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    17th century England colonized most of America. The Chesapeake and New England areas are the most known regions of this time. The Chesapeake region concluded of Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, though this region is named after the Chesapeake Bay. Virginia at this time was controlled by the crown. Both colonies were both settled by English immigrants, settling in areas for many different reasons. The Chesapeake society was big in the tobacco industry, and Tobacco is a labor-intensive crop.

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    After waiting over 100 years before England joined the race for colonization, in 1607 England has finally established a permanent colony in Jamestown. Years later, in 1620, supposedly trying to land in Virginia, the Puritans accidentally landed in Plymouth Massachusetts. Therefore, while New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled and ruled by the English, by the 1700s they had evolved into two very separate distinct societies due to the differences in colonization, settlers, and economic

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    terrible. The Padma, the meghna, the jamuna and the karnaphuli are the principal rivers of Bangladesh. Besides there's, there are other small rivers of no less importance. All three rivers flowing through different districts of Bangladesh fall into the Bay of Bengal. In the rainy season these rivers swell to the brim and sometimes overflow their banks and inundate the adjoining fields. They then look like the vast sheet of water all around. Bangladesh is an agricultural country. Her river makes her soil

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    isn’t much, just a couple hundred houses nestled high up on the hillside, and a sandy spit, jutting five miles into the sea. Across the bay from Homer lies Kachemak Bay State Park, 400,000 acres of rugged mountains and flowing ice fields. The place where we stayed rested on the outskirts, right on the ocean. We had plans for all but one of the days we spent across the bay. When the day arrived, most of my family prepared

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    affected my life the most is my childhood town and my home in Mobile, Alabama. I grew up in a beige, two story house that sits on a long yard backed up to Dog River. My house is about ten minutes outside of downtown Mobile, AL and is very close to Mobile Bay. Spending time near the water and growing up in the area that I did greatly influenced the way that I think about things and the way that I live my life. My family has lived in them same area for generations and not many have moved away. In Jamaica

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    Americas after watching other European nations do the same. The first few English settlements in the Americas were founded in two general regions now known as the Chesapeake Bay, and New England. Although the colonists from these two regions came from the same place, they soon began to distinguish themselves as the Chesapeake Bay colonies and the New England colonies. There were distinct differences between the two areas which had to do with many factors, including reason for settlement, climate, and

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    think that I would be a good fit for UW-Green Bay because of what Green Bay has to offer. I got the opportunity to visit Green Bay on two occasions, once with my cousin Michaela Haas, who has graduated from Green Bay, and once during your Music and Art Open House on March 2 earlier this year. After visiting Green Bay, I knew that I would fit in because of how open of a campus it is. I have witnessed the overwhelmingly expansive music program which Green Bay has to offer and I feel as if this is a place

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    Our world has love, hate, passion, anger and fear. All our emotions change the way we act and how other people act, negatively or positively. In the book, The Giver, written by Lois Lowery, a perfect world is created where there are no emotions nor color. Could you give up emotions for a perfect society? The Giver makes readers ask the question what the perfect society is, providing symbolism, like a sled, color and an important character, Gabriel. The first memory the Giver transfers to Jonas,

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    Appalachians The Appalachian Mountains region is roughly 360,000 km squared, taking up about 3.6 percent of Canada's land surface. This region locates itself on the islands of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and a bit of Quebec, with Moncton and Halifax as some of its major cities.The rocks, most of which are mostly sedimentary, were changed drastically when Europe and North America collided, causing its geography to be uneven, with many jagged peaks. Forestry, agriculture

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    All About Port Blair – The Perfect Holiday Destination Port Blair is the capital city of the beautiful Andaman and Nicobar islands, located on the Bay of Bengal. Flanked with palm trees and azure waters of the beaches, Port Blair is the gateway to this heavenly territory. With 90% of tropical rainforests and natural beauty everywhere, Port Blair serves as the perfect holiday destination to nature lovers. Andaman and Nicobar is supposed to be derived from a wordplay of Hanuman, since it is beleived

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