The Middle and Northern colonies differed considerably in their geographical aspects‚ leading to dissimilar social and political features. The Middle colonies‚ including New York‚ New Jersey‚ Pennsylvania‚ and Delaware all shared the benefit of flat land and rich soil‚ while the New England Colonies were left with a rocky landscape that made farming difficult. Thus‚ the New England colonies‚ including Rhode Island‚ Massachusetts‚ Connecticut‚ and New Hampshire thrived on lumber and fish‚ rather than
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Viking Impact on Northern Europe When we hears the term Viking an immediate image of bloodthirsty men with long beards and horned helmets is conjured up in our minds. This is the image the historical sources have given us‚ and it is partly true. Vikings were merciless when raiding‚ but they were peaceful when they traded. Their navigational technology was exceptional‚ and the ones who settled in foreign lands contributed greatly to the lands’ culture. The Vikings are famous for their violent
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Brianna Smith March 8‚ 2012 Honors English II Southern Gothic Literature Southern Gothic Literature is a genre that focuses on events occurring in the American South after the Civil War. It involves supernatural events‚ monsters‚ heroes‚ and must reveal social and cultural issues. Boo Radley‚ a character who lives in Maycomb‚ fits the supernatural role in Southern Gothic Literature. To fit this role‚ ironic and unusual events should occur involving that person. Boo does a lot of unusual things
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Beast of Southern Wild This week on English 2‚ we viewed a film called “The Beast of the Southern Wild”. I have never seen a film like this one‚ it was a wonderful film. I was stunned‚ speechless and crying as well. However my shock was trumped by pride. Pride‚ because this little girl and her father taught me a great lection in my life. Hushpuppy lived in a community that I can hardly imagine living there‚ a community forgotten by its motherland. Entrapped by water‚ she lived with a father
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A deep subsurface rock core for paleoclimate reconstruction was collected in October and November 2007 during the South McMurdo Sound Project (SMS) of the Antarctic Geological Drilling Program (ANDRILL). To allow for deeper penetration and more efficient core recovery‚ water-based saline drilling fluids were utilized. A total of 5.6x105 L of fluids was lost in the subsurface. The fluid was comprised of surface seawater from the sound‚ as the wetting agent mixed with densifying compounds (mainly potassium
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Ireland was divided into northern and southern regions whom governed themselves. However‚ the southern portion wished to become a completely independent entity from the United Kingdom. The result was the Irish War of Independence which would eventually end in the northern and southern half of Ireland gaining the right to govern themselves separately in 1921‚ but the leaders and government officials had to swear allegiance to the crown. Nearly thirty years later in 1949 the southern Irish were made a
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Ka’Sean Chapman Bell 4 April 4‚ 2012 In the “Southern Cop”‚ Sterling Brown tells the story of Ty Hendricks: a cop stricken by racism and discrimination. Immediately beginning this poem Ty is identified and Brown foreshadows to his audience that Ty has done some wrong doings. Essentially‚ this poem is the epitome of certain Americans today. Being a young African American male‚ the actions in this poem really didn’t strike as a surprise to me. Sadly‚ I’ve been stereotyped plenty of times
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Find‚” are perfect examples of Southern Gothic literature. Southern Gothic literature has points that must be satisfied in order to be classified in this genre. “A Rose for Emily” and “A Good Man is Hard to Find” satisfy all of these requirements. These requirements include setting in the south‚ puzzling characters‚ and exposing the deeper issue behind the face value of problems. These two short stories combine these three elements to produce two pieces of Southern Gothic literature. “A Rose for
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stray dog. These emancipated slaves and their families deserve a fighting chance to make a living as free black men. They are no longer slaves‚ they are now the equals to white men. Former southern slave owners have no right to claim this land‚ after the way that they hurt all of these African Americans. Southern Democrats sit before me today and say that it is unfair to white southerners to allow negro men and their families to have even the smallest amount of a plantation owners land? What is unfair
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the northen mountains the great himalayas:The Great Himalayas lie north of the Lower Himalayan Range. These mountains are bounded by the Indus River in the north and the west as the river takes a southward turn at Sazin. The average height of the range is about 6000 meters. Some of the highest peaks in the world lie in these mountains e.g. Nanga Parbat (8126 meters)‚ which is the ninth highest peak in the world and the second highest peak in Pakistan. Since the mountains are perpetually covered
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