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Trail Of Tears And The Five Civilized Tribes
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Trial of Tears and the Five Civilized Tribes
During the early years of 1800 s, valuable gold
deposits were discovered in tribal lands, which by
previous cessions had been reduced to about seven
million acres in northwest Georgia, eastern
Tennessee, and southwest North Carolina. In 1819
Georgia appealed to the U. S. government to remove
the Cherokee from Georgia lands. When the appeal
failed, attempts were made to purchase the
territory. Meanwhile, in 1820 the Cherokee
established a governmental ...
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Viet Cong Tet Offensive
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The greatest tragedy is war, but so long as there
is mankind, there will be war. -Join The Art of
War On March 16, 1968, Charlie Company of the
American Division moved into the hamlet of My Lai
and committed one of the most brutal atrocities in
the Vietnam War and American history. However much
their actions resulted from inherent stresses of
the war, their brutal targeting of noncombatants
was said to be an exceptional deviation from
orders. Some 500 civilians were killed and it was
not until a...
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Corn Rice And Potatoes Rice And Potatoes Creek
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The name "Creek" came from the shortening of
Ocheese Creek Indians a name given by the English
to the native people living along the Ocheese
Creek. In time, the name was given to all groups
of the Native American Confederacy. All tribes
living in Georgia were known to be good hunters
and farmers so food was usually not a problem
within the tribes. Foods ranging from coastal
varieties to fruits and berries. Farmers were
noted to be very good at their job. Corn, rice,
and potatoes were few of the ...
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Europe In The Eleventh Surnames Originated Names
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In today's society we all want to know who we are
and where are names originated from. Our names are
what give us our style and individuality. Our
ancestors came from all over the world all having
names that are a true mystery to us. Surnames or
better known as last names are a very interesting
topic, they are like our first names but give us
identity through our family. Looking back into
history our names have changed drastically keeping
some from knowing what their surnames really
originated. ...
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Ebola Zaire Ebola Virus
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To: , AtCrossADH, EMOSSELL Imagine, if you will,
you have just gotten back from a great vacation!
You got to see all the African hot spots, and
Zaire was your favorite! The people were so nice!
They let you taste their food, hunt their land,
even get a body ready for burial. Considered a
very high honor for an outsider! You are home now
and have a slight headache but after a great
vacation like that who care? You take a few
aspirins, get your film developed, pick up a few
thing from the super ma...
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South Africa Great Success
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, known as the Mahatma,
a Divine Soul, emerged as the leader of the Indian
National Congress. He was like a powerful current
of fresh air that made the Indian people stretch
themselves and take deep breaths; like a beam of
light that pierced the darkness and removed the
scales from their eyes; like a whirlwind that
upset many things, but most of all the working of
people's minds. # Gandhi was born in 1869, and was
assassinated in January 1948 while praying by the
fanati...
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Irrigation Systems Human Community
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Early humans were called nomads (World
Civilizations volume 1), they once roamed the
earth for food and shelter, but one day they
slowly started to stop and thats when
civilizations developed. The first city or
villages was very simple, small. Most of these
cultures started in river valleys. The nomads quit
roaming the earth and started to settle down
because the game was always scarce after a while
and there was hunger and sickness. If a person was
to break a bone or to become ill it was likely...
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Great Wall Of China
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The Great Wall of China was first built two
thousand years ago by the first emperor of China,
Shi Huangdi. It is the only manmade structure able
to be seen in space, because of this the Wall has
been named one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
The Great Wall was built to drive out the
barbarians (xiongnu), who regularly raided the
Chinese farming villages. Shi Huangdi gave Meng
Tien the command of three hundred thousand men to
drive out the barbarians. Meng Tien took the men
to the south of the...
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000 Square Miles Acid Rain
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The Adirondacks are a group of mountains
surrounded by many lakes and rivers, that cover
over 5, 000 square miles in the northeastern part
of New York. There are a lot of large tourist
villages on every lake. Motor boating and other
water activities take place on almost every lake
in the area. It is a vacation paradise for
thousands. But, industrial emissions from Canada
and the Ohio river valley always drift to this
area and cause acid rain. This silent killer is
destroying these beautiful lake...
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Nuclear Holocaust Surrounding Areas
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Two very good stories are The Chrysalids by John
Wyndham and By The Waters Of Babylon by Stephen
Vincent Benet. Both these stories are sci-fi and
depict what human civilizations will be like after
a nuclear holocaust. The result of the holocaust
has altered the Hill People and Waknuk peoples
morals and religious beliefs. The main difference
between the stories is one is viewing the future
as positive the other is portraying the future
negatively. The Chrysalids was a better story. It
portrayed w...
