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Peacefield
adapted from the National Park Service
John Adams
acquired the property in 1787, which included a house, a formal garden, a barn, and an orchard, plus over 65 acres of farm land. He
named the farm "Peacefield," and his family soon began referring to the house as "Old House," because it was in need of many repairs
after years of neglect. The house had been passed down through the Vassall-Borland family, and as sympathizers for the British cause,
they fled to England and did not maintain the house through the American Revolution. Upon purchasing it, Adams immediately began
expanding the house; It had consisted of a two-story building facing the street with a detached kitchen in the back and servants quarters.
By 1800, Adams almost doubled the size of the house by building a two and one-half story, L-shaped addition on the east end. The style
of the wing is Georgian, to harmonize with the original building.
Adams hoped to settle down at Peacefield as a farmer, but his many public duties kept him from carrying out that plan until the end of
his presidential term of office. During that time, Abigail Adams, his wife, continued to enlarge the house and manage the farm. After his
retirement from public office, John Adams lived here year-round from 1801 until his death in 1826. Members of the Adams family
occupied the house until 1927. John Adams's descendants donated the historic house, where four generations of the family had lived, to
the United States In 1946.

With this 3 questions ! really need them right! 1. the first continental congress met in philadelphia on september 5, 1774. all of the colonies sent representatives except georgia. this congress continued in session until october 26, 1774. by then it had passed resolutions calling for a boycott against british trade. the author's main purpose was a. to inform b. to persuade c. to instruct d. to give an opinion 2. identify the point of view of each of the following passages. "my second mate was a round-cheeked, silent young man, grave beyond his years, i thought; but as our eyes happened to meet i detected a slight quiver on his lips. i looked down at once. it was not my part to encourage sneering on board my ship. it must be said, too, that i knew very little of my officers." (joseph conrad, "the secret sharer") a. first person b. third person limited c. third person omniscient d. none of the above 3. identify the point of view of each of the following passages. "he had only himself to in his choice: his fortune was his own; for as to frank, it was more than being tacitly brought up as his uncle's heir, it had become so avowed an adoption as to have him assume the name of churchill on coming of age. it was most unlikely, therefore, that he should ever want his father's assistance. his father had no apprehension of it." (jane austen, emma) a. third person omniscient b. third person limited c. first person d. none of the above

Read the passage, then answer the question that follows. no one could have seen it at the time, but the invention of beet sugar was not just a challenge to cane. it was a hint—just a glimpse, like a twist that comes about two thirds of the way through a movie—that the end of the age of sugar was in sight. for beet sugar showed that in order to create that perfect sweetness you did not need slaves, you did not need plantations, in fact you did not even need cane. beet sugar was a foreshadowing of what we have today: the age of science, in which sweetness is a product of chemistry, not whips. in 1854 only 11 percent of world sugar production came from beets. by 1899 the percentage had risen to about 65 percent. and beet sugar was just the first challenge to cane. by 1879 chemists discovered saccharine—a laboratory-created substance that is several hundred times sweeter than natural sugar. today the sweeteners used in the foods you eat may come from corn (high-fructose corn syrup), from fruit (fructose), or directly from the lab (for example, aspartame, invented in 1965, or sucralose—splenda—created in 1976). brazil is the land that imported more africans than any other to work on sugar plantations, and in brazil the soil is still perfect for sugar. cane grows in brazil today, but not always for sugar. instead, cane is often used to create ethanol, much as corn farmers in america now convert their harvest into fuel. –sugar changed the world, marc aronson and marina budhos how does this passage support the claim that sugar was tied to the struggle for freedom? it shows that the invention of beet sugar created competition for cane sugar. it shows that technology had a role in changing how we sweeten our foods. it shows that the beet sugar trade provided jobs for formerly enslaved workers. it shows that sweeteners did not need to be the product of sugar plantations and slavery.

Gilman's the yellow wallpaper expresses the idea that doctors in the 19th century did not take into account the opinions and needs of mentally ill patients when treating them which line from they story best supports this theme