Johns River, failed. ... The first English settlement, Jamestown, was founded in1607, although John Cabot had sailed to Newfoundland as early as 1497. ... The colony, named James Town in honor of King James, nearly failed, but was saved by Native Americans who offered aid in the form of food and by the leadership of John Smith. A law of "He that will not work shall not eat" was imposed by Smith, and boundaries were set up with the Native Americans. ...

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John Adams added that "all men are born with equal powers and faculties, to equal influence in society, to equal property and advantages through life " (The New American, 2013).These words were expressed by one of the creators of the society, which was supposed to become one of the most democratic and freest countries in the world. ... However, the main reason that income inequality starts can be traced back to Adam Smith and the division of labor. ... Adam Smith called this system, "laissez-faire " which means leave alone and let the system regulate itself. ... Smith's suggested that fre...

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It would be a century later before England would approve the formation of the colony Jamestown, where John Smith would become a prominent figure. After the death of the original president of Jamestown, John Smith took over in 1608. Smith's main goal was to make survival among the settlers the main priority rather than finding gold. ... John Smith wrote A Description of New England in order to try and promote colonization of this new territory. ... Smith, John. ...

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A young sailor by the name of John Smith; befriends the daughter of the local Indian chief and gains the respect of the local Indian tribe. ... The Native Americans saw this as an act of war and it brought about further conflict between Indians and English settlers especially for John Smith.. ...

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For an example, on document A John Winthrop says that his goal was to create a Christian utopia for everyone to look up to, "a city upon a hill" At that time religion was a large part of the government. ... For an example, In document F, John Smith explains the beliefs of the Chesapeake colonist by saying, "Those of us that had money, spare clothes, credit to give bills of payment, gold rings, fur, or any such commodities, were ever welcome to purchase supplies, the rest of us patiently obeyed our vile commanders and bought our provisions at fifteen times the value". ...

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In addition, a scandal between a man known as John Smith and a chief's daughter named Pocahontas brewed within the two different cultures. The Native Americans intention was to kill John Smith once captured. However the plans were alter when the young and impressionable Pocahontas laid her body onto Smith's to save him. ...

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John Smith and company had come to stay. ... The leader in this colony was John Smith. ... Boston was founded by John Winthrop in 1630, also for religious freedom. New Hampshire's settlement town was Portsmouth It was founded in 1630 by John Mason. ...

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John Whitmire of Houston returned home Tuesday sparking a new wave of controversy. ... Carol Smith, 37-year-old Houston native and Democrat said, "I find this situation to be a very sad time for the Democratic Party. ...

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John Smith was another explorer sent by the Queen of England to travel to America in search of all the riches he could find. ... He met a man named John C. ... In 1870 John Muir was on an expedition in California's Sierra Nevada. ...

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., Smith and Wesson made its own changes. ... These changes prompted cities and states to drop Smith and Wesson from the list of lawsuits they had filed. ... The gun that killed my friend Ryan belonged to his friend John's father. ... The gun was in a safe, however young John knew the combination to it. ...

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Transportation Over Time Transportation has changed immensely since the days of John Smith, Nathaniel Bacon, and other early American settlers. Walking was a primary means of transport for the early citizens, as well as horse drawn carriages. By the 1800's, steamboats made an emergence, and cana...

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Who settled in America and why? The first settlers of America came from many different areas of the world and each one had their own specific reasons for why they were coming and what they would encounter. As a country growing older, America and her people have access to many of the original doc...

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The United Nations which consisted of France, Great Britain, United States and U.S.S.R came together August 8,1945(Smith) in London. ... (Austin) September 12, 1945, President Harry Truman of the United States selected Francis Biddle and Judge John Parker as Senior and alternate American Tribunal members. ...

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The people who settled in the New England Colonies were the Separatist Puritans called Pilgrims. They came over in 1620 and landed at Plymouth. Their ship was called The Mayflower. They settled in what is now Massachusetts.The Puritans came in the seventeenth century and wanted to gain religous free...

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The very first and main reason we entered the war in Korea was because John Foster Dulles, the future Secretary of State under Dwight Eisenhower, said that it would be best if we entered the war. ... Almost the minute the United States found out from Ambassador John J. ... The minute General Dean heard this he notified Lieutenant Colonel Charles Brad Smith and had him call in the Task Force. ...

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Phillis Wheatley was a slave child of seven or eight and sold to John and Susanna Wheatley in Boston on July 11, 1761. ... Smith, became a Mormon convert in 1847, Mason and her three daughters joined his family on a 2,000-mile trek to the Utah Territory during which Mason was responsible for herding the cattle, preparing the meals and serving as midwife. Four years later, Smith moved his household to San Bernardino County, Calif., where Brigham Young was starting a Mormon community. ...

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First Election (1800)- Aaron Burr (Democratic-Republican), John Adams (Federalist), Charles C. Pinckney (Federalist), John Jay (Federalist) B. ... Jefferson's cabinet included Aaron Burr (1801) and George Clinton (1805-1809) as Vice president, James Madison as Secretary of State (1801-1809), Secretary of the Treasury Samuel Dexter (1801) and Albert Gallatin (1801-1809), Secretary of War Henry Dearborn (1801-1809), and Secretary of Navy Robert Smith(1801-1809). ... Robert Smith also had a significant influence. ...

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"1989 Centers for Disease Control study estimated the lifetime economic cost of firearms violence for 1985 at $ 14.4 billion, raking in third in economic toll for all injury categories"(Smith 24). ... "John R. ...

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(John Tateishi pg. xiv) There were no grounds for evicting the Japanese Americans so west coast politicians and pressure groups turned to racial attacks that questioned the loyalty of the entire Japanese community. ... California State Attorney General Earl Warren stated " To believe the absence of sabotage by the Japanese population was proof of loyalty was simply to live in a fools paradise "(John Tateishi pg. xv). ... Personally I hate the Japanese and that goes for all of them "(John Tateishi pg. xvi). ... Since when are Cotton Ed Smith and Senator Bilbo and the Democratic Party of Frankli...

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Smith grew up in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge where his family lived in a tenement house on the Lower East Side. ... John Fitzgerald Kennedy, or JFK, was elected in 1960 as the 35th president. ...

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Department of Education has accredited more than twenty acupuncture schools and more than thirty medical schools now offer courses in acupuncture (Lombardo; Smith). ... "I'm a healthy skeptic," says Johns Hopkins psychiatrist Mary McCaul (Apostolides). ...

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The National Child Abuse Coalition was formed in 1979 to pressure the congress to pass and implement laws.4 The Sexual Assault Resource Center reports that one in three girls and one in five boys will be sexually assaulted by the time they are 16 years old [John N. ... Lamar Smith, a Texas Republican." ...

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Pamphleteers North and South rarely mentioned the tariff, and when some did, for instance, Matthew Fontaine Maury and John Lothrop Motley, they were writing for a foreign audience. ... The fourth theory was advocated by Mississippi Senator Jefferson Davis, one of state sovereignty, also known as the "Calhoun doctrine," named after the South Carolinian political theorist and statesman John C. ...

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" ~Thomas Jefferson Almost immediately after a 22 year old gunman (Jared Lee Loughner) allegedly shot 20 people outside a Tucson grocery store (killing six) including a federal judge (John Roll) and critically wounding an Arizonian representative (Gabrielle Giffords) many Democrats in Congress began discussing the possibility of additional gun legislation. ... It's quicker to pull your Smith and Wesson than to dial 911 if you're being robbed" (Arizona, 2011). ...

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