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    Clark Lewis was born on Virginia VA on August 18‚ 1774.Clark was born in Lady Smith‚ Virginia VA on August 1‚ 1770.Lewis parents are Lucy Meriwether and William Lewis his siblings are Mary Garland Marks‚Jane Lewis‚ John Hastings Marks‚Lueinda Lewis‚ and Reuben Lewis.Clarks mom and dad are John Clark and Ann Rogers Clark his siblings are George Rogers Clark‚Edmund Clark‚Fyance Clark‚Lucy Clark‚ and Elizabeth Clark Anderson.The most important thing of the Lewis and Clark Expedition was found on waterway

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    John C. Calhoun: The Starter of the Civil War If one person could be called the instigator of the Civil War‚ it was John C. Calhoun -- Unknown. The fact that he never wanted the South to break away from the United States as it would a decade after his death‚ his words and life ’s work made him the father of secession. In a very real way‚ he started the American Civil War. Slavery was the foundation of the antebellum South. More than any other characteristic‚ it defined Southern social‚ political

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    has fought or won the king. She also says that she cant wait to hear from John Adams‚ Paul Revere to hear on what they are going to do next. The colonies are forced to only buy tea from a company from great Britian and that is like slavery because they have to do what the king is saying so if they have to buy tea from that one company they have or else they are going to have to pay the consequences‚ In the second letter Adams is talking about how the people were scared to come out of their homes and

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    Petition of Slaves

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    Petition of Slaves to the Massachusetts Legislature On January 13‚ 1777 seven African-American men in Massachusetts came together to go to the courts and their goal was to gain freedom. These men were slaves and in order for them to be set free they had the choice of running away‚ with the possibility of getting caught‚ or gathering a petition to take to the Massachusetts court. Just because these men had a petition does not mean that it would be passed. The Massachusetts colonial government had

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    paragraph will tell the story of her early life. Margaret Cochran is her maiden name. Margaret Cochran was born on November 12‚ 1751 in Franklin‚ Pennsylvania. Her father’s name is Robert Cochran‚ her mother’s name is Sarah Cochran‚ her brothers name is John Cochran. When Margaret was five she was visiting her uncle with her brother when their farm was taken over by a Native American raid. Her father was killed and her mother was taken captive. Margaret did not go to school or have any personal training

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    John Milton Paradise Lost

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    turn against God and rebel against him with an army of rebel angels that follow Satan. The angels and the rebel angels have a large battle and try multiple times to defeat God’s army but do not succeed. Satan turns his evil onto God’s new creations Adam and Eve and that is where Satan’s path starts. According to the Path of the Hero the hero has to be born from unusual parents. In this case the story does not tell if Satan has parents and if he does who they are. In a way you could say God

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    The night before John Adams left the presidential office he appointed various men to be Justices of the Piece. All of these men were Federalist like himself. One of which was William Marbury. However‚ when Thomas Jefferson came into office he refused to give the men that had been appointed last minute by Adams their federal commission. Jefferson used his secretary of state‚ James Madison‚ to be his voice about the situation. Enraged William Marbury and others sued the government and the case went

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    John the Baptist

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    Testament Mr. Horton November 18th 2012 John the Baptist John the Baptist was an important religious figure in the New Testament. John the Baptist was‚ according to the Bible‚ the cousin of Jesus Christ. He was the son of Mary ’s sister‚ Elizabeth. He was a little older than Jesus. He was Jewish‚ and lived in Israel. As with Jesus‚ we don ’t have any information from that time about John the Baptist except what the Bible says. According to the Bible‚ when John grew up‚ he began to live a very holy

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    Jasper Johns

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    During his life long career‚ Jasper Johns artist contributed more than 225 unique and challenged artworks that has set the standard for American art in general and for Pop art in particular. Among Johns’ artwork‚ the “Flag” (1954-55) is the painting that raised the very first wave in Pop Art world and remained to be one of the most influential artworks of its time . Jasper Johns was born in Augusta‚ Georgia on May 15‚ 1930 to William Jasper Johns and Jean Riley. After his parents’ divorce‚ he

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    Prester John

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    Prester John The legends of Prester John (also Presbyter Johannes) were popular in Europe from the 12th through the 17th centuries‚ and told of a Christian patriarch and king said to rule over a Christian nation lost amidst the Muslims and pagans in the Orient. Written accounts of this kingdom are variegated collections of medieval popular fantasy. Prester John was reportedly a descendant of one of the Three Magi‚ said to be a generous ruler and a virtuous man‚ presiding over a realm full of

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