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Trail Of Tears And The Five Civilized Tribes
1,042 wordsTrial 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
1,071 wordsThe 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
642 wordsThe 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
921 wordsIn 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
1,314 wordsTo: , 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
1,159 wordsMohandas 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
719 wordsEarly 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
411 wordsThe 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
1,060 wordsThe 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
1,183 wordsTwo 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
1,871 wordsIn 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
1,117 wordsLeadership 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 wordsThis 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
1,115 wordsMoizSalaam 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
1,876 wordsKalpesh 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
1,205 wordsThich 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
552 wordsMontserrat 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
565 wordsNew 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
1,587 words? 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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