people escaping. It was made in 1909. One of the most famous prisoners there was Al Capone. After long years it went out of business, and now it is a tourist place. Alcatraz was the most secure prison in America. It was made in 1909 on an island about a mile and a half off the coast of San Francisco. It was made because the prohibition law caused a crime spree. They made it also because san francisco had a lot of illegal bars that were made. They were in the downstairs of some random places
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Riders, by a New York Times bestselling author, Veronica Rossi is a fictional novel written about a young man in the military who becomes one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. Rossi was born in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil in 1973. Rossi lived in several different countries including Mexico and Venezuela until she finally settled in the United States. Rossi attended the University of California; additionally, she completed her undergraduate degree, and her first novel Under the Never Sky. Rossi
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native americans. In the section it says things like how the colonists and the natives didn't get along. It also says things about the bodies of people that were found there and also the other things that were found there like the ring from Croatan Island or the lead bullets. This is an appropriate answer because in the section it says “They found remnants of one dead body, killed by tomahawk and scalp wounds.” That explains how there ones a dead body which means there must of been more or had
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men”. The crew reach the island but, there is tension between groups. The men fight each other
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The characters of Maximum Ride: School’s Out Forever, learn three lessons; how to use their abilities to their advantage, trying to be normal is not always the best choice, and don’t let love cover their best judgment. Max, the main character and leader of the “flock,” a group of 5 other teenage avian-human hybrids, struggles the most with these concepts. From escaping and running from their enemies the Erasers, the flock have come to a safe place where Erasers have not wanted to banter them but
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Englishman John Rolfe boarded the Sea Venture, en route to colonial Virginia, where he stepped foot into history. Of the 500 prospective settlers, only 150 safely reached shore after the fleet was scattered due to a massive hurricane. While stranded on the island of Bermuda for a grueling 10 months, Rolfe’s first wife and child passed away, never making it to colonial soil. In the spring of 1610, the remaining survivors managed to fashion two small ships, the Patience and Deliverance out of the wreckage. After
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In Lord of the Flies, author William Golding uses figurative language at the end of chapter nine to illustrate that the goodness and peacefulness Simon once brought to the island full of chaos and savage boys, has now vanished and washed into the sea along with his dead body. No matter Simon’s beauty, he can’t turn the boys to good. Simon, after passing out from dehydration and experiencing vivid hallucinations, stirs awake, only to realize he’s been out in his serene hideout for quite awhile. He
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1607 May 14, 104 colonist disembark at Jamestown Island in Virginia by 1608 only 40 remain and even with 460 more colonists sent in the next 3 years only 90 end up surviving till 1610. Jamestown was founded on May,14 when the colonists arrived which is now a popular tourist spot. When the 104 colonists arrived it was already looking bad for them, there was not much fresh water, they knew they could be attacked by conquistadors from Spain and there were the Native Americans to worry about. Even with
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Many factors lead to the failure of establishing Roanoke Island as the first English colony in North America. The lost colonists at Roanoke Island must have felt betrayed by Sir Walter Ralegh and England both as they were left unaided for years. The colonist, while fighting off the ever present fear of attacks from Native Americans and The Spanish, also would have had to learn to survive on their own as supplies ran out and hope fading. The book A Kingdom Strange written by James Horn gives a very
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they knew was they smelled something of a beautiful garden and they wanted to explore it. The time of their finding of the island was in late summer,perfect for the fruits and vegetables to be producing their produce. Barlowe was on a expedition to find a perfect location for a colony sent by Sir Walter Raleigh. Roanoke seemed to be a perfect place for this, seeing that the Island was protected by the Atlantic ocean. Barlowe also said that "the most plentiful,
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