not to mention turkey being the main dish of the meal. This event has been distorted to the point that many people are unaware of the true happenings that took place‚ which led to the celebration now concrete in the American mythos. In After the Mayflower‚ the filmmakers portray the events leading to and following the first Thanksgiving from the perspective of the Wampanoag tribe. The film explores the diplomatic intentions behind the Wampanoag alliance with the settlers and reveals how the Pilgrims
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I EXPLORATIONS The Pilgrims were hungry and weak from scurvy after two months at sea by the time the Mayflower anchored in the icy waters on the bay side of Cape Cod in the winter of 1620. Miles Standish led a small group of explorers on desperate scouting missions that predate the landing at Plymouth Rock First Encounter By Stephen Harrigan ‘I I NDIANS! INDIANS!” one of the members of the Mayflower’s shore party screamed as he came running in from the woods toward a
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HIS 121 Study Guide #1 The American Promise: A Compact History The first exam will cover chapters 1-4. The exam will consist of 33 multiple choice questions and three short answer paragraphs. Please know the following: Historians/Archeologists: Historians direct their attention to mostly writing (personal and private jottings‚ letters‚ diary entries‚ public documents: laws‚ court cases‚ newspapers‚ speeches)‚ arachaelogist tend to focus on physical objects (bines spear points‚ pots‚
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Mayflower: Part One The novel Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick has a long list of things to teach us about the New World. The fact that it’s showed us that the very first pilgrims had no idea what they were in for was crucial. They were hit with the realization that the Natives would be wild and ferocious instead of calm and tame. They’d known they would be introduced to new ways of life‚ and disease‚ but they didn’t suspect that it’d be the most destructive part to the goodwill of the newly born
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The story of the Mayflower tends to make you think of large black hats‚ buckle shoes‚ and these people sharing a harvest meal that consists of the things we eat for Thanksgiving. Nathaniel Philbrick describes the Mayflower journey as something deeper than just the discovery of Thanksgiving. He views it as complex strategies that came to control a world made when the English appeared revolutionists confronted the power between Native American tribes. Although the main effort of Philbrick’s work was
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Compact Discs and Vinyl Records The cost of creating a vinyl record is higher‚ which makes new vinyl more costly to purchase upfront. Purchasing a pack of compact discs (CDs) as replacement is marginally less than what it would cost to replace a record. CDs are a better investment because of cost as well as portability. However‚ quality of sound in vinyl records is a good hobby and worth the investment. CDs and the vinyl record player-CDs can be played anywhere most anywhere today and on
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Benefits Of Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs CFLs Lighting your way to a brighter future Why switch to an energy saving CFL • Using compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) helps us lessen our impact on the earth while saving energy and money. • CFLs can be recycled - which keeps more materials out of landfills. • They last longer‚ up to 10 times longer than incandescent light bulbs‚ which means fewer trips to the store‚ saving you time AND money. • By switching from a 60W incandescent to a
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When thinking about the name Mayflower it usually brings images of people in big hats and buckled shoes having Thanksgiving with some Indians; evoking memories of your history classes in elementary school. This isn’t the whole truth as Nathaniel Philbrick goes in deeper to what the relationship between the Pilgrims and Natives were really like. In the 1620s‚ English Puritans left England to the New World for the desire to seek religious freedom. They were a group of people unaware what will greet
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Sons‚ Inc. CCC 0895-2477r97 A COMPACT MEANDERED CIRCULAR MICROSTRIP ANTENNA WITH A SHORTING PIN 1 Kin-Lu Wong‚1 Chia-Luan Tang‚1 and Hong-Twu Chen 2 Department of Electrical Engineering National Sun Yat-Sen University Kaohsiung‚ Taiwan 804‚ Republic of China 2 Department of Electrical Engineering Chinese Military Academy Fong-Shan‚ Taiwan 830‚ Republic of China Recei¨ ed 8 January 1997 ABSTRACT: By using a shorting pin and meandering the circular patch‚ a compact circular microstrip antenna with
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Product Life Cycle of Compact Disc Introduction: Compact disc technology is one of the fastest growing industries of all time. Compact discs became popular in the early 80’s due to its ability to offer increased audio performance over traditional magnetic recording media. In 1983 over 30‚000 players and 800‚000 discs were sold. By 1990‚ this number had grown to a staggering 9.2 million players in the U. S.‚ and close to 1 billion discs worldwide. In 2004‚ the annual worldwide sales of CD-Audio
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