The Assyrian's were war people who fought other empires for land. They were able to conquer people and build a large empire because of the use of iron materials in their machines and weapons. Below are pictures of Assyrian war machine in Minecraft, which was used for shooting arrows and a battering ram.
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Do you know what triggered the expansion of land in the United States during the 1800s? You might have guessed that the sea lowered, revealing more land. Or you might have guessed that it rained dirt, making more land appear. If you guessed either of these things, you would be just plain wrong. Actually, it was transportation during the Industrial Revolution that caused the United States to grow in size. Transportation was necessary for trading and delivering merchandise. Before the Industrial Revolution, merchants had insufficient transportation to quickly carry their goods to citizens of the United States. During the Industrial Revolution, engineers designed inspiring and helpful roads, steam engines, steamboats, and steam powered trains. This made merchants happy because they now had a much faster way to transport all of their merchandise across the United States. These inventions also brought new ways to travel and for people to settle new land. As a result, the United States swelled in size. In summary, the Industrial Revolution allowed the United States to grow much bigger because of the inventions that brought new and faster methods of transportation. The video below is a reenactment of a meeting between a minute man and King George III about the Sugar Act. Okay, so it's not quite real, but it's a story you will never forget. If you look down below you will see a picture of my tri-fold for my Washington report. The tri-fold shows pictures of things I wrote about in my report. I hope you enjoy!
FAMOUS PEOPLE
Washington is home to many famous people who accomplished amazing feats. For example, Johnny Allen Hendrix, known as Jimi Hendrix, was famous for playing a right-handed guitar with his left hand and upside down. He was born on November 27, 1942 in Seattle, Washington and his music and techniques influenced new types of music. His career was only four years long, but he left a legacy for future musicians and artists. Sadly, Jimi Hendrix died of an overdose of drugs on September 18, 1970. Another famous person who lived in Washington was Linda B. Buck. Like Jimi Hendrix, she was born in Seattle on January 29, 1947. Linda Buck was a biologist who studied the olfactory system. The olfactory system controls people’s sense of smell. Her work on the olfactory system won her the Nobel Prize in 2004. Last, but not least, we have Dick Scobee. Dick Scobee was born in Cle Elum, Washington on May 19, 1939. He was a combat pilot in the U.S. Airforce. He also piloted the space shuttle Challenger in 1986. Unfortunately, according to Channel 4 News, the Challenger mission imploded 73 seconds into the flight at a height of 48,000 feet. Dick Scobee died when the spaceship exploded on January 18, 1986 with six other crew members. Although the people mentioned above are dead, they influenced other people across the world as well as people who live in Washington. The people of Washington should be proud of their famous Washingtonians. TOURSIM If you take a trip to Washington, you might find amazing spots to shop, sail, or play. Most of these locations are in Seattle, Washington. For example, Pike’s Place is an “everything” market that opened on August 17, 1907. It is one of the oldest markets in the United States. When you enter Pike’s Place you will find smells of fish, candies, cakes and pies. You will see souvenir shops, candy shops, fish markets, Chinese markets that sell umbrellas, coins, clothes and vases, and even a shoe museum. Another place to visit in Seattle is the Space Needle. The Space Needle was made to be an observation tower. It towers 605 feet above the ground and is silver with red and yellow lights surrounding the top. The shape of the Space Needle reminds you of an oil funnel with a needle on top and a pole below it. Vacationers in Washington also go to the Fremont Troll to have fun. The Fremont Troll is a stone sculpture located under the Aurora Bridge (or the 99 bridge because it goes to the 99 freeway). This funny looking troll is about 20 feet tall and holds a car into the dirt as if it is keeping a person captive. Tourists love to climb up to the troll’s nose and pick its buggers. My favorite tourist spot in Washington is the ferries. The Washington State ferry is awesome because onboard they have places for snacks and heaps of windows for tourists to look at the view of the ocean, wildlife and homes along the shore. The best part about the ferry is that is cheap to ride and you get an amazing and fun experience. These are some of my favorite tourist spots and, if you visit Washington, maybe you might find new places! CONCLUSION To summarize, Washington is an interesting state with exciting history. As we learned it is the only state named after a