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Atomic Bomb In World War 2
Number of Words: 366 / Number of Pages: 2
... demolish
tall buildings, not to mention people. After the initial blast radiation
covers the area, causing people, animals, and structures to practically disintegrate. Even years afterwards people were still dying and having
health problems related to the radiation they were exposed to long before.
There were many people that were strongly opposed to the using of
nuclear weapons on Japan. But invading the is land instead of bombing
would have taken perhaps 1 million us soldiers lives.
After 1945 the US made thousand of atomic bombs and a wide range of
small size nuclear ...
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The Downfall Of The Middle Ages
Number of Words: 612 / Number of Pages: 3
... nobles, who were rapidly
losing power. Another thing that contributed to their loss of power was the
enforcement of Common Law, which applied throughout the kingdom.
The effects of the Hundred Years' War hastened the decline of the feudal
system. The use of the longbow and firearms made the feudal methods of fighting
obsolete. Monarchs replaced feudal soldiers with national armies made up of
hired soldiers. Finally, threats to the monarchy decreased as a result of the
large number of nobles killed in the war.
Another major factor that contributed to the end of the Middle Ages was
the declination ...
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Events Leading To The American
Number of Words: 996 / Number of Pages: 4
... the Crown of Great Britain that is owing from his subjects born within the realm, and all due subordination to that august body, the Parliament of Great Britain." This statement can be used as a summation of the entire document that the Stamp Act Congress had initiated. The statement depicts the colonists has having to be submissive and servile in the view of Great Britain, this policy angered the colonists very much, and was another component of the transition of the colonists' rights and liberties.
When the Declatory Act was passed in March of 1766, many colonies were attempting to claim that they ...
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The American Revolution
Number of Words: 510 / Number of Pages: 2
... courtroom, assumed guilty until proven innocent. The British took advantage of the colonists, as became apparent with the Quartering Act: people in America would be forced to house and feed British soldiers any time they demanded it. This limited the colonists' freedom and only spread more anger and defiance throughout the colonies.
The British military was unpopular in the colonies for many reasons other than the Quartering Act. In the Boston Massacre of 1770, British soldiers shot into a mob of revolting colonists and killed about twenty men. News of this horrific act reached the different c ...
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Gulf War Illness
Number of Words: 1207 / Number of Pages: 5
... evidence to link their ailments to wartime risks such as oil-well fire smoke, vaccines, or chemical agents. Originally, the cause of these various symptoms was assumed to be post-traumatic stress, but the persistent and varied nature of the symptoms resisted that label. Pressure from veterans has prompted the government to investigate further the possible causes of the illness: were the troops exposed to Iraqi chemical and biological weapons? Or were experimental drugs the cause? Or is the Vietnam Agent Orange and the Atomic fallout issue all over again? Is the government cooperating or covering up? ...
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Alvarado Massacre
Number of Words: 2234 / Number of Pages: 9
... Upon hearing that there were ships headed toward Cortes and his followers, Cortes left to greet the men leaving Alvarado in charge of Tenochitclan. Seeing the bright colors of the flags on the ship he became excited yet he was worried. He knew that he needed reinforcements for surprise attack from the Teules but he also worried that the reinforcements were sent by Diego Valazquez to capture him and his crew. Cortes suspicions were proven as Villa Rica de Sandoval “arrested Navarez’ three envoys when they threatened him,” and had the three men escorted to see Cortes. However, the ...
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A Comparison On The Iranian An
Number of Words: 2981 / Number of Pages: 11
... is still able to support a third of its population. Wheat is one of its most important crops followed by nuts, fruits and hides. Nuts, such as the cashew, come from this region.
Iran second most important industry is textiles. Traditional handcrafts such as carpet weavings play a part in the countries' economy. Iran is very famous for its wonderful "Persian rugs." An expensive Persian rug, handmade with silk, can cost somewhere in the rang too forty-thousand to fifty-thousand dollars per rug. These rugs are not found everywhere. However, if one where interested, brand chains from Sears to Home Dep ...
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Slavery
Number of Words: 596 / Number of Pages: 3
... Diderot, author of the
Encyclopedia, brought up the fact that the Christian religion was
fundamentally opposed to Black slavery but employed it anyway in order to
work the plantations that financed their countries. All in all, those
influenced by the ideals of the Enlightenment, equality, liberty, the
right to dignity, tended to oppose the idea of slavery.
Differing from the philosophes, the political leaders and
property owners tended to see slavery as an element that supported the
economy. These people believed that if slavery and the slave trade were
to be abolished, the French would l ...
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Gulf War 2
Number of Words: 1114 / Number of Pages: 5
... must also take place rather than the puppet regime that was established by Saddam Hussein after his take over. This was one of the many incidents that lead President George Bush to take action against the Iraqi’s due to their involvement in the Persian Gulf crisis.
The United Nations placed sanctions upon Iraq, which lead to the starvation of one point two million Iraqi civilians. It was also the cause of the famine rate amongst children from the age five and below to rise almost one quarter from its rate the previous year. 960,000 women and children dead due to the sanctions brought forth by t ...
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Comparison Of Creation Of Whit
Number of Words: 487 / Number of Pages: 2
... would like to be your friends." As contradicting as it would be in our society today, the whiskey was symbolic of friendship and trust to the Native Americans and the white people. This was not so true, though, in the second selection.
In How America was Discovered, the author tells of a young minister who is in search of the Creator, and little to his knowledge, actually discovers the devil. The devil convinces the young man to bring across the ocean five items, one of which was whiskey, and if he did, he would receive a great reward. In doing so, it caused uproar of carelessness. It was clearly ...
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