1.
james i of england strongly believed in (1 point)

sharing power with parliament.
the puritan religion.
catholicism.
the divine right of kings.

2.

the civil war in england was a conflict between
(1 point)

catholics and puritans.
catholics and the church of england.
peasants and nobles.
the king and parliament.

3.
the rump parliament did all of the following except (1 point)

behead charles i.
restore catholicism.
abolish the monarchy.
declare england a republic or commonwealth.

4.
william and mary were offered the throne of england to (1 point)

improve relations with holland.
prevent succession by a catholic monarch.
stop parliament's rule.
restore the monarchy.

5.
the bill of rights did all of the following except (1 point)

abolish parliament.
recognize parliament's right to make laws.
prevent monarchs from raising armies.
recognize the right to jury trials.

invention of the washing machine

in the past, people used sticks and stones or scrub boards to clean their clothing. as it was sweaty, backbreaking work, we owe a world of to james king because he created the model for the modern washing machine in 1851. the most important issue was that this machine cleaned clothes while a person cranked the handle. doing this made people who used it develop strong muscles in their arms. later, in 1908, alva j. fisher created an electric washing machine named thor. this one was not the first automatic washing machine. however, it was one of the most popular models at the time.

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”