president. In addition, we also learned that cities in Washington were named after Native American tribes, which shows that they truly influenced the history of the state of Washington. Like the Native Americans, European explorers impacted Washington’s history by uncovering heaps of influential settings, such as the Puget Sound. In this essay, we also discovered the unexpected story of Washington’s state seal, flag, motto and nickname, which showed us that Washington is a humble state that doesn’t like extravagance. If you were to visit Washington, you would most certainly find tons of wildlife roaming around, different types of natural resources like wood or water, and you would see its agriculture in the form of apples, wheat and cattle. Most people know Washington because of its industries (Microsoft, Boeing and Cray Supercomputers to name a few), tourism and the famous people who lived there (including Jimi Hendrix, Dick Scobee and Linda B. Buck), which we talked about above. However, the thing I appreciate most about Washington is Pike’s Place Market because it displays the variety of cultures of Washington in one spot. It truly reflects Washington’s exciting history. Industries in Washington
Industries are important to states because they make money for the state and the people who live there. Washington has multiple industries, such as lumber, computer technology and aerospace, that create jobs and bring in trillions of dollars to the state. In fact, according to Lumber.org, timber companies in Washington made over $25 million in 2011. Most of the trees used for lumber grow mainly on the west side of the state because of the gallons of water from the rivers, the ocean, and the rain. Lumber companies produce almost three billion feet of timber. You might think that by now Washington’s trees would have disappeared. However, lumber companies replace thousands of acres of trees after cutting them down to get new crops. This is called reforestation. Another industry in Washington that impacts the state’s bank account is computer technology. Two important technology companies in Washington are Microsoft and Cray. These companies produce software that is used every day around the glove. For instance, Cray has a super computer that runs 27,000 trillion calculations per second. Likewise, this report wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for Microsoft and Microsoft word. Both companies bring in billions of dollars to the state of Washington. But perhaps one of the largest industries in the state is the aerospace industry. Companies like Boeing make aircrafts that are used by the military and airlines. According to Commerce.wa.gov, the aerospace industry creates 136,000 jobs for people living in the state. The aerospace industry also brings in almost 70 billion dollars because, according to BusinessInsider.com, each plane costs $169 million dollars. That’s a lot of planes. Altogether, industries like lumber, computer technology, and aerospace form the dollars used by the citizens and state of Washington. AGRICULTURE Did you know that if agriculture didn’t exist, we would starve? This is because agriculture provides the world’s main source of food. Washington state is one of the major food producers for the United States and the world. One of the foods you will find in markets across the U.S.A. are Washington apples. Washington grows eight different types of apples, such as Granny Smith, Golden Delicious, and Red Delicious. According to BestApples.com, Washington grows more apples than any other state. In fact, the state produces 66% of the nation’s apples. Apples bring in more than 2 billion dollars to the state. Another source of agriculture for Washington is dairy. Cows in Washington produce more than 700 million gallons of milk a year. The milk creates almost one and a half billion dollars for the state. Although Washington is not the number one state for milk production, it ranks in the top ten. Similarly, Washington is one of the top exporters for wheat. It ranks fifth in the nation for wheat production. In 2016, farmers grew 2.2 billion acres of wheat. Altogether, most of Washington’s food exports, like the ones discussed above, are sent to Asia. This shows that Washington’s agriculture is very important for the United States and the world. NATURAL RESOURCES Washington is rich in natural resources because of the state’s green environment. It possesses a variety of resources, such as forest, rivers, oceans, oil, coal, electricity, and water. First of the many natural resources is oil. Surprisingly, Washington hasn’t found any new oil in 57 years. However, other states bring oil to Washington to be refined. There are five refineries in the state. The largest oil refinery processes more than 220,000 barrels of crude oil a day. Washington is the fifth largest crude oil processor in the U.S. A second natural resource in Washington is electricity, specifically hydroelectricity. Hydroelectricity is when water creates power for electricity. Washington is the number one producer of hydroelectricity in