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Hudson Bay Company Louis Riel
934 wordsWhen people hear the name Louis Riel, some fill up with anger, others fill up with a thankful sense of happiness, like me and my grandfather for example. Louis was Metis, this was the product of a Voyageur and Indian women having a child. The Metis were famed for their hunting and tracking abilities and were often employed individuals or groups as guides or interpreters. Their farming tradition had its roots in the Red River settlement of Manitoba. Following the massive exodus into Saskatchewan,...
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End The War British Merchants
1,187 words... n sidered the pinnacle of success for a privateer voyage. These captured vessels were the primary reason upward mobility was so possible. A captain might return to port with a total of three captured ships on one voyage. He began his adventures as an employee of the investors who furnished him with his original ship and crew. When divvying the spoils, it was not uncommon for a privateer captain to request one of the captured ships for the bulk of his compensation. He could take this ship, hi...
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Gas Chambers German Armies
1,176 words... occult. Millions of Russians, Poles, gypsies and other "subhumans" were also murdered. But Jews were the favored targets-first and foremost. It took the Nazis some time to work up to the full fury of their endeavor. In the years following 1933, the Jews were systematically deprived by law of their civil rights, of their jobs and property. Violence and brutality became a part of their everyday lives. Their places of worship were defiled, their windows smashed, their stores ransacked. Old men ...
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Prison Guards Mother Nature
845 wordsWe the teenagers, of the people, of this world submit this list of injustices and wrong doings that mother nature has laid upon us. She has put us in a horrible prison, the prison of puberty, where our sentence is all of adolescence and our punishment is to endure the hardship which causes many of the institutionalized personal to crack under the pressure. We protest against acne, a cruel and horrifying thing that occurs to some selected teenagers. This punishment is cruel and undeserving. At ti...
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Why The Electric Chair Is A Fair Punishment
415 wordsThis topic is a very controversial one. The paper you are about to read could cause intense arguments between some groups of people. All that doesnt matter to me because when you finish reading this, you will agree with me if you dont already. First off, many people consider the electric chair cruel and unusual punishment. What I dont get is that people think this even though in order to be eligible to get sentenced to the electric chair, they have to be proven guilty of killing someone. Dont yo...
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Operation Barbarossa Hitler Russian Offensive
594 wordsThe Russians Would never have joined the war if it werent for the German invasion of 1941 Operation Barbarossa. This parallels the USA intervention they only joined because the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour. Operation Barbarossa commenced on the 22 nd June, 1941. Just over 3, 000, 000 German troops invaded the USSR. Stalin doubted the country ability to perform well on the battlefield since the Finnish War, refused to counteract the Germans preparations, for fear of provoking them into war. The ...
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World War Ii Bergen Belsen
1,287 wordsOn June 12, 1929, at 7: 30 A. M. a baby girl was born in Frankfurt, Germany. No one realized that this infant, who was Jewish, was destined to become one of the worlds most famous victims of World War II. Her name was Anne Frank, and her parents were Edith Frank Holland and Otto Frank. She had one sister, Margot, who was three years older than she was. Anne led a happy and normal childhood, and on her 13 th birthday she received a diary from her parents. It became special to her as years went by...
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Madame Defarge Wine Shop
616 wordsIt is now 1789, eight years later. Life is pleasant for the Darnays. Both he and the Doctor are earning good money. Lucie and Darnay have a little girl who is also named Lucie; they also had a son who died young. Lucie constantly hears echoes of footsteps that seem to come from afar and indicate trouble. On little Lucie's sixth birthday, these echoes seem to rumble menacingly and suddenly change in sound to that of a great storm in France. Mr. Lorry comes in one night. He is a bit grumpy since t...
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Cruel And Unusual Punishment Death Penalty
620 wordsThere are many things that I dont agree with in todays society, but out of all the wrong doings that take place, I believe the death penalty is the worst of them all. I am strongly against the death penalty because it violates Gods rules, costs the tax payers too much money, prisoners could be wrongly convicted, and it is cruel and unusual punishment. The first reason why I do not support having the death penalty is that it violates religious beliefs. Many religions, such as my own, Catholicism,...
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Allegory Of The Cave Oedipus The King
737 wordsIn Sophocles play, Oedipus, the King, there are various instances where Oedipus tries to escape his destinyenlightenmentonly to discover the truth that he cannot. Similarly, in Plato's Allegory of the Cave the prisoner travails to understand and adjust to his newly visited environment. In both works, the men first had to realize their ignorance before they could begin to acquire knowledge and true understanding of the complexities of the human condition. Specifically, in Oedipus, the King, it wa...
