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    General George Washington had nearly 3 years of retirement by 1776 and expected he had been removed from the public for good. However‚ when news came about of a rebellion in Massachusetts‚ Washington became worried. Desperate for news on the event‚ he depended largely on information from old friends such as General Henry Knox and General Benjamin Lincoln. “But for God’s sake tell me what is the cause of all these commotions: do they proceed from licentiousness‚ British-influence disseminated by

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    George washington was a first president of the United States of America. He was born on february 22‚ 1732 in Westmoreland county in Virginia. He served for 8 years from April 30‚ 1789 to March 4‚ 1797. Washington’s first profession was a farmer. In fact‚ before he became president‚ he believed himself as a farmer. His motto was to improve the farming techniques to produce more crops in more efficient way. Andrew Johnson was a seventeenth president for United States Of America. He was born on December

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    live in a world without debt or political parties. This world was possible. In 1796‚ George Washington planned on leaving office. James Madison wrote Washington some notes for this type of address‚ but in 1792‚ when he originally thought he was going to leave the office. He did not leave office and set the notes aside. In 1796‚ Washington took out those notes and used them to make a address. Once Washington wrote this draft‚ he sent the draft to Alexander Hamilton‚ and they went back and forth revising

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    This week‚ the readings exhibit further developments of American prose and poetry. These are explored via the writings of Irving‚ Fenimore Cooper‚ and Wheatley. Washington Irving contributed interesting new developments in American literature through his completely fictional story of Rip Van Winkle. This is the first purely fictional writing that we have covered in this course. For example‚ in the story‚ Irving writes‚ “His historical researches‚ however‚ did not lay so much among books‚ as among

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    Pages Small-Business Case: Changing the Pay Level at Eight Crossings Based in Sacramento‚ California‚ Eight Crossings provides medical transcription services for physicians and hospitals. Its employees also answer phones‚ edit documents‚ and transcribe legal documents. The company’s 85 employees work either at the service center in Sacramento or in their homes‚ where they receive audio or text files via the Internet. In this way‚ Eight Crossings employees can work in their specialty as needed without

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    would think that General Washington was a successful military tactician is because of how he was employing a tactic of exploiting the night on several occasions or also known as the espionage tactics during the American War. In detail‚ General Washington first discovered that spy tactics was very crucial to gaining military advantages over enemy troops and the importance of codes and ciphers for wartime correspondence. In the French and Indian War‚ as General Washington served his time‚ he had experimented

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    The Harold Washington Library was constructed in 1991‚ the winning design of Thomas Beeby. After being stored in temporary warehouses for twelve years‚ the city of Chicago finally decided to create a permanent home for the 4‚700‚000 items belonging to the public library. A design competition was held with the hope that hundreds of submissions would produce a new building that was not only pleasing to the eye and cost efficient‚ but also one that would end the embarrassment of not having a library

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    was great turning point in our country. George Washington had been inaugurated in New York City as the first president of the United States. During his years of being president‚ he set an important precedent by setting the standard of 2 terms for a president when he stepped down in 1796. After being elected‚ the first Congress created 5 executive departments to help Washington carry out his duties‚ which was also known as the first Cabinet. Washington set a precedent by choosing very influential and

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    Summary of Booker T. Washington: Black Leadership in the Age of Jim Crow Continuing from page 66‚ ‘The Tuskegee Idea’ goes into details about Booker T. Washington’s philosophy and the thriving start of Tuskegee institute. It also mentioned ideologies of black people during that time‚ such as ‘voting from principle’ and the ‘Ecoduster Movement’. The passage started by referred to Washington’s humble approach to gaining much need support from both white and black communities. According to the

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    George Washington Carver was born before the Civil War. His exact birth is unknown. He was born in the Kansas Territory near Diamond Grove‚ Missouri. In 1864‚ he was born into slavery from his mother and father. He was one of twelve children born from Giles and Mary. His parents were owned by a German American immigrant named Moses Carver. George’s father was killed a little bit before George was born. Moses and Susan Carver were small-scale farmers‚ they were successful. The only slaves‚ Moses

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