These hardships stemmed from new religious values brought on by the "First Great Awakening." ... He disbanded Parliament from 1629 to 1640 and levied taxes by decree".3 This quotes shows the political turmoil that England was in during this time period. ... Another important idea that the English Civil war created for early Americans was the sense of isolationism. ... This quote explains the new way of leadership after the restoration of Charles II. ... It educated the Native Americans, preventing colonists from settling the West. ...

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(P.274) This quote shows how Rip Van Winkle interacted with the children of the village, and it tells the reader what the American children in the early 1800s enjoyed playing. ... (P.382) Ironically, the American Independence, one of the most important historical events of America did not affect Rip that much. ... After Rip came back from the long sleep his wife had died and he was unchained from her control. This corresponds to how America won its freedom from Great Britain's oppression while Rip was in his long sleep. ... (P.282) Therefore, his awakening to a new world suggest...

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• Grade Level: High School

Racial Issues: From the Origins of Blacks to Slavery 1. ... From Christianity to Black Religion 4. ... Then another interpretation taken from the Bible states that Noah was drunken from wine and lay naked in a tent and Ham was the first to see this and did not cover his father. ... The idea of Ham's succeeding generations being cursed is an important factor because it gives an explanation of the African race. ... When Noah cursed Ham, he cursed his posterity as we see stated above from the book of Genesis. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Then ... the inevitable shocked us and woke us up from our daydream, to bring us face to face, with our reality nightmare. ... For example, World War II was thought of as the war "over there", "over seas", but the events that occurred on December 7,1941 at Pearl Harbor, noting at that point could compare to the awakening and the realization that America could be struck and struck hard. ... To include to this comfortablism our civil rights to protect us from anyone and everyone including our own government. ... , as quoted so eloquently by Professor Hoffman. ... The United States foreign inte...

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• Grade Level: High School