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    Imagine you an Native American working around your house just peacefully doing what you have to do. Then you see some settlers walking on your land with a gun ordering you out of your land. If you were that Native American what would you do? Native Americans once had all their land and were living peacefully then they signed a piece of paper and lost it all and got moved away. Then settlers and miners kept on taking and taking and taking their land away from them breaking the paper the Natives signed

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    normal life. Then the Americans kicks them out. It was unfair for the Indians to move because moved Indians were treated badly‚ americans broke deals with the Indians‚ and the treaty was not as effective as everyone thinks. The Americans treated the Indians badly. The Americans gave some of their diseases to the Indians. For example‚ the Americans gave typhoid to the Indians. The Americans also stole the horses from the Indians. Some say that the Indians started treating Americans badly first‚ but it

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    Why People Move To Athens

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    that many people want to visit‚ but I asked‚ “Has it always been glamorous?” I believe there were many reasons why individuals should not have moved to ancient Greece during 430-429 BC. Four themes were used to support how war and diseases affect this civilization; the themes used were geography‚ science and technology‚ history‚ and culture. Generally‚ I would not have recommended someone move to ancient Greece because the Peloponnesian War was just beginning. Athens was powerful and tension between

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    Question: Why did so many people move to colonial America? In the 1600s‚ immigration began. Throughout the 1600 and 1700s‚ the population in colonial America increased rapidly. This was caused by a variety of reasons: enslavement‚ economy‚ exportation‚ religious purification‚ and freedom from the English government. One of the main reasons Africans immigrated to America was because they were either coerced or forced to come to the colonies from Africa as slaves. In Olaudah Equiano’s The Interesting

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    The difference in religious opinions was not the only thing taking place at this time‚ England was also in the midst of a social crisis. The economic growth was not able to keep up with the population growth that was taking place. So many thought the move to the colonies‚ to Virginia‚ would bring about a better way of life‚ and that farming

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    for over 2 million people within a year. The Soviets decided to create a blockade on June 27‚ 1948‚ even blocking food shipments to West Berlin‚ (Document B). Thus‚ America and its allies decide to support the West Berliners by air‚ flying in supplies of everything from food to coal‚ supported by Document B. On May 12‚ 1949 the blockade was removed in Berlin. Americans and Harry Truman‚ the president‚ were thrilled by the removal.

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    Risky Relations: A closer look at the relationships between Native Americans and European settlers during the seventeenth century At the start of the seventeenth century‚ Native Americans greeted European settlers with much excitement. They regarded settlers as strange‚ but were interested to learn about the new tools and weapons Europeans brought with them. The native people were more than accommodating to the settlers‚ but as time passed‚ Europeans took advantage of their generosity. “Once

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    Native American Relations During the numerous years of colonization‚ the relationship between the English settlers and the Native Americans of the area was usually the same. Native Americans would initially consider the settlers to be allies‚ then as time passed‚ they would be engaged in wars with them in a struggle for control of the land. This process of friendship to enemies seemed to be the basic pattern in the majority of the colonies. When the English landed in Jamestown in 1607‚ the

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    People move for many reasons. It seems a normal thing that most people experience at least once in there life. So then why is it one of the hardest things to do? I often ask myself that many times. I have moved several times in my life. The hardest move though without a doubt was when I moved from Pasadena‚ Maryland to Casey‚ Illinois. I was originally from the Effingham area‚ I moved to Pasadena when I was six or seven. When lived there for about eight to nine years. When my grandparents moved back

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    “Don’t be a settler‚ get rid of cable and upgrade to Direct TV.” This phrase in the “The Settlers: Satisfaction” ad makes viewers question if they are not getting the most out of life. This ad begins in a regular urban neighborhood with one old time farm house situated in the middle. The family shown are old fashioned people who live off the land. The mother asks the father why they don’t switch to Direct TV. The father insists they are settlers and‚ since they are settlers‚ it means they can ‘settle’

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