...the larger tribe, as described by an 18th-century observer. “Runaway,” reported historian Wiley Thompson, was “applicable to all the Indians in the Territory of Florida as all of them ran away…from the Creek…” (McReynolds 1957, 12). Runaway African-American slaves added to this conglomeration of native peoples, making the Seminoles a truly renegade people in every sense. The Seminoles saw themselves as having waged a long struggle for freedom. “The Indians who constituted the nucleus of (the) Florida group thought of themselves as yat;siminoli or ‘free people…’” (Seminole Tribe of Florida, 2013). The Seminoles spread throughout Florida during the second half of the 18th century. A diverse group, they brought with them a broad range of skills and means of subsistence, including farming, hunting, fishing and a form of animal husbandry. From their North Florida homeland, the tribe expanded south, establishing settlements as far as the Everglades by 1800 (Grunwald 2006, 30). North Florida became a kind of paradise to the Seminoles, a place of abundance and great natural beauty. “Here our navel strings were first cut, and the blood from them sunk into the earth, and made the country dear to us,” (Grunwald 2006, 30). However, the conflict between Florida’s European conquerors would eventually turn North Florida into inhospitable...
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...Yuma, Arizona on March 31, 1927. He helped Florida by boycotting and drawing attention to the working conditions of migrant workers. He also helped in Arizona, Texas, Florida, and California by fasting and helping migrant workers in poor and harsh conditions. Cesar Chavez’s life was very difficult since he started working at such a young age. He moved around with his family several times, which made is challeging for him to go to school. During the Great Depression, the family lost everything and went looking for any job they could find. When his father died, Chavez took his responsibilities as the head of the household so his mother wouldn’t have to work. Chavez went to the U.S. Navy...
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...recognizing the merits entailed in the subject matter and can be given a philosophical view of a practice that involves doubt. The entire sense of critique has been contemporarily been influenced by the critique of enlighten which involves authority and prejudice. This is always shaped by the autonomy and emancipation from the authorities in the political fronts and the religious authorities. The Florida Scene Florida scene is a pictorial presentation by Thomas Moran. Moran in his presentation greatly bases on nature, which largely is in the center of influencing his art. In his scene, Thomas uses shapes that are predominantly organic and gives his art the natural and environmental taste. Analysis of the artwork The landscape in the artwork presents an irregular scope on the southern side of the landscape accompanied by vegetation which is often rounded and carved. The artwork has the sky and the ocean too. Visible are some trees which have their branches curved and there is a layer of wild flowers and shrubs. The natural pond is situated on the right side ant it seems to be growing in all directions with a lot of weeds that are aquatic on the surrounds of the shallow pond. There are palm leaves in bayonet shapes that are irregular and present a threatening sensation next to the ocean and there lies a clear sky above the ocean’s tidal waves. There are new clouds which form new shapes...
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...active duty under his belt and more than his fair share of tours to Iraq, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia and Oman, I have made many long lasting friends, some of which are still active, some separated and some retired. We all still keep in touch and those of us that have put the military life behind have many questions about what types of benefits we are entitled to, either in our specific state or federally mandated by the government. These benefits are extremely difficult to interpret, follow and sometimes even find, there are many pamphlets and government ran websites with a plethora of redundant information; I aim to take full advantage of what we all shed blood, sweat, and tears over and my goal is to search out those states that have incredible benefits...
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...rafting companies in Florida, Kentucky, and California. In order to open, a new rafting business research must be conducted on the legal ramifications pertinent to the area. The direct concern are the legal aspects of real property, personal property, business insurance, and environmental issues and regulations. Evaluate the Legal Aspects of Acquiring, Holding, and Disposing of Real Property The River-Rafting Business is real property, which consist of a riverbed, and banks that are state property. It is considered public property if the river is physically navigable. Public property does not abide by the rules of real property. Cheeseman (2007) stated, “Real property is immovable or attached to immovable land or buildings, whereas personal property is movable” (p. 755). Real property plays an important role in the United States (U. S.) economy of property and ownership rights. The real property concept is concerned with the legal rights of property as opposed to the physical attributes of tangible land. Real property consisted of items of personal property affixed to real property and other rights. It is important to understand the concept of real property; and how to transfer the rights of the property in order to execute the purchase of property. Property is normally classified as personal or real property. The most common form of real property is land. The landowner usually purchases the surface rights of the land, which is the right...