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Political Parties Military Officers
1,220 wordsH 2 >Background: Salvador Allende Gossens was elected the first Marxist president of Chile in 1970. He governed Chile from 1970 until 1973, the year of his death. The Allende government was not very successful. It approved sharp increases in the minimum wage whilst attempting to prevent price increases in consumer goods, in an effort to end Chiles economic slump. This resulted in disaster for the country, as inflation soared, strikes became common and opposition towards the Allende gover...
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Microsoft R Encarta R Encyclopedia Encarta R Encyclopedia Assyrians
999 wordsYou stand on a hill that separates time and distance from two highly advanced yet highly different civilizations. These civilizations are the Assyrians an the Persians. These people are uniquely different in their political systems, their ways of conquering and their religious beliefs. However, these differences are clear from where you stand. A closer look however; will reveal extraordinary feats and marvelous of each of the two civilizations. As you watch you wait, you wait for the clash of th...
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League Of Nations Britain And France
1,127 wordsThe League of Nations was an organisation designed to maintain peace throughout the World. It was created during the Paris Peace Conference. The League of Nations was the idea of Woodrow Wilson, the president of the USA. The Leagues main aims were to bring together all nations in a parliament to discuss and settle disputes, to protect the independence of countries and safeguard their borders, to improve peoples living and working conditions, and to make war obsolete by persuading nations to disa...
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British Prime Minister Republic Of Ireland
1,051 wordsThe only way to beat the British Monarch is to refuse its existence and believe that the Irish Republic is real and alive. Now, if I die, who will take my place? These powerful words were said by an Irish martyr, Michael Collins, whos unyielding determination as a Nationalist and a Catholic served as inspiration to continue in the struggle that the province of Northern Ireland is still engaged in today. But, from where did this all originate, what steps have been taken towards peace and why is N...
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Capital Punishment Is A Just Action
1,393 wordsA strong case can be made in principle for and against capital punishment. The argument in favor of capital punishment should be based on justice and the nature of a moral community; this is the definition of a just action. People who commit the act of first-degree murder should be brought to justice. Being brought to justice requires that each person respect the life and liberty of others. Respecting the life and liberty of others means that we as United Sates citizens have freedom of thought a...
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Native American Heritage Of The Navajo Clan
1,009 words... e tired and left his cane leaning against the canyon wall and stood beside it. When the People saw his cane and him standing there next to it, it looked as if he was standing against a house, with the canyon wall in the background. So they called him Towering House clan. Because he was unable to find water, he was given a different clan name. The journey commenced once again and the People stopped for something to drink. This time the fourth person began to dig for water. This person dug in ...
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Temporary Insanity Insanity Defense
1,073 wordsWhatever happened to the old axiom "Don't do the crime if you can't do the time"? The reality, of course, is that it seems to be getting more and more difficult to put criminals behind bars. This leads directly to a growing disregard and disrespect for the law. This should hardly be a surprise. Why think twice about committing a crime if you have little reason to fear the consequences? Today's "prisoner" seems to have little to fear. Many find themselves better off behind bars than they were on ...
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Made Themselves Ready House Of Seven
1,350 wordsAmerican Literature reflects life, and the struggles that we face during our existence. The great authors of our time incorporate life's problems into their literature directly and indirectly. The stories themselves bluntly tell us a story, however, an author also uses symbols to relay to us his message in a more subtle manner. In Nathaniel Hawthorne's book The House of Seven Gable's symbolism is eloquently used to enhance the story being told, by giving us a deeper insight into the author's int...
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Man Who Kills Death Penalty
969 wordsBloodthirsty America On June 7, 1998, James Byrd was decapitated when he was chained behind a pick-up and dragged down a country road, three men are being held without bail on charges of capital murder. James Byrd was a black man, and the three men accused of his death are white; thus, the murder is believed to be a hate crime. These three men, for no other reason than the color of his skin, took the life of this man; who was somebody's son, somebody's husband, and somebody's daddy. Now, I propo...
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Webster Husband
1,637 wordsAmy Czech Professor Lebanon-Rostovsky English 30 March 3, 2000 The Shrew? s Illusion HORTENSIO: Now go thy ways, thou hast tam? d a course show. LUCENTIO: ? Tis a wonder, by your leave, she will be tam? d so. Indeed, Hortentio? s assurance in the taming of the? course show? Katerina seems a wonder to all the audience in the final scene of? The Taming of the Shrew. ? After hurling furniture, pitching fits and assaulting her sister, Katerina delivers a speech that lauds obedience and censures roug...
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