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    experienced this. They had to think of ways to bring people into their new colony and ways to make their colony strive. Through sponsors giving out land and hard work‚ the people were able to make a go of New Netherlands. Eventually‚ King Charles II granted all of the land that included New Netherlands to his brother‚ the Duke of York. Duke of York eventually renamed New Netherlands‚ New York. If I would have to pick a colony to live in during the colonial period‚ it would definitely have been New

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    • Generally‚ how did their colonies fare between 1600 and 1750? England Where? • Virginia • Massachusetts Bay • Connecticut • Pennsylvania • New York • Maine • Delaware • New Hampshire • Maryland • Rhode Island • New Jersey • North & South Carolina • Georgia For what purpose? • Separation from the Church of England • Religious freedom • Opportunities to trade American natural resources to other countries • Wealth • Colonization • A new land of new economic opportunities Who? • Explorers

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    The month of February is black history month‚ there has been many stories told how black people have made huge impacts on the world. In Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image‚ in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. There is no saying where they should be separated nor treated differently‚ and all of that ended because of the civil rights act of 1964. For one example Mildred Loving i recently did a research project about her. She fell in love with a white

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    How did the Black Death transform Europe? The Black Death was one of the most devastating diseases in human history. In October 1347 twelve Genoese ships came to the Sicilian port of Messina. In the following three hundred years‚ one-third of the European population had died due to the Black Death changing Europe significantly. Europe transformed in aspects of economy‚ society and religion. Massive death caused Landlords to have trouble both in finding enough manpower and collecting dues. Meanwhile

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    aspect of life in the American colonies and the European countries who ruled them. The French and Indian War greatly altered all areas of political‚ economic‚ and ideological relations between Britain and its American colonies such as making it a more strict and more organized government‚ the great debt that Britain was put into‚ and the ideas of what actions to take next. Out of all of the aspects that were altered between Britain and the American colonies during the French and Indian War

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    England had used their militia from the colonies to aid them in the French and Indian war. England promised that after the war they would be given land west of the Appalachian Mountains. Then‚ there was tension between England and the Natives Americans‚ and that prevented England to give colonists their promised lands. The act that prevented colonists to move westward was called the Proclamation of 1763. Before the drama of 1763‚ England and the Colonies were connected. They helped each

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    founded by and for all the people. Indeed‚ African Americans did not found this nation nor was it founded for their benefit. Their white counterparts founded it on their backs. And unfortunately‚ they are still looked down upon today. By whites castigating them as black or even by stereotyping themselves‚ it does still matter today if you are black or white. The following exhibition will show American art’s progressive portrayal of blacks as an inferior race. In 1710‚ Justus Engelhardt Kuhn painted

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    The black lives matter movement is aimed to help a group of people find liberation in society that has kept them silent in the past years. This movement began with the killing of Trayvon Martin and eventually become popular with the series of unfortunate events that came after. Unfortunately many people of these minority communities have become victims of police violence but this has also only helped communities from all over the states come together as one. The purpose of the black lives matter

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    rule our lives from within" (qtd. in www.brainyquotes.com). This attitude was held by the people who colonized the eastern seaboard of America. They left home and everything familiar to brave sickness‚ hunger and the threat of death on the long voyage to America‚ in the hopes of creating a better life. They formed settlements‚ some of which gradually grew into towns and cities. Over time‚ the southern colonies developed into a distinctly separate region from the northern colonies. There were countless

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    Prohibit Tabacco Products “More deaths are caused each year by tobacco use than by all deaths from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)‚ illegal drug use‚ alcohol use‚ motor vehicle injuries‚ suicides‚ and murders combined”(CDC) Smoking is a huge addiction in the United States and it the number cause for death. When you smoke you nearly harm every organ in your body‚ it is bad for your health and leads to having shortness of breath‚ lung cancer‚ and addiction. Most smoking users also spend to much

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