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...other words, it is a legal process where a person is sentenced to death as a punishment of a crime. While there is much to say about capital punishment, this paper will focus on history, method of executions, and controversy. In this essay we are going to focus just in the state of Florida. Therefore, the history of capital punishment in the state of Florida is where we shall begin. The death penalty has been a legal way of punishment in the United States for capital crimes since English common law was enforced in the Colonies. However, in the state of Florida it has been legal approximately only for forty years. When executions first started being carried out in Florida, the executions were carried out by the county, rather than the state. Then, when executions were placed under state control, and in an effort to be more humane, Florida changed execution methods from hanging to electrocution. Frank Johnson was the first inmate executed in Florida by electric chair. A more disturbing fact is that the youngest inmates executed in Florida were both only 16 years old. Many centuries ago, the simplest and most common way of imposing the death penalty was by beheading or hanging. However in Florida, there have been two ways of capital executions: lethal injection and electrocution. Lethal injection consists of a mix of different drugs such as sodium thiopental, pancuronium bromide, and potassium chloride. The sodium thiopental is used for anesthesia induction and for medically...
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...Martin Story In 2005, Florida became the first state to expand an ancient rule of law called the castle doctrine. That doctrine says that if strangers enter your house without permission, you can use deadly force to defend yourself. The Florida legislature decided that the old common law should extend not only to the sidewalk outside your house but to "any other place where he or she has a right to be"--any street, any park, any store: anywhere. It is called the Florida Stand Your Ground Law. (Cloud & Altman, 2012) Trayvon Martin was a lanky 6’3 17 year old African American boy. He attended Carol City Senior High in Miami Gardens, Florida and made A’s and B’s. Trayvon was a boy who did his family and community proud. It wasn't just that he mowed the lawn every weekend with his dad, worked the concession at a football field and helped his neighbors with their groceries. His mother had drilled manners into him, and it showed. "It was always 'Thank you,'" says Johnson, 60, his great-aunt. Each year he put up her Christmas decorations, and come summer he pulled the weeds from her yard. "He didn't mind anything you wanted him to do," she says. At 9, Trayvon helped his dad to safety when a fire broke out in the family kitchen. As he grew older, Trayvon, who had a love for aircraft, longed to go on to college like his brother Jahvaris Fulton, 21. The teen was so close to other family members that he wore them like a badge of honor. On his upper right arm, he'd tattooed the...
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...Prohibition in Florida Your Name Professor Name and Class Prohibition is defined as the act of forbidding something by law. In Florida the prohibition alcohol encountered many issues due to the close proximity of neighboring countries and the illegal import of the alcohol. Florida’s coastal line was one of the most prominent factors in its battle during the prohibition of alcohol days. The thought of prohibition of alcohol was proposed to the citizens, by the government and the church as an attempt to reduce crime, improve health, and protect the women and children in society (www.floridahistory.org). The government officials went into the neighborhoods and town meetings and told the families and homeowners that prohibiting alcohol would make their neighborhoods safer and the pastors preached about alcohol and the bible to their congregations instilling the fear of displeasing God. The whites would be concerned of their safety and power and restricted blacks from alcohol whether they were free or still in slavery due to their concerns of having less power or being ineffective in slave ownership. In any effort, their attempts to abolish alcohol led to many more illegal operations and the people of the Florida are became very creative about finding ways to obtain the illegal alcohol. The 18th amendment was established and declared the sale, production, and transport of alcohol illegal. The amendment became law on January 17th, 1920. The advocates of the amendment...
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...introduce myself, my name is Jay Smith, I live in Titusville, Florida where I manage the apartment building in which I reside. I am married now 3 years, have no children – just a fur face Manchester terrier named Louiee. My previous educational background consist of one semester at Daytona State College in 2001, as a Business Major. I have found that sometimes in live – one’s world can change in an instant and the course of the live that you had planned – suddenly changes. And looking back I believe this is what happened to me, as after one semester I chose to drop out and become involved in the local Daytona Area Music and Club scene. The results: A failed musician and a bloody nasty drinking habit. In 2004 I entered Savannah’s Hospital and completed the 28 day program. Since then I have 8 years without a drink. Woot! I love to share my experience, strength and hope with the newcomers, as I have stayed very active in the A.A. program, and most recently I have begun to teach the local Step Study Meetings for the “Celebrate Recovery” group here in town. “Celebrate Recovery” would be considered the Christian based A.A. program, with literature from author Rick Warren, (writer of “The Purpose Driven Life”) What I’ve found is a wonderful life beyond my dreams – and most days it is a joy to be alive! And when it’s not – every day is another chance to get it right. As the Economy here in Florida continues fail, and especially with the future closing of...
