GETTING AROUND Under normal circumstances‚ New York City is easy to navigate. However‚ subway and bus changes can occur at the last minute‚ so pay attention to the posters on station walls and listen carefully to any announcements you may hear in trains and on subway platforms. Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Travel info 718-330-1234‚ hourly updates 718-243-7777; www.mta.info. The MTA runs the subways and buses‚ as well as a number of alternative commuter services to points outside Manhattan
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Indians sided with Britain because if they won it will start the flow of western expansion. In the beginning most Indian tribes stood neutral in the war except for the Cherokees who joined the British in 1776. Joseph Brant‚ a literate and educated Mohawk Indian leader sides with the
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happened after this we believe that 5 people died and 7 were injured.(history.com) After the boston massacre came even more taxes are boycotts of british goods. After this event also came the boston tea party. In this event colonist came dressed as mohawks and poured tea overboard from the ship that it was on. This was actually a form of protestation against british goods. One of the other reasons is that the cost for tea became high. In result of this the american colonies started to smuggle tea from
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1-5 walk down center of room and stand beside Samuel Adams ) Colonists 1-5- We are the Daughters of Liberty ! Colonist 4 - Tonight‚ the Boston Harbor will become an enormous teacup ! Narrator- That night‚ the colonists‚ disguised themselves as Mohawk Indians and went to Boston’s harbor with the ships that were loaded with tea. Little did they know‚ that their actions would change history forever. Scene 2- In the Ship Narrator- The British crew was sleeping‚ when they heard a noise coming from
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The Sparks That Ignited a Fire The American Revolution was not started over one particular issue. Instead‚ it was the result of many different problems. Beginning in 1763‚ the British government tried to regulate the American colonies more effectively‚ starting with the Proclamation of 1763 (America‚ #119). The American people would not accept being controlled‚ and thus began the fight for independence. The Stamp Act and the Quartering Act started very heated debates among Americans. It was limiting
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The Cherokee tribe inhabited what is present day Virginia‚ West Virginia‚ North Carolina‚ Tennessee‚ Georgia and Alabama. Being located in what would become the Southeastern part of the United States meant their inevitability in getting involved in the revolutionary war. The Cherokee tribe’s involvement in the American Revolution was both important to the course of the war and resulted in devastation to the tribe. The Cherokee way of life‚ like all Native American tribes‚ was very different from
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necessary items for living are differ. The Iroquois group is a near perfect model of the diverse native tribes in North America and how they create their own structures of life. The five chiefdoms or nations that are a part of the group are the Mohawks‚ Oneidas‚ Onondagas‚ Cayugas‚ and Senecas. They were known as the Iroquois Five Nation Confederacy‚ and had joined together during the nineteenth century during a period of constant violence. They joined together because of this because they did not
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In 2016‚ in light of recent debates in Hollywood over lack of diversity among nominees for prominent awards shows such as the Oscars‚ it is also important to examine the issue within a Canadian and Québécois context‚ especially given the rich history of film and television production in Québec. This article paints an austere picture of current realities in which content creators in Québec feel stifled creatively and underappreciated due to racism in the industry. When award-winning Haitian filmmaker
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Breaking The Norm A norm is something that is usual‚ typical‚ or standard of something in society. Some examples of a norm are going to school‚ taking a bath‚ sleeping at night‚ wearing clothes in public‚ and eating breakfast lunch and dinner. All those things are stuff we do in our everyday lives and don’t think about it‚ we just do it because it is normal and it has been taught to us since we have been very little. If you end up breaking the norm though‚ people will look at you differently and
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and therefore tea prices were lowered. This was Britain’s way to attempt to deceive the colonists into paying a tax that they were trying to boycott. The colonist’s infuriation with the British led the Sons of Liberty to disguise themselves as the Mohawk Indians and poured forty-five tons of tea into the Boston Harbor.
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