Even community leaders who seek to save those who depend on their leadership are put in the position of putting their personal interest, or at least the interest of their family or small community, ahead of the public interest. ... Anne Frank is a prime example of why a person should stand for their beliefs. Although she ended up getting caught, she never gave into the threats of the Nazi power. ... To stand up for the right thing is one of the most courageous things a person can do; it takes strength and dignity to do what Anne Frank did for that Jewish family. ...

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Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway in 1582, and the couple had a daughter, Susanna, in 1583 and twins, Hamneth and Judith, in 1585. ... The English and rebel Scotish armies meet at Birnam Wood under Malcolm's leadership to attack Macbeth's throne. ...

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Puritans were English Protestants who wished to reform and purify the Church of England of what they considered to be unacceptable remains of Roman Catholicism. In the 1620s leaders of the English state and church grew being heartless to Puritan demands. They insisted that the Puritans conform to re...

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The American Pageant pages 25-65 I. The Planting of English America 1. Beginning of 17th century, European crop and livestock started making significant impacts on the landscape. Disease and armed conquest had ravaged the native people of the New World. Several hundred thousand enslaved Africans worked in the Caribbean and Brazilian sugar plantations. 2. ...

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