rich in sugar and rum, over Canada. * European valued beaver-pelt hats for their warmth and opulent appearance. French looked in North America in pursuit of beaver. * The French trappers and their Indian partners trekked across the Great Lakes, Platte, Arkansas, and Missouri, west to the
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Jason Nickell Ecology Powerpoint Project The Flint Water Crisis The Flint water crisis is a drinking water contamination issue in Flint, Michigan that started in April 2014. After Flint changed its water source from treated Detroit Water and Sewerage Department water to the Flint River, its drinking water had a series of problems with lead contamination, creating a serious public health danger. One rumor is said that the reason for the change in water source was because that in mid-2014 the
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Storming Juno Video Response June 6th 1944, known as D-Day was “the biggest allied invasion in the war”1 and left over 1000 Canadian soldiers either dead or injured. The allied countries each had an assigned beach in France in the invasion. Canada was given the codenamed Juno beach; they successfully defeated the German defenses and moved their way inland 9 kilometres by the end of the day despite so many casualties. This day, D-Day was the point in the war in which the allies took control
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Jordan Rodriguez Rough Draft Profile Essay GSW 1100 15 September 2015 A Day in the Life Around noon on a hot summer day I yawned my way out of my comfy bed. I slowly walked down the stairs, watched cartoons while eating cocoa puffs. Later, my sisters and I went outside to play four square with the neighbors. After they beat me several times, I ran down the street with embarrassment. While running down the scorching hot pavement, I saw my friend Jacob playing whiffle ball outside
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In the mid-eighteenth century, Europe strived to be a global power. They had a joint-stock company called the East India Company, which allowed for financial success of Europe in the early 1600s, which was used for the spice trade in Asia and India. Furthermore, Europe dealt with Seven Years’ War in the mid-1800s where political and commercial conflict took place with Europe, Prussia, India, and the Caribbean versus Asia, America, France, Austria, and Russia, originally due to Austria’s wanting to
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ports The Detroit River is a 24-mile long river and one of the busiest rivers in the world and receives freighters from more than 100 world ports (Detroitmi.gov, 2014). This is a long-term asset the city of Detroit has since it connects Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, St. Lawrence Seaway and Erie Canal. During the first half of the 20th century during Detroit’s rapid industrialization, the river became polluted but in recent days much effort has been put to restore and conserve the river. According to
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mainly guns and furs, which allowed the Ojibwe to dominate their enemies easily in Southeastern Quebec and Ontario. (Hedican, 2013, p. 23-24). By the late 18th century, the Ojibwe controlled the territory surrounding the western half of the Great Lakes. However, new expansion of territory led the Europeans to propose a series of Peace and Friendship Treaties to establish the groundwork of resource sharing and cooperation between the two parties. The Peace and Friendship Treaties are where the first
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Geographical Terms Canadian Shield加拿大地盾 Mount Logan洛根峰——the highest peak in Canada the Mackenzie River马更些河——the longest river in Canada Saint Lawrence River圣劳伦斯河——the most important river in North America ❖ The Great Lakes 苏必利尔湖（Lake Superior） 休伦湖（Lake Huron） 密歇根湖（Lake Michigan） 伊利湖（Lake Erie） 安大略湖（Lake Ontario） ❖ 主要城市（Major Cities） 渥太华（Ottawa）：加拿大首都以及政治文化中心。 多伦多（Toronto）：加拿大最大的城市。别称“猪之城” 蒙特利尔（Montreal）：加拿大第二大城市。 温哥华（Vancouver）：加拿大第三大城市。 History |Countries |Time |Main Figures
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water rights and the desolation of their sacred sites. These groups formed cultural programs that taught their language and honored their beliefs. Indian groups such as the Navajo and Hopi protested strip mining, Taos Pueblo aimed to reclaim the Blue Lake sacred site, and Puyallup led “fish-ins” to regain the right to fish in the Columbia River and Puget Sound.* The American Indian Movement (AIM), the most militant group, founded in 1968 by Chippewas, Sioux, and Ojibwa attempted to end the police brutality
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Articles The 3 articles in English are a, an and the. The learner has to decide noun-by-noun which one of the articles to use*. In fact, there are 4 choices to make, because sometimes no article is necessary. Native-speakers, of course, use the articles correctly without thinking. English learners, on the other hand, need to have some guidelines for making the right choice - particularly those learners whose own language does not have articles, such as Japanese or Korean. The guidelines that follow
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