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Christopher Columbus Queen Isabella
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In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue. Thats the
one date everyone remembers, the date in virtually
every school childs history textbook. But, they
leave out pretty much everything about Columbus
and his exploration of the New World. Its the part
many people have yet to learn about. For years,
Columbus has been presented to us as a hero. In
1934, President Roosevelt even gave Columbus his
own holiday. To this day, we celebrate his
discovery of America. What is found in history
textbooks now, ha...
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Quot Decision Making
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Leadership in the Vice Lords Vice Lords? define a
Leader as a person who has followers. To a person
outside the world of the fighting clubs, this may
seem overly simplistic, but what defines one as a
Leader or Follower is self-evident only to the
Vice Lords. There are several reasons for this.
Leadership is highly contextualized- that is,
there are few contexts when an individual" s
identity as Leader emerges. Further, the same
person may assume identities of both Leader and
Follower at dif...
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Local Government Five Year
666 words
This report will Indonesia Indonesia This report
will be on the History in Brief of Indonesia, the
Government of Indonesia, the island of Java, and
the Geography of Indonesia. In early days, the
region from India to Japan, including Indonesia,
was known to the Europeans as the Indies. Chris
Columbus was looking for a westward sea root from
Europe to the Indies, when he arrived in America.
During 1600 s the Dutch political control began to
spread Indonesia. Indonesia declared its
independence in ...
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Year Old Boy Vicious Circle
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MoizSalaam Bombay Salaam Bombay! More Bhinderwala
Westford, MA Title: Salaam Bombay! Director: Mira
Nair Give a brief description of the main
characters: The main characters in this movie are
Krishna, his friend Chillum, a prostitute with her
small daughter, a pimp, street-kids and a 16 -yr
old girl. Krishna: Krishna is a twelve year old
boy, who is in search for a job so that he can
earn enough money to pay his mother in order to
return to his family. He is left behind by a
travelling circus wh...
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Hindus And Muslims Council Of Ministers
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Kalpesh P. Patel Dr. Cashel-Code Global Economics
271 February 1998 50 Years of Independence; 5000
Years of History INTRODUCTION The Republic of
India possesses tremendous contrasts and enormous
ethnic, linguistic and cultural diversity. Since
independence in 1947, the Indian civilization has
expanded in every facet from its increasing
population to its to its intertwining cultural and
social systems. There are over 1600 languages,
nearly 400 of them are spoken by more than 200,
000 people. Ethn...
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Nobel Peace Prize Martin Luther King Jr
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Thich Naht Hahn is wonderful Buddhist monk and a
great asset to the Buddhist religion. He has had
and is having an interesting life. He is known for
many things. These include he talks during the
Vietnam War for peace, organizing help for
villages, instituting schools for youths, and has
been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Martin
Luther King Jr. Thich Naht Hahn has one of the
most amazing backgrounds that lead up to the
legacy of this Nobel Peace Prize Nominee. Thich
Naht Hahn has been l...
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Volcano Began Erupting People On The Island Montserrat
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Montserrat is a volcanic island in the Caribbean.
On the southern end of the island is the Soufriere
Hills volcano. The volcano, which first erupted
about 100, 000 years ago, has been dormant for
centuries. The volcano took the islanders by
surprise when it began to erupt again in 1995.
Since then life on the island has changed greatly.
Montserrat island is located in a 50 million year
old subduction zone. This is an area where one of
the earth? s oceanic plates is forced beneath a
more buoyant ...
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Mesoamericas First Civilization Light On The Olmec Basalt
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New Light on the Olmec The Olmec were Mesoamericas
first civilization. They were located in Laguna de
los Cerros, tres Zapotes, San Lorenzo, La Venta,
and the Tuxtla Mountains, in Mexico. The purpose
of this report is to show howe Olmec lived, their
beliefs, and their spectacular art. The Olmec were
a mother culture to later civilizations. The
culture the Olmec started in Mexico's Gulf Coast
between 1200 and 1400 B. C, approximately between
the Trojan war, and the golden age of Athens,
amended a...
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Army Peter
875 words
9; In 1682, Sophia Romanov sent her palace
guards to get rid of her " heirs" and
other conflicts with her reign. Luckily, her two
brothers 16 year old Ivan, and 10 year old Peter
escaped with there step-mother. Later on, Sophia
declared that both Peter and Ivan are the czars of
Russia. In 1689, Sophia lost the mobility of her
legs. She had her guards, once again try and kill
Peter. The guards, realizing that Peter was in
communication with the Gods, didn? t touch Peter
for they fear...
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Word Of God Poisonwood Bible
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? My father, of course, was bringing the Word of
God- which fortunately weighs nothing at all. ?
(Kingsolver 19) Missionaries from all faiths have
traveled all over the world in attempts to show
other peoples their ways. Christian missionaries
in particular have struggled in their efforts to
convert indigenous people. Simply bringing the
Word of God, as Nathan Price does in The
Poisonwood Bible, was and is not possible. With a
conversion of faith comes an adoption of customs,
morals, lifestyles,...
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