Portugal began the first wave of the Atlantic slave trade when they began to to take slaves from Africa to Brazil to work on plantations. The first wave did not last very long at all before the second wave began. The second wave of the slave trade began when other countries began to take slaves …
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English 7 1st Semester Report
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Science #165: Bears and Bear Safety
First try to avoid meeting a bear at all, by keeping food and the like out of reach of bears, as well as perhaps avoiding areas with bears. If you encounter a bear, you need to stand still and not threaten the bear. Also, be extra cautious about a female with her cubs. Make sure …
History 7 #155: Cotton Mather
Cotton Mather was born in 1663 in Boston, Massachusetts. Cotton Mather, his father, and his grandfather were all Puritan ministers at a church in Boston. Witchcraft was very prominent in the 17th century. People would blame many events on supernatural causes and on witches. All Cotton Mather wanted was for the colonies to return to …
English 7 #155: The Odyssey
The Odyssey begins in Troy, where the Trojan war ends. Odyessy is trying to go back home to Ithica. We read chapters 9 through 12, which is a summary of the book from before. So we only read up to when Odysseus tells the people of Thriancia his story. After leaving Troy, a brief stop …
History Lesson #150: 13 Colonies
Virginia was the first colony, founded in 1607. It was the location of Jamestown, the first English settlement in America New York was the second colony to be founded, in 1626. New York supported itself with the fur trade, and was originally owned by the dutch, before it surrendered to England. Massachusetts was founded in …
Pascal: History Lesson #135
Note: This Essay is an edit from a portion of this one from 4th Grade History When Pascal was young, his family moved to Paris where his father bought bonds (he gave money to the government, and would get it back over time, with a little bit of interest) and used income from that to …
History #125: Elizabeth I
Elizabeth was the sister to Bloody Mary. She was a protestant, unlike her sister. Her reign is sometimes referred to as the Golden age of England. She was known as the virgin queen, because she never married. She used the fact that she was single to her advantage to bribe other nation, because they princes …
History 7 #120: Bloody Mary
After the short reign of her cousin, Lady Jane Grey, Mary was put upon the throne of England. She was, perhaps, the most morbid of all the catholic rulers of England, earning her her nickname, Bloody Mary. She was a staunch catholic, and wanted England to to be only catholic as well. During her reign, …