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What are some interesting facts about the Wampanoag Indians?

As of 2015, the remaining Wamponaog Indians still live in the Northeastern United States and have a reservation on Martha's Vineyard. The Wamponaog traditionally spoke their own language but have since all come to speak English. The Wamponaog did not live in tepees but rather lived in villages of small wigwams. The Wamponaog Indians had friendly relations and traded with other tribes such as the Mohicans and the Delaware Indians but occasionally went to war with the Mohawks and other Iroquois Indians.

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How do machines make work easier?

Machines can also reduce the amount of time it takes to perform an action by increasing the amount of force to an object. One example of a simple machine is a pair of pliers. When the two large ends of the pliers are squeezed together, the smaller ends come together to apply a greater force to cut through an object. This force is greater than an individual could pinch.

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What was the Charter of French Liberties?

Henry I was one of the sons of William the Conqueror. His father ascended to the throne of England after winning the Battle of Hastings, and he was succeeded by his son, William II. However, Henry's older brother died in a hunting accident, and Henry was crowned three days later. Shortly after he took the throne, Henry introduced the Charter of Liberties, also known as the Coronation Charter. It bound the king to the included laws and specified a number of rights granted to the church and the people.\nThe Charter of Liberties granted freedom from certain forms of taxation to the church. I..

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Why did the Provisional Government fail?

The primary reason why the Russian Provisional Government failed was because it tried to continue the war. In June 1917, the Provisional Government organized an attack on Austria. After the first attack failed, members of the Provisional Government revolted. Due to the war’s failures and widespread hunger, former Provisional members shifted to Vladimir Lenin, whose message was "Peace, bread, land."\nThe Provisional Government was also required to share power with the Petrograd Soviet. However, the Petrograd Soviet ruled that the Provisional Government would only be obeyed when the Petrograd ..

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What did Augustus do?

During his 40-year reign, Augustus catered to all facets of society. The leader paid his soldiers by plundering Cleopatra's treasures in Egypt. The emperor passed laws that seemingly gave Roman senators more power in domestic issues to pacify the ruling classes of the city. The leader worked to construct buildings and beautify Rome to appease the masses while he doubled the size of the Roman Empire.\nTo maintain his empire, Augustus frequently spent time outside of Rome. Augustus used a census along with a taxation system to raise funds. The leader created roads, instituted the Praetorian..

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How did Napoleon become famous?

Napoleon was born in 1769, but it was not until the French Revolution in 1789 that he started to rise up the ranks of the military. By the end of the French Revolution in 1799, Napoleon seized political power in France, and by 1804, he crowned himself emperor.\nTo help fund his Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon sold France's Louisiana Territory to the United States for\n$15 million. This transaction was later called the Louisiana Purchase. With this money, Napoleon continued his war campaign. In 1805, Britain nearly wiped out Napoleon's entire fleet of ships at the Battle of Trafalgar. Despi..

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What did people eat in the Southern Colonies?

Like the other colonies, southern settlers brought little from the Old World with them beyond some basic seeds that were often not appropriate for the American climate. They quickly adopted many Native American foods, such as corn, hominy, pole beans, corn breads and wild greens. Ash cake, a type of corn bread made of cornmeal and water and baked in the warm ashes of a banked fire, was a staple among slaves and the very poor. Corn meal mush was a common breakfast food, and organ meats like chitlin, tripe and chicken livers were popular as well. Game meat like opossum, groundhog or raccoon was ..

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Was Alvah C. Roebuck an African-American?

Roebuck was in charge of the company's business in watches, jewelry, optics, phonographs and motion pictures. He also started two other companies and invented a typewriter. Roebuck lost money in the stock market crash in 1929, and he returned to Sears, Roebuck and Company in 1933. He spent the rest of his career writing a company history and touring stores. He died in 1948.

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What did American colonists use to send a forceful message to Britain to communicate their feelings about the Tea Act?

Colonists objected to a series of taxes imposed by the British Parliament, claiming Parliament had no right to tax them because the colonies had no representation in Parliament. Parliament cancelled most of the taxes except for the tea tax, which had two goals: prop up the financially-troubled East India Tea Company and show the colonists it had the authority to tax them.\nIn December 1773, three ships carrying tea arrived in Boston Harbor. The colonists were enraged, refused to pay the tea tax and demanded the ships leave. The Collector of Customs refused to let the ships leave until the duty..

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What were the causes of the Commercial Revolution?

Much of the renewed interest in exploration, which lead to trade, was fueled by the discoveries of lands and people during the Crusades. The demand for spices and silks from the East grew, fueling the exploration of and trade with other countries.

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