This book forces us to face the dark side of our American history and how far the colonials went to fulfill their Christian manifest destiny. ... Since there are two sides to every story, Brown clearly shows us one we rarely see. ... He spends all of his time making alliances with the other tribes and in 1675 attacks 52 settlements, destroying 12 of them, but being destroyed in the process. ... In 1865 the settlers tried to invade Roman Nose of the Cheyenne, in the Powder River Invasion. ... Along with these attacks there were other villages attacked the same way. ...

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They also wanted navigation rights on the Mississippi River and permanent ownership of Fort Niagara and Sackets Harbor, along with several other things. ... The Treaty had both sides agree to disagree and resolve their problems at a later time. ... These three events prove that nether side could consider themselves victorious in the War of 1812. ...

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They conceded to the United States all lands east of the Mississippi River. ... The treaty returned US-British relations to the status they had had before the war: neither side gained or lost territory. ... Between these dates a final battle was fought on January 8, when a British army landed at the mouth of the Mississippi River and was defeated near New Orleans by forces under Andrew Jackson. ... This war gain America the respect of other nation, for now they realize that America is becoming stronger and stronger everyday and can withstand against anything that comes their way. ...

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grendel works in nihilism United We Stand in Optimism For so many years, tragedies and other major events have torn America. ... Our tears flow like rivers as we watch Americans die because of events such as terrorism. ... We feel a need to help others because they are Americans, not because of how they got to be. ... We know the Lord is always by our side, and we take larger steps to a positive future. ...

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The Treaty of Paris entitled America to large new land masses as well as rivers and fresh water lakes. ... Unfortunately, the Treaty of Paris, the Articles of Confederation nor the Declaration of Independence offered the same opportunities to the nation's other residents. Native Americans, many of whom sided with the British in hopes of stopping colonial expansion onto native land, had large tribal territories relinquished to the newly formed United States after the war. ... But as responsible citizens of this great nation, we must never overlook the injustices served upon other races and...

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Launched at the River Clyde in June 16, 1906, RMS Lusitania was a grand ship and the first of the two sister ships to be launched. ... Second-class accommodations on Lusitania compared favourably with first-class staterooms on many other ships. ... He was told to with or without warning, sink enemy ships and any other vessels whose appearance or behaviour suggested that they might be disguised enemy vessels. ... She rolled rapidly onto her starboard side and sank by the head. ... Although the coal had been used up, the room was filled with coal dust the coal dust ignited, causing a second...

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Reno, many other individuals in high power places also believe that the ever increasing amount of violence in syndication has its effects upon what young people will do. ... Simply put, media violence does cause people "young, old, or otherwise "to commit violent acts, but only as much as other activities, but never any more often than a case of "road rage- or some other case inciting anger. ... On the contrary, books and other forms of written literate have displayed the same amount of violence long before any televised violence came about. ... Even then, the atrocities presented i...

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In upstate New York, a man made river is cutting through the wilderness. ... On the other hand, it was called Clinton's big ditch, but it will change New York forever. ... If you are a free slave they still can sell you to who ever want to buy you weather they lived up or down the river. ... Brown had his five sons fighting by his side. ... On the other hand, the North was one hundred percent behind Lincoln to get rid of slavery. ...

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Cooper can envelop this situation convincingly because it is history extending into his own lifetime: during the 1820's and 1830's the United States policy of Removal was continually shifting the Indians to areas west of the Mississippi River. ... The novel, never meant to be realistic in any strict sense, is of course filled out with an excess of other customs and motifs. ... It is the intention of universal brotherhood, of loving acceptance of others with their individual "gifts". ... Cora and Uncas are buried side by side, and all the white characters except Hawkeye leave....

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In the years to follow other settlements were also formed. ... These germs caused many epidemics that nearly wiped out whole tribes and severely depleted others. ... (Brinkley, p. 43) However, as the English and others settled America conflicts continued to arise. ... Nearly all of the North American tribes sided and fought with the French against the English. ... In the War of 1812, the Native Americans took sides with the British again. ...

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The emergence of a new enemy overseas took attention off of some groups and focused negative actions on others. ... At the time he attended the Phoenix Indian School with others from his reservation. His tribe, the Pima Indian tribe, lived on a reservation located south of Phoenix on the Gila River. ... They were measured below all other minorities for the first time in American history. ... As time past, the one thing that separated the arguing sides was race. ...

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In time, other plantation crops such as cotton, sugar cane, indigo, and sugar beets were to thrive in the South. ... Five other states - Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana - followed in January 1861. ... Virginia had long been undecided about which side to join. ... We had been repulsed at Fredericksburg and at Vicksburg, and at tremendous cost had fought the battle of Stone River. ...

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The diverse sources of history include books, newspapers, printed documents, personal papers, and other archival records, artifacts, and oral accounts. ... The other was the chronicle, ranging from the crude and simple annals of local monasteries to more orderly and organized accounts such as those of Saxo Grammaticus, Otto of Freising, Roger of Wendover, and Matthew of Paris. ... Both the Reformation and the Catholic Reformation furthered historical scholarship, as both sides used the past to support their religious views. ... Other philosophical views were reflected in general theories, some...

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