These children did not always go peacefully to the new life of an indentured servant or apprentice. Children were lured to go aboard a ship and the results had to be heartbreaking to say the least. ... Within the Quaker society, children were treated as valuable members of the family. When children were placed in other families, they were cared for as members of that family. ... While the group was isolated in the Delaware River Valley, they had considerable influence in the government of Pennsylvania from 1681 to the 1750s. ...

• Word Count: 2129
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Meaning that if they could live their days being worry free like children and everything he is offering could be true and real, she would be happy to be his one and only. ... To the promises of living in a beautiful, serene and peaceful environment she emphasizes that time will drive the flocks away, winter will soon settle in and turn the quietly meandering river into a raging monster. ... "coral clasps"[Marlowe 18] and "river's rage" [Raleigh 6]) that it is quite easy for the reader to form a mental picture of what the speaker is trying to say. ...

• Word Count: 1449
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

This group began as a common language in the Elbe river region about 3,000 years ago. ... Celtic words that that also survived were mainly those that names places and rivers, Devon, Kent, Trent, Avon, Thames. ... Only a very few words retained their Germanic plurals (men, oxen, teeth, children). ...

• Word Count: 2103
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

After the Revolution of 1688, in which the final overthrow of James II took place at the Boyne River, the English feared Ireland asa source of danger to the post-revolutionary arrangements in England. ... Catholic teachers were to teach, and Catholic parents were to send children overseas to be educated in Catholic Schools. ...

• Word Count: 1538
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School