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Culture Shock

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March 19th 2006
Well seeing as this is a travel blog, I should probably write about my travels to Mississippi over spring break. I went with 14 other students from Villanova to Jonestown- an extremely small, rural town in northwestern Mississippi. I'm not exaggerating when I say it was extremely small. There are about 1,700 people, it didn't show up on some maps, and the people there refer to it more as a vill ... read more

North America » United States » Mississippi

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more