Joseph Brant was born in 1742 and his Indian name was Thayendanegea. Thayendanegea meaning he who places two bets. Joseph’s father was a sachem of the Iroquois Confederacy‚ which was to where the Mohawks belonged. Whereas Brant’s mother was not a Mohawk like his father. Brant did become a war chief but never rose to the rank of sachem. His parents were said to live at the Canajoharie castle in New York. Even though his family would have been a consideration and he was the grandson of one of the
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Joseph Conrad grew up in the Polish Ukraine‚ Polish Ukraine is a huge‚ fertile plain between the counties of Poland and Russia. Polish Ukrainewas a divided nation‚ that held four languages‚ four religions‚ and various of different social classes. Many of the families inethis area were Polish-speaking inhabitants‚ including Conrad ’s family. They belonged to the szlachta‚ a hereditary class in the aristocracy on the social hierarchy‚ combining qualities of gentry and nobility. Despite the areas poor
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Write about how Priestley presents some of the contrasts in the Play ‘An Inspector Calls’ The play ‘An Inspector Calls’ by JB Priestley has many aspects of contrast in it. The aspects of contrast in this play is the differences between the classes with Edna‚ Eva and the inspector being of a lower class to the rest of the cast‚ also the contrast of Gender plays a big role in this play with females being treated differently to Males. The Birlings and Gerald Croft are both of a higher class with Edna
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Joseph Conrad: An Innovator in British Literature Joseph Conrad ’s innovative literature is influenced by his experiences in traveling to foreign countries around the world. Conrad ’s literature consists of the various styles of techniques he uses to display his well-recognized work as British literature. "His prose style‚ varying from eloquently sensuous to bare and astringent‚ keeps the reader in constant touch with a mature‚ truth-seeking‚ creative mind" (Hutchinson 1). Conrad ’s novels
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Jazmin Aguilar 1st 3/14/2013 Senator Joseph McCarthy Notes 1. McCarthy was a Wisconsin farm boy that didn’t graduate high school until 21. 2. McCarthy was one of the youngest senator’s in history. 3. He was the most feared politician in that time. 4. American’s worried about communist operating in their government. 5. McCarthy charges Dorothy‚ an old women‚ of being a communist. 6. The community of republicans supported McCarthy. 7. McCarthy attacked anyone who went
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chose to set the play thirty years in the past before either wars had happened- in 1912. Priestly was a renowned socialist and highly respected in his time- with his own radio show which around twenty million tuned into each week. Unfortunately‚ Priestley was seen as too popular- for the conservative government at the time- and taken off air for fear that communities would listen to his left wing ideas more then the prime minister‚ Winston Churchill. Priestley’s ideas of socialism and morality are
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Joseph Stalin dominated the soviet scene to a degree unequaled in the United States by Truman or even Roosevelt. Stalin was born in the Russian empire’s southern province of Georgia in 1879. He began studying for the priesthood but was thrown out of seminary for revolutionary activity and some believe because of laziness. After the 1917 Bolshevik revolution he climbed to prominence in the new ruling communist party thanks to his administrative skills and adroit political maneuvering and building
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Paige Morgridge September 9‚ 2013 Honors Chemistry Period 3 Good Science Joseph Priestley’s opinion of what the standards of good science are very strong from the very beginning of his article titled‚ Of Dephlogisticated Air‚ and of the Constitution of the Atmosphere. He states that what he’s saying in the secion of his writing tends to greatly encourage philisophical investigations. He talks about how instead of just believing in chance or well known philosophies before going into scientific
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I. Introduction A. Thanks 1. Thank You Mr.Jones B. Salutation 1. Ladies and gentlemen C. Ethos 1. Have you ever wondered what you would wish for if you were given three wishes? 2. We are all members of cultures and subcultures. 3. Today I am going to be speaking about the Irish Myth of the leprechaun. 4. If you pay attention; you might learn something that could one day aid you in capturing a leprechaun. You could also have something relevant and interesting to say at
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Joseph Priestley was a famous scientist during the 18th century best known for is discovery of oxygen. He was born in Birstall‚ England on March 24‚ 1733. When Joseph was a boy he attended many different schools. He was sick very often when he was little this caused him to miss a lot of school. He began to learn to teach himself at home. This skill became very useful to him‚ as he got older. He then could very easily teach himself new concepts without a teacher. Then in 1752 Joseph began to attend
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