the United States. EIA.Wa.gov states that Washington’s Grand Coulee hydroelectric power plant is the seventh largest power plant in the world. People in Washington don’t have to pay as much for their electricity bills because of hydroelectric power. A third natural resource in Washington is water. The state receives over 38 inches of rainfall a year, which is why the state is so green. The rain also makes the Columbia River rise. The Columbia River supports the lumber and agriculture industries. Another source of water comes from the ocean and the Puget Sound. These bodies of water support the commercial shellfish and fishing industries, which are important for Washington’s bank accounts. These are only some of Washington’s rich natural resources that make the state whole. STATE FLAG AND SEAL
Today you will read a surprising and unusual story about how the Washington state flag and seal came to life. In 1889, a committee gave the jeweler Charles Talcott their plans for a complex state seal, which contained Mount Rainer, sheep, fields of gold and the Port of Tacoma. According to the Secretary of State’s website (www.sos.wa.gov), the jeweler refused to make the seal because it was too tricky. Instead, Charles Talcott took an ink bottle and drew a circle. Then he took a coin and drew another circle on the inside. Next, he wrote inside the two circles, “The Seal of the State of Washington, 1889.” Finally, he got a postage stamp of George Washington and stamped it right in the center. This is shocking and unusual because most state seals are incredibly complex, but Washington’s state seal is one of the simplest state seals. Later on, they included a golden color around the inside circle and gave George Washington a black and white suit and colored in his face and hair. Similarly, the story of Washington’s state flag is uncommon. Washington did not have an official state flag until 30 years after it became a state. In 1923, the legislature finally designed and made an official state flag. The flag is a dark green fabric with golden fringe around the sides. Sitting in the center lies the simple seal of the state of Washington. These stories about the state flag and seal are just pieces of important history to Washington. NATURE AND WILDLIFE Visit the wonderful state of Washington and you will see amazing wildlife, ginormous trees, graceful plants, the still mountains and even an active volcano. For instance, you may see the little, fragile Willow Gold Finch, the state bird, gliding through the ever-green forest. In the same way, the shining silver body of the steel headed trout glides through the rivers and lakes of Washington. You may encounter black bears as they hunt steel headed trout or red salmon in these same waters. Or you may encounter other furry animals such as foxes, sea otters, wolves, huskies, or deer. These could be the same animals that fur traders in the past hunted. Washington is full of beautiful flowers and green trees, such as the Western Hemlock, the state tree. These trees are like tall pines and you can see them everywhere. In a like manner the flowers of the state of Washington are graceful and bloom exciting colors of violets, purples, greens, and blues. In fact, the coast rhododendron, which is the state flower, blooms in different varieties of lavender, pinks, and lilac. Unlike the delicate flowers, Washington’s enormous volcanos and mountains tower above the scenery. Covered in snow, these mountains are home to many creatures. But the volcano, Mt. Saint Helens, is always waiting for the perfect time to erupt and cause chaos. Although you may be scared that Mt. Saint Helens might explode that shouldn’t stop you from visiting the fantastic state of Washington. STATE MOTTO AND NICK NAME Most states have an official state motto and nick name. If you live in California (which I do) your official state nick name would be the Golden State and your official motto would be Eureka. On the contrary, the state of Washington has no official state motto or state nick name, but it does have an unofficial state motto and nick name. The Evergreen State, which is Washington’s nick name, was created by a Seattle realtor. He named it the Evergreen State because of the vast amount of towering, leafy green trees that stand high and tall across the state. The unofficial state motto for Washington is Alkai, which is a Chinook Native American word meaning “bye and bye”. This motto was first used in the 1850s by the Lt Governor. No one knows quite why he choose to use this motto. I think the reason Washington never officially adopted a nick name or state motto was because Washington is a simple state and they don’t like to make things too complex. For this reason, the state motto and nick name remain unofficial. In conclusion, Alkai – bye and bye! UPDATE: This is what I got when I turned in my first three paragraphs: This is the beginning of my 12-paragraph school report on the Wonderful State of Washington. I can't wait to show you my state float made out of a cardboard box. It's not made yet, but it will be soon!
