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    Southern Colonies

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    Southern Colonies The southern colonies consisted of five of the first thirteen colonies‚ which were North Carolina‚ South Carolina‚ Georgia‚ Maryland‚ and Virginia. Where the climate was the warmest out of the three colonial regions‚ which to those living there was a good thing because survival in the winter was easier for them. Even back in the day‚ money has been an issue for many. This is why many colonist from New England decided to move to the Southern Colonies. In the southern colonies‚

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    On the Discovery Trail with Epidemiologists of the Past John Snow and the Cholera Outbreak of the 1840s‚ Question 1-4 Cholera is a severe diarrhoeal disease that can kill within only a matter of hours if left untreated. During the 19th Century‚ there was an immense epidemic of Cholera that effected London‚ which killed thousands of people. Q1) Dr. John Snow was a British physician who found the reason as to why there was an outbreak of Cholera. He hypothesised that Cholera was a water-based disease

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    The Southern Company is a utility holding company whose principal subsidiaries provide power in Alabama‚ Georgia‚ Florida‚ and Mississippi. With the gradual deregulation of the utilities industry in the 1990s‚ Southern Company expanded its holdings into New England‚ New York‚ the Midwest‚ and California‚ making it the largest power producer in the country. In addition‚ Southern now owns power generating operations in Europe‚ Hong Kong‚ the Philippines‚ and South America. The early 1980s saw a

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    troubles in Northern Ireland Many people only have a limited idea about what these infamous “troubles” in the North of Ireland really were. Hopefully this article will shed some light on the matter. In the past the vast majority of violent acts and attitudes of discrimination towards minority groups have been based on blacks or the Jews‚ often leaving religious wars to the olden day Europe. However according to research “ the Troubles in Northern Ireland

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    they talk about the period 1800-1840 was decisive changes occurred in American women. They talk about economic‚ political‚ and social status of women. Vast majority of women worked within their homes‚ where their labor produced most articles needed for the family. Work for women‚ married or single‚ it was regarded as a civic duty. Under British common law‚ marriage destroyed a woman’s contractual capacity; she couldn’t sign a contract even under husband’s consent. Women did not play a determining role

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    The Compromise of 1850 was an effort to pacify the rising tensions between the north and the south. The issue of slavery was becoming a problem that none could overlook. This bitter rivalry was heating up even more so after the Mexican-American war. America won substantial amount of land‚ which stretched all the way to Mexico City. This land would give the south a grand portion of political power‚ surpassing the North. Henry Clay‚ supported by President Fillmore‚ created a compromise with the purpose

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    had impacted the critics by inventing Southern Literature. His ideal creation was not to reflect on literature being invented‚ but to differentiate the word “Southren” into an adjective. Kreyling’s attempted to deny the South its culture‚ history‚ geography‚ and literature by modifying the adjective to “Southern.” Prior to Germany and Italy collaborating‚ literature was at its best in 1835. Kreyling made several attempts to modify the identity of the Southern Culture by intentionally focusing on the

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    18Between the years 1788-1850 Australia was re-discovered‚ colonized and faced many fights between the natives of Australia and the British. Disease‚ communication barriers‚ land rights‚ food supply‚ cultural clashes and wars between the British and the natives played a major role in the resistance between the naives and the British for the first 60 years of colonization(1). The English sent over 162‚000 convicts to Australia in 806 ships. The first eleven of these ships are today known as the First

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    Gabrielle Sollecito September 31‚ 2012 Mr. Simone APUSH Alexander Hamilton’s plan for a National Bank created controversy in our country. The argument was whether it was “constitutional”. Despite warnings from George Washington two political parties were created. Hamilton led the federalists and Jefferson led the Democratic-Republicans. After the War of 1812 our country entered an Era of Good Feelings in which there was only one political party‚ the Democratic-Republicans. Only

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    The Influence of the 1850’s in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin Despite heartbreaking family separations and struggles for antislavery Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852) erupted into "one of the greatest triumphs recorded in literary history" (Downs 228)‚ inspiring plays‚ pictures‚ poems‚ songs‚ souvenirs‚ and statues (Claybaugh 519). As Uncle Tom’s Cabin was being published in the National Era newspaper in forty weekly installments (x)‚ it was received by southerners as

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