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The Portugies were the first to take people from Africa and force them to work in the new world. The majority of the slaves went to the Caribbean islands to work on plantations, but some also went to the colonies to work on tobacco farms. About 10,000,000 people where captured during the Atlantic Slave Trade. […]

This year I read lots of stories, some of them I will tell you about. Within each of the stories I will talk about the theme, the conflict, how the character developed, about the protagonist/Antagonist , and finally the author’s style. These stories are The Dragon and the Raven by G. A. Henty, A Connecticut […]

The Glorious Revolution happened in 1688. King James II was king when his older brother King Charles II died. Lots of people thought that King James II was trying to be an absolute king of the country. Eventually King James II had to run away and give up the throne.     The original heir to […]

The Divine Right of Kings means that the king was specifically chosen by God and had the divine right to do whatever he wanted. King James I: Queen Elisabeth died without an heir, so King James I was king because he was related to King Henry VIII. King James I was king of three countries, […]

The snow on the back of bison On the first day of summer The camper was smelly   But the bunk beds were fun The ice cream was yummy  On a day it was sunny The hot springs were the colors of the rainbow Tried to go fishing But that didn’t work  So we rode horses […]

The Prodestant Reformation caused a disruption that each country handled in their own way.  Spain was very catholic, England became proestant, Italy went catholic, and France was both. In the holy roman empire the Lutheran and the catholic. The holy roman emperor was more of a figurehead than a king, so the princes of the […]

Odysseus travels to the islands of Aeolus, the god of winds, who gives Odysseus a bag containing all of the bad winds so that his journey will send him directly to Ithaca. When Odysseus is in sight of his homeland, he decides to take a nap. The crew becomes jealous thinking that Odysseus is hiding […]

Galileo Galilei was an Italian scientist. He was born in 1564 in Pisa, Italy. He learned music from his father and studied medicine at the university of Pisa. Some things he did were improve the telescope and discover Jupiter’s moons. He is most remembered for the advancement of the heliocentric view of the universe.  He […]

Baptista Minola wants to find people to marry his two daughters. His younger daughter, Bianca, is nice and quiet. There are lots of people who want to marry her. His older daughter, Katharina, is wild and angry, and Baptista thinks no one will marry her. But, Baptista says that Bianca cannot get married until Katharina […]

Apothecary A apothecary colonial times were the same as today’s pharmacists. They made medicines from minerals, plants, and herbs and sold them Blacksmith The blacksmith used a forge to make and fix things like horseshoes, tools, axe heads, hammers, nails, and plowes Cabinetmaker When the first settlers came to America they made their own furniture. […]