*** What is a state named after a person who never lived there? You might think of Georgia, who was named after King George, but the state that I am thinking of is the state of Washington. Join me on this exciting journey to uncover the history of this interesting state, beginning with its name. Most states in the United States get their name from Native American words like Kansas, which is a Sioux word meaning “people of the south wind.” Other states are named after kings and queens. For example, the state of Virginia is named after Queen Elizabeth. However, there is only one state named after a president and that state is the state of Washington. Washington was named after George Washington, the first President of the United States. Yet, George Washington never stepped foot in the state of Washington, but it was still named after him. In fact, Washington became a state in 1889, which was 90 years after George Washington died. People wanted to honor him because he was such a great man. Many things were named after George Washington including the capitol of the United States, Washington, D.C. People often confuse both Washington and Washington, D.C. so it is referred to as the State of Washington or Washington State. The history of the state of Washington began with the Native Americans who lived there. Washington’s geography has two types of land, the coastline and the inland, which has mountains. Native Americans lived in the mountains and on the coast so they each had a different way of living. For instance, according to the Washington State Department of Public Institution, the Plateau tribe lived inland and they were gatherers. Before settlers came to Washington, the Plateau tribes, such as the Spokane tribe, traveled to the shore to trade their woven baskets with the coastal tribes for whale oil and dried clams. Later on, when the settlers came, Native Americans in Washington taught the settlers about their trading routes. The settlers started to trade fish, fur and wood to help start their cities. Many of the settlers’ cities were named after Native tribes, like Spokane, Walla Walla, Puyallup and Okanogan. People who have never learned the history of Washington may think that these names are just sill words that are made up. But the truth is, these cities were named after important Native American tribes and show how Native Americans influenced the history of Washington. Just as the Native Americans influenced Washington, European explorers also influenced the history of the state by discovering many important locations. Spanish explorers sailed to Washington first in 1775. They were looking for a water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. They also came to Washington to claim land for Spain. Next, Captain James Cook came to claim land for England in 1778. While he was exploring Washington he managed to trade with the Native Americans for fur. James Cook wrote a letter telling people in England that Washington was rich with fur. This led to people coming to trade and settle. Another British Captain, named George Vancouver, sailed to Washington in 1792. He was the explorer who discovered and named the Puget Sound, which is a complex water system. According to the website U-S-History.com, Mount Rainer, the tallest mountain in Washington and one of the tallest peaks in the United States, was also discovered by George Vancouver. Like the Spanish and English explorers, the United States also laid claim to Washington. In the same year as Vancouver, Robert Gray, a Boston fur merchant, discovered the Columbia River. This river is 1,243 miles long and gives water to seven different states. But the most famous explorers to travel to Washington were Lewis and Clark. They came in 1805 and they helped lay claim to Washington for the United States. Today, these locations still have the names that the explores had chosen for them, which is proof that they left a trail of history and helped shape the State of Washington. Tonight Hillary Clinton could win and become President of the United States. Right now she has 252 electoral college votes. If she can get two or one more state to vote for her, she will win and become the first woman to be elected as President. Each state has a certain amount electoral college votes. The electoral college votes are from the number of congress each state has. California has 55 electoral college votes. Florida has 29 electoral college votes. Nevada has 6 electoral college votes.
When they were making the constitution, they thought it would be good for Congress to pick the President. But that wouldn’t work because they wanted the President to be independent. That’s why they created the electoral college. I think what they did for the future was a great choice because it gives a chance for citizens to vote on who they want to be President. And if the person you were voting for didn’t win, you’ll get another chance in four years. Hello, this is Jeff (not my real name. duh.) I have created a news report on the internet and my home about the Apache. The Apache lived in little dome-shaped homes called wikiups. This is my video below. |
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