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    Becky Jagiello 10/27/2012 Cult & Civ I Br. Hannon Section 4 Class I.D. #14 The Algonkian People The Algonkian people lived in southern New England in the seventeenth century. They lived a life that combined aspects of Paleolithic hunting and gathering with Neolithic agriculture. Obtaining their basic nutrition of life through these methods led to particular economic‚ social and gender relations. These people produced crops in addition to the abundant natural supplies of their territories

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    Comparing King Philip’s War to The Pueblo Revolt Despite being separated by an entire continent‚ King Phillip’s War and The Pueblo Revolt paralleled each other in their causes‚ courses‚ and consequences. In New England‚ King Philip’s War was a conflict between the Wampanoag Indians and the English settlers of the Plymouth Colony from1675 to 1677. Far‚ far away in what is now New Mexico‚ the Pueblo Revolt was an uprising of Pueblo Indians against the Spanish settlers in the colony of Santa Fe de

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    infectious diseases brought by the Europeans—does not prove genocidal intent. There is no conclusive evidence of biological warfare being used against the Indians intentionally. The U.S. government even tried to inoculate the Indians against smallpox. The Pequot Massacre (1636) is not evidence

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    DBQ #2 The relations between Indians and the English were variable. On one side of the spectrum‚ the Wampanoag and Puritans got along very well‚ even having the “first Thanksgiving”. On the other end‚ the Pequot War waged the Pequots against three English colonies. Both sides tried to assert their interests; the English used their advanced firearms to drive the Indians off their land‚ and also accidentally their Old World diseases helped their cause. The Indians used their knowledge of the

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    How the Weak Win Wars: A Theory of Asymmetric Conflict Author(s): Ivan Arreguín-Toft Source: International Security‚ Vol. 26‚ No. 1 (Summer‚ 2001)‚ pp. 93-128 Published by: The MIT Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3092079 . Accessed: 08/08/2013 11:12 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars‚ researchers‚ and

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    Response to “A Meanes to Knitt Them Togeather”: The Exchange of Body Parts in the Pequot War A Meanes to Knitt Them Together was written by Andrew Lipman and published in 2008. The paper focuses on both the meaning of‚ what seems to us‚ the gory practices that both the Native American Indians and the British historically tended to use‚ and how those practices created a bond between the two peoples both in war and in a type of kinship. When one looks back to English history‚ the removal of various

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    Goldstein: Winning the War on War In Winning the War on War‚ Joseph Goldstein argues that warfare is on the decline and growing less intensely than in previous eras. He also focuses on the correlation between the rise of international institutions and organizations structured around peacekeeping to the decrease of huge interstate wars. Goldstein assesses how organizations such as the UN and other NGO’s that focus primarily on peacekeeping and peacebuilding have influenced wars both positively and

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    have gone to war with English colonist was the Pequot tribe. Located in Connecticut‚ the Pequot tribe would trade frequently with the Dutch and the English. The tribe would trade items like furs and wampum for European treasures. However‚ the English would fight the Dutch over trade. Subsequently the Pequot tribe became the English colonists rival‚ causing a war to outbreak. Due to war between the English‚ the tribe was divided into two different tribes. Luckily both separate Pequot tribes still

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    The book here in discussion is “War Fighting”. The main and over all purpose for this book is to explain and give examples of fighting wars. The book consists of the chapters‚ the first “Nature of War”. In this chapter the writer had many different topics‚ The Evolution of War‚ Violence and Danger‚ The Human Dimension‚ Uncertainty‚ and the definition of war just to name a few. The Definition of war is; War is a violent clash of interests between or among organized groups characterized by the use

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    ago‚ Machiavelli asked us‚ "do the ends justify the means?" That statement (or question) can be used to assess nearly any action. So‚ was it morally valid for the United States to drop the atomic bombs on Japan in 1945? It was a quick way to end a war‚ and it saved the lives of soldiers on both sides. Also‚ it taught us to fear nuclear power‚ as the first thing it was used for was to destroy (obliterate) two cities‚ and to kill over 200‚000 people. Next‚ it helped to spped up research on the topic

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