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    Introduction Of all the countries on the planet, nowhere is the vast array of world cultures more evident than in the United States. For most people, their ancestors came to this country in search of opportunity and a better life for their families. Fueled by motivators such as famine and dictatorship, emigrating to America meant saying goodbye to the only life they had ever known. Adjusting to a new setting and the changes that come with it is hard, especially when the new setting is a melting pot

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    Constitutional democracy was created to insure the rights of the people. A constitutional democracy consists of “ A government that enforces recognized limits on those who govern and allows the voice of the people to be heard through free, fair, and relatively frequent elections.” Debates revolved around one big question of “how to protect individual rights?” The founders had intense debates and wars in order to create a government that would be beneficial to the both the country and its people

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    Asperger’s Syndrome was not known as a disease until 1992, but this does not mean that it suddenly appeared on the planet at that time. It is widely believed that many successful people such as; William Henry Gates, Sir Alfred Hitchcock, Sir Isaac Newton, Jane Austen, and Albert Einstein suffered from Asperger’s Syndrome. Having this syndrome

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    By 1732 George Washington the great coin thrower was born and the American colonies had been established by a combination of European settlers the puritans, polyglots, and planters but during this time they were still subject to British influence. Immigration with colonies also built way in increasing the population on the eastern seaboard setting up trade routes, merchant selling, and newly acquired markets to which brought common goods to America and abroad. Furthermore, ever since American was

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    Charles Darwin Few ideas have had a greater impact than those of Charles Darwin. A controversial figure in his own time, and still one today. He is arguably one of the most influential people ever, having shaped our society, and spurred hundreds, if not thousands of other ideas from millions of minds, whether those were good or bad. He was not the first to come up with the idea of evolution, but he was the one to go the extra mile with it and take us to where we are today. Born February 12, 1809

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    Galileo Galilei Galileo Galilei was considered the father of modern science making major contributions to fields of physics, astronomy, cosmology, mathematics and philosophy (History). He invented an improved telescope that let him observe and describe the moons of Jupiter, the rings of Saturn, the phases of Venus, sunspots and the rugged lunar surface (History). His discoveries were significant in discovering more about astronomy, the study of the universe and space, tides and how the moon affects

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    If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. Sir Isaac Newton The Fruit Apocalypse Introduction: (Synthetic a priori vocabulary or new knowledge not derived from experience – Kant) There are many words in Greek which act as root words in Latin and the Romance Languages. I have three favorites, apocrypto and

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    influenced the Polish priest Nicholas Copernicus, whose theories were scoffed at until Johannes Kepler and Galileo Galilei came out in support and expanded on his work nearly a century later. These theories and people would greatly influence Sir Issac Newton, who published Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica in 1687. This was hailed by Hawking as “…probably the most important single work ever published in the physical sciences.” (page 2 paragraph 5). Without this monumental work Edwin Hubble

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    John Wallis was a British Mathematician and clergyman. He served for the royal court and the Parliament. He was the most influential English mathematician before Isaac Newton. Wallis made significant discoveries in many different maths. Wallis had a large family, and stayed in England most of his life. John Wallis was born in Ashford, UK on December 3, 1616. 3 of the 5 children his parents had. His parents were Reverend John Wallis and Joanna Chapman. He died in Oxford, UK on November 8, 1703. John

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    In Europe, cultural movement throughout 1450-1750 brought many developments and shifts that were long lasting. Throughout this time period, many thoughts and ideas were questioned (including the church’s beliefs), and it ultimately led to radical changes that overall increased Europe’s foundation about the earth, religion, and science. European thinking had Greek and Roman roots, which affected European thinking. Greek and Roman literature suggested that everything on earth was made of four elements

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