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Renaissance - A period of great cultural and scientific rebirth that began in Italy in the early to mid-14th century and ended during the first half of the 17th century.
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Becuase of their skin color Afircan Americans were taken over and made into slaves. A long time later they were freed; however, they still experienced racism. Because of that, Afircan Americans lived under discrimination for many years until being sort-of excepted. Afircan Americans are still experiencing discrimination, but the severity has decreased majorly.
It is a metaphor, meaning you are spectuacular. (from usa at least)
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Burgess originally meant a freeman of a borough (England, Wales, Ireland) or burgh (Scotland). It later came to mean an elected or unelected official of a municipality, or the representative of a borough in the English House of Commons. The term was also used in some of the American colonies.