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    to Helen. Before she goes to the train, it shows her having a vision of her brother Jimmie, he died while they were being separated from each other at an orphanage. Annie ends up getting to Helen, and she's excited and wants to teach her everything. Anne tries teaching her what the cake is and what the doll is. Instead Helen ends up tricking her, she grabs the doll and swings it Annie hitting her face. Helen then leaves with the key and locks the door with Annie inside. Keller ends up getting her out

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    “I [Annie Sullivan] know the education of this child [Helen Keller] will be the distinguishing event of my life, if I have the brains and perseverance to accomplish it”. Annie Sullivan was at first looked down upon by her student, Helen Keller’s family. They would tell Sullivan that there was no hope in teaching Keller—a blind and deaf child—to properly behave and communicate. Although Sullivan faced many obstacles while attempting to teach Keller the meaning of language, she was able to triumph

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    solution they conjured up was to hire Anne Sullivan as a teacher for Helen. Helen was very difficult to help in the beginning; she would be easily frustrated and, at times, violent, but as time went on she got easier. Anne set onto her journey with Helen to teach her the ways to connect with the world

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    Edward Bancroft was born on January 9, 1744 in Westfield Massachusetts. When Bancroft was only two years old his father past away from an Epileptic Seizure leaving only his mother to care for the family. When her mother remarried in May of 1781, Edward Bancroft’s stepfather held a meeting between George Washington and General Jean Batiste de Vimeur of France. This was the first event that sparked Bancroft’s interest in politics. Years later Bancroft graduated from Yale at the age of 16 and became

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    The Kingdom of Matthias by Paul E. Johnson and Sean Wilentz is a story of the rise and fall of a religious cult established by Robert Matthews (Matthias). Within his kingdom, Matthias and his followers, abided by Matthias, believes of the subjugation of women by men. Even though at the time the cult was in existence the United States was experiencing two great movements that urged the forward progression of women, the Market Revolution and the Second Great Awakening. Two women in particular are

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    Why Did Silas Deane Die

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    suicide, but if looked at closely it could have been a murder. Silas Deane was most murdered by Edward Bancroft because of Bancroft’s motive, Bancroft’s knowledge of poisons, and the lack of evidence found to

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    kept respectably under control, however incurring minor ‘hiccups’ along the way. James was indifferent to religious prejudice and aimed to please both Catholics and protestants; introducing the Jacobean compromise. Before 1611 when Abbot succeeded Bancroft (previous archbishop), there were many glitches concerning the puritans including the Millenary Petition, Hampton Court Conference and Bancroft’s Cannons which caused mild uproar among puritans, however was short-lived. His main succession begun

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    Endless miles of powder white snow, piercing bitter winds, and white-capped mountains, a continuing stretch of shimmering sand, relentless heat of a blazing sun, and high jagged cliffs, or a warm comfortable couch, a big blanket, a bag of chips, and Netflix. If asked which of these three would bring them happiness, many would undoubtedly say the third choice. But the book Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer tells the story of a young man, Chris McCandless, who if asked the same question, would choose

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    friend was Edward Bancroft, a spy. They worked together for a long time, until in 1789 Deane finally decided to travel back to the states. While the ship was waiting out the storm, Deane reported symptoms of illness and suddenly fell dead only four hours after his symptoms. Although some historians believe that Silas Deane committed suicide, it is without a doubt that Edward Bancroft murdered Deane. Deane could not have not committed suicide, for he was not depressed, Bancroft was nervous that Deane

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    this now brings us to the last possible cause of his death. Later, we found out that Silas Deane’s long time friend Edward Bancroft was double-dealing of sorts, Bancroft was a known spy to the Americas but no one knew that he was also a spy for the British as well until British documents from that time were released to the public library; we then learned that Edward Bancroft was on the payroll as a spy for the British. Then several wondered if Deane knew that his long time friend was a double spy

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