolshevik revolutionary working below Stalin who would often challenge him. Through the use of political purges‚ Stalin shaped the Communist party to a significant
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Frontier Cities‚ Encounters at the Crossroads of Empire‚ In the book Frontier Cities‚ Encounters at the Crossroads of Empire‚ the authors debate the myriad ways in which cities‚ in the United States‚ and worldwide‚ functioned as crossroads of Empires. This book utilizes other sources‚ such as Richard C. Wade’s The Urban Frontier: The Rise of Western Cities‚ 1790–1830 (Urbana‚ 1959)‚ to posit that cities were central to the formation of frontiers. The book also theorizes that frontier cities
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How Digital Media Shaped My Life Digital media has shaped and affected my life in a variety of different ways. The first way digital media is incorporated into my life is through social networks. From the moment I wake up until the minute I fall asleep a social network is probably open on some type of technology. Usually if I’m bored my phone is in my hand scrolling through newsfeeds whether it is on Twitter‚ Instagram‚ Snapchat‚ or even Facebook. Twitter is my way of staying updated on people’s
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Production-possibility frontier In economics‚ a production-possibility frontier (PPF) or “transformation curve” is a graph that shows the different quantities of two goods that an economy (or agent) could efficiently produce with limited productive resources. Points along the curve describe the trade-off between the two goods‚ that is‚ the opportunity cost. Opportunity cost here measures how much an additional unit of one good costs in units forgone of the other good. The curve illustrates that
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Taqiyah. Johnson Mr. Zinman CHC2D March 6th/2016 WW1 and the Shaping of Canada’s Identity The Battle of Vimy Ridge‚ the expansion of women’s rights and freedom‚ and conscription are three times in history that shaped Canada’s identity as an independent nation during WW1. Canada was automatically sent to go to war on August 4‚ 1914‚ when Britain declared war. However‚ Canada was not prepared for war. During the war‚ Canada’s priorities shifted from defending their mother country Britain
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Augustan Frontier Policy Evidence Certainly‚ Augustus’ policy was concerned both to secure peace and to enhance the prosperity of provinces‚ once within the empire. In this way‚ his work represented a continuation and development of that of Julius Caesar; this had looked to the protection of Rome and Italy by the establishment of a ‘buffer’ of provinces a Pro-Roman territory‚ secure within increasingly visible frontiers and valuing the prosperity which came From peace and security – Shotter
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Creating efficient frontiers using excel. Suppose we have 3 risky assets whose net return has the mean vector and variancecovariance matrix given below: Asset Mean VarianceCovariance Matrix 1 2 3 0.06 0.12 0.03 1 0.3 0.3 0.3 1 0.3 0.3 0.3 1 Weights Ones Mean Portfolio Return 1 1 1 0.176666122 Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio Variance STD Constraint 2.42961 1.558721 1 0.079372 1.603166 -0.68254 To model the portfolio choice problem‚ I begin by highlighting the mean vector and giving
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February to April may be a bit cold and dreary to other people but I deem these three months my favorite time of the year. My life revolves around softball season and it has shaped my personality and characteristics as well as my families’ lives. Softball has been a huge part of my life for as long as I can remember. The sport has shaped my outlook on life in many different way including: the decisions that I have made over the years‚ the people that I surround myself with‚ and my personality. Most of
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the Production Possibility Frontier is simple to understand. It is a method used to represent (in the form of a graph) the point in which an economy is producing its goods and services with efficiency. It also shows whether the economy is allocating their resources in the best way possible. If the economy is not producing the quantities indicated by the PPF‚ resources are not being managed efficiently and the production will decrease. The production possibility frontier also shows that a limit to
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