attack Quebec under Louis de Buade 1702 - English/Dutch troops under Marlborough occupy Roermond 1714 - People riot due to beer tax in Alkmaar Neth 1737 - 40 foot waves sink 20,000 small craft & kill 300,000 (Bengal, India) 1763 - George III of Great Britain issues Proclamation of 1763, closing lands in North America north & west of Alleghenies to white settlement 1765 - Stamp Act Congress convenes in NY 1776 - Crown Prince Paul of Russia marries Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg. 1777 -
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History Notes January 17, 2013 Industrial Revolution in the USA * Growing population by the mid-1800s, the population of Europe and North America was on a rise. * The rapidly growing cities of the industrial world attracted people of different/every social class. Also the growing demand for textiles and other mass produced goods. The effects of the American Industrial Revolution ranged from positive, in the form of growing cities, individual wealth
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“A large segment of the homeless youth population is composed of LGBT youth. Those who occupy homeless youth housing facilities are at a great risk of being assaulted and otherwise harassed,” says Ernest Hunter. There are many reports of gay homeless youth attacking in shelters. In 2002, 18 year old Kelly R who was transgender and gay was brutally beaten in the showers by a group of male
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Christ. Each one of us has special, gifts talents and values given to us by God to enable us to fulfill His mission for us. It is our obligation as moral Christians and human beings to use those gifts to spread God’s message and influence others. Great books often inspire me. A captivating book can put you in someone else’s shoes and it is always interesting to ask yourself, “What would I do in that situation.” Recently, I was inspired by the epic novel, Gone with the Wind, although Scarlett O’Hara
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the historian simply states facts about the event, the novelist has the liberty to tell the reader what occurred coincidently during the event. For instance, a historian would simply state that Cyrus the Great lived with his grandfather after the age of 12. The novelist would also tell the reader what Cyrus ate, drank, thought, and felt while he was there. When retelling a historical event as fiction, the author enables the readers to feel as though they are present through the perspective of the
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songs that have helped me or I’ve always listened to are: God’s Not Dead; Temporary Home; Miles and States; Courageous; I miss you; There Will be a Day; God’s Great Dance Floor; You’ve Got a Friend in Me. Each one of these songs has impacted who I am, what I do, events in my life and decisions I’ve made. Beginning with I miss you by Miley Cyrus. The song is about her mother who died, but the deeper meaning behind it is about those who leave you or your life or die and it affects your thoughts daily
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research is Annie Leibovitz. I chose Annie due to her amazing photographs of celebrities I am familiar with from my lifetime. I think that Annie’s photographs have captured amazing sides or poses of celebrities like Michael Jackson, Angelina Jolie, Miley Cyrus and more. But before Annie was capturing these amazing talents she was just a normal teenager with an interest in photography. She was born on October 2, 1949 in Connecticut with her parents Sam and Marilyn Leibovitz. Her parents named her Anna-Lou
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In John Steinbeck’s novel East of Eden, there is a reoccurring theme of good v evil that appears in all of the characters in this novel. Steinbeck believes that the story of good v evil is the only story in this world that all people struggle with and have to come to a conclusion about. All people will be faced with the final questions; was their life good or bad? Will people remember them as a good person or a bad person? Will their legacy live on or die with them? This struggle is fought by every
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DANIEL- COMING KINGDOMS Then the king commanded Ashpenaz, his chief eunuch, to bring some of the people of Israel, both of the royal family and of the nobility, youths without blemish, handsome and skilful in all wisdom, endowed with knowledge, understanding learning, and competent to serve in the king's palace, and to teach them the letters and language of the Chaldeans. The king assigned them a daily portion of the rich food which the king ate, and of the wine which he drank. They were to be
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Name: Robert Chiappardi Summary of the books of the Old Testament Books Exodus The genre of the book of Exodus is both historically narrative and Of The Law. Themes of this book include God’s people being delivered from bondage, the demonstration of God’s presence, and the establishment of the nation of Israel through God’s intervention throuhout the book’s historical records. Some of the events that unfolded in this work are: Moses’ revelation and witness of the living God (burning bush),
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