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    In 1998 ‚ at the restaurant of world famous burger in Louisiana ‚ my family and I were eating the best burger and the best French fries and suddenly for 30 minutes past ‚ and this man walked in the restaurant and said “ Turn on the TV to the news “ . The manager turned on the TV to the news ‚ and they were saying “ People ‚ there is a chance ‚ that a flood is going to happen ‚ in thirty minutes ‚ be prepared “ . People in Louisiana were shocked ‚ also in the restaurant ‚ people were flipping out

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    acre. The people who lived in Louisiana were all given U.S. citizenship and the United States agreed to honor all agreements between the Spanish and the Native Americans that had been made while Spain had controlled the land. The treaty was unclear about an important detail‚ however. The borders of the territory were not defined; the treaty simply stated that the extent of the territory would not change (Corrick 60-62; History.com Staff). The terms of the Louisiana Purchase turned out to be much

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    The Purchase of the Louisiana territory from France for 15 million dollars by today’s standards was clearly a great investment‚ but at its time it touched off a political firestorm of disagreement between both Thomas Jefferson’s Republican party and Federalists. The Republicans favored a system that provided constitutionally limited central government leaving the remainder to the states to control. In Jefferson’s view‚ anything that was written in the constitution was the responsibility of the

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    trying to permanently escape from slavery. I have chosen to talk about five different instances when slaves rebelled or revolted. The five revolts I chose to discuss throughout my paper are Denmark. Vesey ‘s Slave Revolt of 1822‚ the New Orleans Louisiana Revolt of January 1811‚ the New York City Slave Rebellion

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    A BRIEF HISTORY OF MARDI GRAS Dating back to the feudal Middle Ages‚ Carnival Season is one of the various celebrations of the new Christian world‚ which replaced those‚ which we moderns label as pagan. In particular‚ Carnival is thought to have replaced the Roman feast of Lupercalia‚ celebrated for centuries on February 15th of the Julian calendar‚ in honor of Lupercus‚ a Roman pastoral god associated with Faunus (satyr). Although Lupercus derives from jupus (wolf)‚ the original meaning

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    Tarleton‚ a British general and soldier‚ who gave the “Swamp Fox” his name. Francis Marion was the “Swamp Fox’s” real name. Marion was born on February 26th 1732‚ in Goat Field Plantation in Saint Johns Parish‚ Berkeley County‚ South Carolina. When Marion was a boy‚ he set off to sail at the age of 15 but ended up being stranded at sea for a week before him and 7 other crewmembers drifted to shore stated in the online Smithsonian Magazine The Swamp Fox. Marion later joined the South Carolina militia

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    In 1803‚ the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France. Jefferson asked Meriwether Lewis to explore the Northwest Territory. Jefferson told him to map out the area‚ gather natural resources‚ make contact with Natives (Befriend if possible)‚ and find a waterway that went to the Pacific Ocean. Lewis recruited William Clark‚ to be an equal in command‚ and 40 men. The two leaders‚ both in the military (Lewis a Captain and Clark a Lieutenant) led these men through 800‚000 square miles

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    of Louisiana. (Shook). I told Viviane that I wanted to spend the night here because we may not have another chance to get any sleep‚ so we found a cheap hotel we could stay at. It wasn’t too late yet‚ so we decided to go see something before we went to bed. A hotel worker suggested The Enchanted Mansion‚ a doll museum (Campbell). When we got to the museum‚ there weren’t very many

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    The Louisiana Purchase posed several significant moral dilemmas for President Thomas Jefferson‚ among these were political reality and strict constructionism. When Jefferson got offered the Louisiana territory from Napoleon he knew it was a great opportunity for the United States. It would double up the size of the United States and he would the ability to use the Mississippi River. He understood by expanding the United States would be very significant for the United States. But Jefferson did not

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    Existing Louisiana State Hazing Law and Proposed Changes Hazing is anything required of a member that is demeaning‚ destructive‚ causes risk‚ either mental or physical‚ to a specific group of members. In the Louisiana State Hazing Law R.S.17:1801 in PART III. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS‚ hazing is defined and penalties are set. §1801. Hazing prohibited; penalties Hazing in any form‚ or the use of any method of initiation into fraternal organizations in any educational institution supported wholly

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