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    The Georgia colony was founded the for the poor people in England. Living in the colony helped poor people stay out of prison in England. Georgia does not allow slaves bed cause it is a free colony. It does also allow freedom of religion. The colony was found by James Oglethorpe. Georgia was founded in 1732. People from Georgia came from England. Georgia’s specialty was agriculture. They could grow indigo‚ rice‚ and sugar. In 1732‚ England found the the last of the American colonies. After Oglethorpe

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    Georgia in the Civil Rights Movement Contemporary History Research Paper The civil rights movement was a time of great upheaval and change for the entire United States‚ but it was especially so in the South. The civil rights movement in the American South was one of the most triumphant and noteworthy social movements in the modern world. The civil rights movement was an enduring effort by Black Americans to obtain basic human and civil rights in the United States. Black Georgians formed part

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    surrounding the Ogeechee River Fish Kill On May 19th‚ 2011‚ over 38‚000 fish were found dead along an 80 mile stretch of the Ogeechee River near Savannah Georgia in Screven County. This number also included around 15 different species as well. This fish kill was and is the largest of its sort in the history of the state of Georgia. Investigations later revealed that the fish died from columnaris‚ which can be a deadly bacterial disease when fish have been weakened by other stressors. King

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    Georgia O’Keeffe Georgia O’ Keeffe is a famous female artist from the early 1900’s. She was considered part of the modern art era. My mother recommended I write this paper on O’Keeffe because she felt she was such a tremendous and timeless artist. She is considered to be an abstract artist who had the extraordinary skill of taking an everyday object‚ enlarging it to a certain focal point creating a new abstract view (Felder 37). This caught my attention because of the current project we are drawing

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    represents Holocaust survivor Georgia Gabor. Georgia was only eight years old when the Germans raided her hometown‚ Budapest. Her father worked as an attorney which made her family wealthy at the time. When the Nazis raided them‚ they needed an area to hide. Luckily‚ her father knew a wealthy merchant who had a home with a basement. They were able to take shelter with supplied food and water from her father’s friend. A week after‚ the Nazis invaded that home. Luckily‚ Georgia was able to run into the

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    Georgia is among the few states where the foreclosure process is concluded within a shortest time. This is because the borrower gives the title of the property to the lender through a deed or a trust. The lender owns the property until the borrower pays he debt. If the borrower fails to pay‚ the lender can declare the deed in order to secure the debt. The reason for the short foreclosure time is that a court order is not required and the backlog of cases that exist in the courts does not delay the

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    No Cash Dividends‚ No Stock Dividends or Split. In the case of Georgia Atlantic‚ this strategy is not recommendable because of several factors. First of all‚ the most recent Market-toBook value is well below 1‚ meaning that the company has not invested in any profitable projects anymore. The retained earnings would have generated a higher shareholder value if they would have been paid out to the shareholder. Furthermore the share price of the firm would stay rather constant and would not

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    College Essay Lost in a world flooded with giant decisions that would affect the near future‚ an adolescent me siting confounded in my high school sophomore English class. Attempting to simply pass my classes with no clear plan for the approaching future I disregarded any statements made from my teachers‚ “You need to build good study habits for college.” or “You need a plan for your life‚ or you will not succeed.” Completely focused on getting out of high school and earning mountains of money

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    The flag of the great state of Georgia has been changed and rearranged 4 times. Out of those four flags‚ 3 of them were controversial. They were controversial because they bore a resemblance to a flag that is referred to as the confederate flag. The current flag that represents our amazing state today carries a lot of meaning. This meaning is different for many people which in turn‚ makes the flag a very controversial topic. Some people see it as a gem of our history while other people see it as

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    Painting is a way of using art in order to manifest expressions with colors and figures. Every painter adopts a different way of painting. Mary Cassatt and Georgia O’Keeffe are two women American painters whose work are very different. The most notable differences between them are their style‚ subject matter and influences. Mary Cassatt’s earlier style was characterized for colorful scenes from contemporary life. After being influences by the impressionists she developed a distinctive style that

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