birthday is the most desired milestones. It is known as the beginning of adulthood and you now have the luxury of making your own decisions‚ which can sometimes be dangerous and/or life changing. Teen drinking is on the rise. The SADD reports that “72% of students have consumed alcohol by the end of high school‚ and 37% have done so by eighth grade”. By the age of eighteen the law recognizes these young people as adults‚ they are eligible to serve our country‚ they can be prosecuted and convicted as
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ECCLESIASTICAL CORRUPTION IN THE MIDDLE AGES Religion and faith dominated virtually every aspect of life during the middle Ages. However‚ the Church ’s influence suffered greatly during the later part of this age of faith. Many historians hold that the Medieval Church was a landmark of corruption. This view is often used to explain the decline and fall of the Church and the success of Martin Luther ’s reformation. It depicts the Church as being ruled by power hungry popes who abuse their positions
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period in American history known as the Gilded Age was recognized for its transition from a nation of the pioneers’ settlements of the American West‚ to that of huge industrial expansion centered on cities and factories. Inventions‚ advances in technologies‚ and revolutionary innovations lead to the unprecedented economic and industrial growth of this era. Improvements in transportation with the enormous expansion of the transcontinental railroad‚ which occurred even before the demand for such railroads
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The Colonisation of the Dark and Archaic Ages By *************** The colonisation during the Dark and Archaic ages‚ as well as developments made during these ages was very beneficial to the development of Ancient Greece. This hypothesis is supported by five key facts‚ Colonisation provided a solution to overpopulation‚ allowed for new skills and techniques to be learnt from other cultures‚ as well as a general broadening of knowledge‚ the development of the city-state or “polis” and the
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The Middle Ages were once known as a time of darkness. It was plagued with sickness and violence. Many lives were lost during this period of corruption. A leading factor in the death toll would be war. War during that time was barbaric and bloody. They would fight in large quantities and would risk their lives for a certain cause whether that be for expansion or power for the king. In the Middle Ages‚ many battles have been fought by important people. They use certain equipment and are organised
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Age of Consent My position on the age of consent is that I’m for it. I believe that the age of consent should be and always be age of 16‚ because once have turned 16 you should be mature enough to make your own decision on who you want to have sex with because you are now in high school and you’re old enough to know right from wrong. The legal age of consent is Washington State is 16. Age of consent is the age when the law considers a person mature enough to agree to have sex. In the United
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Disease and Treatment in the Middle Ages The Middle Ages were tough times when it came to disease and medicine. There were numerous types of sickness and disease that flooded Europe during the Middle Ages. Not helping the situation‚ the medicinal knowledge of the people of Europe of the time was not up to par. Some of the diseases and illness that were running rampant during these times were pneumonia‚ leprosy‚ and the plague. The middle ages were a time of great suffering and death because of
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created laws to ban peasants from getting educated. Currently‚ nearly 85% of Americans have ever received an education but‚ centuries ago the numbers were reversed: less than one out of ten people had ever received any sort of education. Through the Middle ages‚ Boys from rich households were sent to one of three schools: The elementary song-school‚ montastic school‚ and the grammar school and only the wealthiest and brightest of these men would receive university level education and each of these schools
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In order to travel during the Middle Ages‚ I would have traveled by trade routes. Due to the numerous trade routes throughout Europe in the Middle Ages‚ there would have been a lot of options to choose from before embarking on my journey. I would not have chosen a crusade because of the violence associated with them‚ and pilgrimages did seem to provide as much of a variation of culture as traveling along trade routes would have given me. Trade routes were responsible for transporting large numbers
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and important dates that probably aren’t know about pirates. First of all‚ to know what piracy was really like background knowledge on some important events that changed history is needed. The age that holds most of these events is the Golden Age of Piracy. This started in the 16th century. The Golden Age is when piracy really caught on. People would pay for the pirates pirate ships in return for 10% of the plunder. Around 1609 “Morocco became a new center for piracy” as stated in source 2 Pirate
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