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...Final Essay California, and Florida are similar in some ways but difference in others, per example The beauty of California if I compared to Florida it is the Mediterranean, tropical weather, its vast ocean front waters, the beauty of its coastlines, the Agricultural land, and the reaches of the Employment opportunities, all in contrast makes California more desirable place to live than Florida. Introduction California is one of the best and desirable places to live in the world. In the winter of 1987, I was living in Florida city, one morning I got up to go to work, the day was very nice from one minute to the next the sky started to get dark, darker clouds cover the sky. People at the trailer park was so fearful, they started to run to shelter places, they were right that day, it rained so hard, and it was lightning and thundering, the winds were so strong that, it could take a tree up from his roots. The people who did not have enough time to run to the shelter place, suffer very big loss, the next day I went to the town to look around, the little city was devastating, windows from business broken, trees were laid on the streets, cars were upside down, and broken homes all destroyed, it was a disaster that I will never like to re-live again, and it was a big experience in my life. I. First main point. California’s tropical weather makes life enjoyable, when the rain is falling it rains so smoothly that it is hardly any lighting...
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...came into play, and led the readers to a world of disbelief. Both of theses stories have the readers intrigued right from the start. These two stories both share two female lead roles, with two separate destinations, and in the end they both have different outcomes. The story “Where are you going where have you been” takes place on a tour of 1960’s suburbia, from the perspective of a teenage girl. The teenage girl introduces herself as Connie....
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...case. The report then breaks down P.l. 109-3, "For the help of the folks of Theresa Marie Schiavo." The government courts might focus once more any case of an infringement of any right of Theresa Marie Schiavo under either the Constitution or the laws of the United States, as it identifies with the withholding or withdrawal of nourishment, liquids, or medicinal treatment important to support her life. The folks of Theresa Schiavo looked for injunctive help under this law from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. The court denied a movement for a provisional limiting request to oblige the procurement of nourishment and hydration to Theresa Schiavo, finding that there was not a significant probability that the offended parties would win on the benefits. The United States Court of Appeals surveyed this request, and confirmed that the Congress had not changed the measures for a transitory controlling request, nor had the region court mishandled its attentiveness in denying the movement. The Supreme Court has prevented a writ from securing certiorari in regards to this choice....
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... Introduction The Civil Rights Movement reached its peak in the 1950s and 1960s. An abundance of unfair events created a desire to secure equality for all Americans. Numerous historical leaders poured their lives into fighting for the basic privileges and rights of U.S. citizenship. Many African-American men and women, along with whites, organized and led the movement to fight against injustice. The eight resources below provide information about several historical leaders that made an impact on the Civil Rights Movement. These resources may be used to create assignments to help students develop a deeper understanding of the Civil Rights Movement. Furthermore, students will benefit from meaningful classroom discussions about these heroic leaders. Important People There are numerous well-known historical figures that influenced the Civil Rights Movement leading up to the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is probably one of the most powerful leaders involved in the fight for civil rights. Coretta Scott King worked and marched alongside her husband, Dr. King and continued his fight for justice after his death. In addition, Thurgood Marshall became the first African-American judge on the Supreme Court appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson. In 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first African-American to play Major League Baseball which contributed significantly to the Civil Rights Movement. African-American...
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...country under assumed names and living in the woods. In the early 1980’s Wuornos found out that her brother died of cancer, this is when she moved to Florida and began working as a prostitute. She began getting into trouble with the law for being a prostitute and other crimes, including that illegal possession of a firearm, forgery, assault, and robbery. (Capital Punishment in Context, n.d) People that knew her would describe her as erratic and easily...
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...Gideon’s Trumpet, by: Anthony Lewis Clarence Earl Gideon was born on August 30, 1910 in Missouri. Gideon lost his father when he was three years old. His home life was non existent as he ran away from home when he finished eighth grade and started living his life as a homeless drifter. By the time that Gideon reached the age of sixteen he had an extensive list of petty crimes. At age eighteen he was arrested in Missouri and convicted of robbery, larceny and burglary. Gideon was sentenced to ten years in prison but was released in 1932 after serving three years. Gideon would spend most of the next thirty years in poverty and in and out of prison. Throughout this time he was married four times, the first three marriages ended very quickly but the last marriage in the 1950’s would last longer. Gideon and his wife settled in Panama City, Florida after having three children who would later be taken away by welfare authorities. Gideon found work as an electrician but gambled to subsidize his low income. Gideon would not go back to jail again until 1961. On June 3, 1961 four fifths of wine, twelve bottles of Coca Cola, twelve cans of beer, about five dollars from the cigarette machine and sixty dollars from the juke box were stolen from Bay Harbor Poolroom which belonged to Ira Strickland Jr. A twenty-two year old resident that lived close by, Henry Cook, told the police that he saw Gideon get into a cab after walking out of the pool hall with a bottle of wine and pockets...
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