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    Portuguese shore and make his way to Lisbon.” (text) “Rejected by a Portuguese king for a three-ship voyage of discovery‚ Columbus took his plan first to Genoa and

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    Puritanism forms the basis for Bradford ’s motivation in writing. In Bradford ’s text‚ there are numerous instances in which his beliefs affect his interpretation of what happens. In Chapter IX (nine) of "Of Plymouth Plantation"‚ entitled "Of Their Voyage..."‚ Bradford tells of another ship passenger named John

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    leadership was all about influence then Paul wanted to make sure that those who were influencing others were of sound character and good doctrine. The church was a new thing that God was doing and with the power of the Holy Spirit it was growing extremely rapidly among the known world and Paul knew that eventually he would die and someone else would have to take the baton from him and run with it‚ it’s with this frame of mind that Paul wrote letters to Timothy and Titus sharing with them some valuable

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    never knew about. Champlain was very curious about the people living there‚ the Huron Indians. After one year he sailed back to France. When Samuel got home he begged the king and queen of France to sponsor another voyage to Canada so he could stay longer and learn more. He also wanted to search Acadia‚ which we know now today as Nova Scotia. There was belief that Acadia had mines of riches such as gold and diamonds. Many also believed that if you went to Acadia you could find a new passageway to

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    the Renaissance period. Britain decided they wanted an empire so they could rule for four sub-reasons; these are Exploration‚ Economic‚ Social‚ and of course Power. During the time of the empire countries such as Australia‚ India‚ South America and America. The first reason why Britain wanted an empire is Exploration. James Cook claimed Australia in the name of the British government. This source tells us that sailors like James Cook were sent on voyages to claim land. Therefore this makes me link

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    Beaulieu 1 Timothy Beaulieu Ms. Messier English 10H 2/27/13 George the Murderer As George’s lawyer‚ Timothy Beaulieu‚ I will be defending my litigant George Milton in this murder trial. George Milton was charged with premeditated murder for killing Lennie Small. One might find it alarming that George killed his best friend‚ Lennie‚ after all their aforementioned adventures together. Another might find it eccentric that Curley’s wife was killed and then Lennie gets killed shortly after. Accusa

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    The 1620 voyage from Holland to America was more than three thousand miles and beset by autumn storms that wreaked havoc on the crew and the passengers. The Pilgrims arrived in the new world they called New England during the winter. Making it very difficult for them to find food and build shelters. Already weakened by their 2 month voyage‚ most of the passengers failed to survive the first few months in their new home. Native

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    Tahreem Yaqoob Elva Crawford HIS 101 18 April 2013 History Paper Introduction Ferdinand Magellan was an explorer who wanted to get to the Spice Islands sailing west instead of east. He was the first to circumnavigate the globe. Magellan wanted to get to the Spice Islands and prove that they were not far from the new world colonies in doing so‚ Spain could claim the islands. In completing the task‚ he gained profit and knowledge first for Spain then himself and he would have had more possibilities

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    AN ANALYSIS OF WILLIAM BLAKE’S SONGS OF INNOCENCE AND OF EXPERIENCE AS A RESPONSE TO THE COLLAPSE OF VALUES TIMOTHY VINES∗ Blake’s Songs of Innocence and of Experience are a much studied part of the English canon‚ and for good reason. Blake’s work depicts a quandary that continues to haunt humanity today: the struggle of high-order humanity against the ‘real’ rationality and morals of institutionalised society. This essay seeks to explore both Blake’s literary reaction to the Enlightenment and the

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    Spain finally agreed to fund him. Zheng He on the other hand‚ was ordered by his Emperor. There is the first difference in reasons: Zheng He was doing something for China that would have been done anyways‚ but if Columbus himself did not pursue the voyage then history probably would have turned out quite different. The Chinese Emperor ordered “…to ascend more than one hundred large ships to go and confer presents on them in order to make manifest the transforming power of the imperial virtue and

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