It was the California dream that now enticed immigrants from all over the nation and even the world to flock to California. ... This all changed when James W. Marshall a man working for John Sutter has discovered on Sutter's land "some kind of mettle". ... In San Francisco there would be "thousands upon thousands of dollars worth of every kind rotting in the streets from the difficulty of getting storage when the rainy season first commenced." ...

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Since the very beginning, God made man with free will to choose from right or wrong. ... So why haven't citizens taken care of the obesity problem in America and have put a stop to all these fast food restaurants, who only care about money and not how much damage can be done by the food they sell? ... Americans demand fruit and vegetables when they're out of season, and that's why most of America's agriculture is genetically modified. ... If citizens were all to come together and fight for their rights, obesity in America wouldn't be a problem. ... Sugar is a common pr...

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The heart of the American character lies within the urge to discover the unknown and go to places that man has never seen before. ... Wiencek states, "The cattle drive was not invented in Texas; it was an established custom in Iberia, where herds were moved to different pastures with changing seasons.... According to Wiencek, "When Spain declared war on England in 1779, Galvez led a column north, captured British forts at Manchac and Baton Rouge, and successfully demanded the surrender of all the British forts on the Mississippi....

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The Winter Olympic games held every four years athletes train all their lives in there anticipation to get their chance to compete in these games. ... In the Snowboarding Half pipe (Men's) The USA swept the floor with all three medals Gold going to Ross powers, silver to Danny Kass and the bronze medal going to Jarret Thomas; In the Woman's Half pipe the USA's "Kelly Clark took the Gold winning by 4.9 points just above France's Doriane Vidal." ... Now Utah residents as well as visitors can enjoy all the Olympic legacy facilities each venue being a great memory to the 2002 w...

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In 1963 the Enrollment Act was made, it said that all males must get draft cards right after their 18th birthday (Surrey 13). ... In Timmy's first football game of his senior year, Timmy broke his leg and couldn't play another game for the rest of the season. After his injury all colleges lost interest in recruiting him to play football for them. ... Timmy's grandmother told him that there was no other man in his mother's life and that his mother and she will do everything in their power to keep him from going to war and losing him. ... She refuses to date or get ...

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All we can do is show them respect and hope in some way they can respect us back. ... As a whole they strike so they can get more money in a never-ending cycle that never seems to end, and for what, they make more playing one game a season than some people do in an entire year, but yet their out there crying about how unfair they"re being treated. ... What about World leaders should we respect them, George Bush leader of the US, great man that he is, can't even control his own children. ... People who had to struggle to get where they are at deserve our total respect, because everyone ...

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