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    government and rules compared to the Quakers who settled Pennsylvania in 1681. Both these colonies had many aspects in common but due to the fact that both settlements had different beliefs, ideals, and contrasting opinions on society, they naturally separated and created too completely different colonies. For example, John Winthrop was the minister and leader of the Puritan colony and was a strong believer in conformity

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    Quaker guns is a deception tactic that was Commonly used during the 18th and 19th Centuries. The english were the first to use In war . It's a big long painted log of wood That looked Like a war cannon to prevent Quaker gun was to prevent violence in War it used as As a sign of nonviolence. It was thought of a religious Group called the Quakers

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    This stories rally has a dramatic ending. first of all, we see the main character having really difficult life like any young people. It was really peculiar for me because it is rally common for young people to have problems in their life. However, what make them to be different is in the kind of problems they have in their life, and how they will solve this problems through all their entire life. It is what it makes this history to be interesting. In the first part of the

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    As the Quaker culture values equality between the sexes, it is no surprise, while Alice Paul later dismissed the religious aspects of it, the ideals of equality followed her and shaped her life and legacy. Later on, after traveling to Britain and becoming radicalized for the women’s suffrage cause, would return and win women across America the long sought after right to vote. Even then, once she had won, she immediately began work on the Equal Rights Amendment, living to see its passage, but died

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    Quaker thing Like so many Americans, I am a hybrid. I was born in Miami, Florida, surrounded by Cuban relatives conversing in Spanish. Even Thanksgiving was Latinized: turkey marinated in mojo with sides of rice and beans. When we eventually moved, it was to a homogeneous suburb of Chicago, Illinois and while being culturally Cuban as a family is prized, so is becoming part of the melting p65ot, an American. When visiting my family in Cuba, the crumbling infrastructure transported me back to

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    Gradually, the Quakers started to rigorously promote education programs and played an important role in raising the literacy rates among back Northern blacks and raised funds to establish schools in the South, educating hundreds of blacks. Hugh Barbour and J. William Frost provide statistics in their book, The Quakers, stating that, in 1866, Quakers were able to open nine new schools in Columbus, Mississippi and later expanded to Macon, Mississippi (198). Emily Howland was an abolitionist, educator

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    Analysis of Visual Rhetoric by Aunt Jemima Aunt Jemima has often been considered an archetype of advertising for well over a century. As times have changed their ads have too and have always stayed persuasive, keeping them in business since 1889. In this 1953 add for Aunt Jemima pancakes and waffles, visual rhetoric, such as target audience, context, and focus, are noticeably prevalent in order to persuade available markets to buy their product. This advertisement for Aunt Jemima pancakes and

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    POSITIONING Quaker Oats – Brand Equity and Positioning Abstract Brand equity and positioning are integral parts of any marketing campaign. Any product or service needs to provide value to its customers in order to be successful. A personal interview and research reveal information about the Quaker Oats brand, how it created equity and its position in the market. Having a solid foundation and keeping up with changes in trends and society are the keys to a successful brand. Quaker Oats – Brand

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    "Quaker Women in the American Colonies" During the colonial period, women were considered inferior to men and “nothing more than servants for their husbands.” During the eighteenth century, unmarried Quaker women were the first to vote, stand up in court, and evangelize; although Quaker women enjoyed rights that women today take for granted, they were most known for their religious radicalism. According to Rufus Jones, a professor at Harvard, the Quakers “felt, as their own testimony plainly

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    For the case Quaker Oats and Snapple, and Sony Pictures Entertainment, the strategy behind each company were relatively similar, to set foot in a new business field that somewhat related to their currently businesses by believing that it would create a value added to both old and new businesses. First of all, for Quaker Oats and Snapple, it is clear that Quaker Oats believed with its knowledge and success in the fields of distribution, process improvement and management, Quaker could quickly fix

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