...British rule unjustifiably taxed the Bostonians tea to a ridiculous price and attempts were made to solve this issue using politics within the British Government. However as the latter says “No Representation” Their voice wasn't heard by the British because their system of government did not allow colony of the British kingdom to have a representative that had exact power in the parliament. As shown in the poster of “The Able Doctor” the results of such negligence resulted in the Bostonians being oppressed by the wretched hand of the British. After many repeated attempts to talk, to parley, Boston was forced to throw over the British teas over the harbor, thus final streaking and sparking the great fire of revolution. With Patrick Henry powerful speech giving the now tyrannized and abused colonies a reason to fight, to die fighting for their own freedom of instead of living on their knees to the will and binds of the British...
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...This paper is the study of the internment of Japanese Americans, these events occurred right after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Through this paper you will learn about the wonderful people who suffered and struggled for their life. Some people lived through it and are horrified to this day to talk about the fateful morning that they were taken from their homes and brought to camps. Some of them never came out for example Toshio Kobata died in the camp because to run out to freedom. And the three years of being incarcerated and the life afterwards. And they reasons of fearing more Japanese migrating to US. And we get to the real story and why none of these events would have occurred. If it were not for President Franklin D. Roosevelt who called...
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...Pearl Harbor, the Beginning of the End of the Rising Sun As I flew in from the north of Oahu, the sunburst broke through the clouds off the horizon of the ocean in front of us. I couldn’t help to think to myself what a beautiful site for us to see. The gods must be looking upon us. Letting us know of a successful and glorious mission. It took all of about 2 hours to fly our 360 planes that consisted of dive and high level bombers, fighters and torpedo planes the 230 miles to the harbor of pearl. It was 8:05 when my bomb pierced its target. The bomb had hit the forward powder magazine of the USS Arizona. The mighty explosion split the great ship in half, taking only nine minutes for her to sink (A Summary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor, 2012). Now that we are out of the box looking in, this is what a Japanese pilot might have felt as he flew his plane on that haunting yet unforgettable mission to that bay at Pearl; for he was on his way of creating history from the destruction of an entire fleet in anchor. This Japanese warrior and his culture of war would not know the consequences of his emperor’s actions; for it would only unite an entire country in a fit of rage from this horrific and unprovoked act initiated by the rising sun nation of Japan. This battle would not only be the beginning of WWII for the United States, but it would be the beginning of the end of a military force in Japan. It was this mission and Japan’s cultural importance of war that...
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...Metaphor Analysis The Sea and Dry Land In his Preface to the play, Bolt informs the reader his main metaphors are the sea and dry land, to suggest the supernatural order vs. the human order. The sea is formless, vast, and unpredictable. The land is security, home, order, what is known. Thomas More paradoxically clings to the safety of law and land but finds himself swept by his religious faith out to sea. Bolt did not want a purely naturalistic play, he says, and the metaphors are a way to add scope and philosophic depth, as in a poem. Thomas More is a home-loving man with his house and family in Chelsea and their well-ordered ways. In addition, he is a lawyer who believes in the law as the safeguard of the citizens: “The law is a causeway upon which, so long as he keeps to it, a citizen may walk safely” (Act Two, p. 153). At his trial, More says to the Court which has condemned him through a perjury, “God help the people whose Statesmen walk your road” (Act Two, p. 157). The government should create and safeguard well-kept roads for the people. There should be landmarks, agreement about the best way to go and how to get there. This is what makes a civilization, and More fervently believes in and lives according to the letter of the law. He believes himself safe, because he knows the law so well that he is sure his silence cannot be interpreted as treason. The Common Man, who provides narration and commentary, remarks in an early scene, “The great thing’s not to get...
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...Intro- In Early 1898 tensions between the United States and Spain had been mounting for months. After the U.S. battleship Maine exploded and sank in Havana harbor under mysterious circumstances on February 15, 1898, U.S. military intervention in Cuba became likely. struggle of Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines for independence against Spanish rule. Cuba was then made an independent country. Pre- In the late 1800’s, A wildly popular character “The Yellow Kid” was featured in almost every newspaper for making fun or mocking events. The artist R.F Outcalt created the comic which then flooded the newspapers all across New York. The sensational comic is what led to the exaggerated style of reporting called “Yellow...
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...Vietnam & Nixon 1968 - 1974 President Nixon - war Henry Kissinger Assistant for National Security, Sec. of State Goal - Better relations with Soviet Union and Red China 1969 Bloodiest fighting of the war Vietnamization - build up of ARVN and turning actual fighting over to them as US ground troops are pulled out. 1969 - 480,000 1970 - 235,000 1971 - 160,000 1972 - 24,000 reduced American casualties make up for loss of ground troops by increasing the air war Anti war protest continued My Lai Massacre - Lt. William Calley ordered killing of over 200 unarmed SV civilians Media discovered in November 1969 Shocked the American public, increased demands to end the war NV insisted the US troops would have to be withdrawn before peace talks could begin 1970 Kissinger began secret talks in Paris with Le Duc Tho of NV Cambodian Invasion Kent State University May 4, 1970 National Guardsmen killed 4 protesters and wounded 9 others during anti war demonstration. Dec. 1970 Tonkin Gulf Resolution repealed by Congress -Prepared to cut funding for the war US soldier in Vietnam Came from poor working class with minimal education ‘Grunt’ Average age 19 Morale low, drug abuse common, mutiny common in platoons 1971 Pentagon Papers - Daniel Ellsberg confirm government dishonesty about the war 1971 ⅔ of Americans want US out of the war Nixon renewed massive bombing of North Vietnam (Johnson had stopped in 1969) Madman Theory NV became more determined...
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...president Richard Fillmore per the Oregon Territorial Legislature decided to sign the act to split off the Territory of Washington from Oregon Territory in 1852. This included four different counties created for the Puget Sound Region named King, Pierce, Jefferson and Island. Unfortunately for one hundred and fifty years, it was named after a corrupted man. W.R.D. King was discovered to have been a slave owner and even had a plantation in Alabama called King’s Bend. This seemed to have upset King County officials and back in 1986 they passed a motion to rename King County in honor of the well-known Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who had helped to abolish slavery. The seat of King County, WA is the city of Seattle, which has a great story behind it. When...
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...Richmond on Staten Island, New York. He was raised in a modest farm house on Bay Street, in Stapleton, Staten Island with his parents. He had five sisters and one brother. At the age of 16, he bought a small piragua boat,(this is a flat bottom type of sailing barge), which he used to ferry freight and passengers. He was so successful with this venture that he paid his parents back the one hundred dollars, he had borrowed in one year. His desire to succeed was shown by the fact that he signed on as an apprentice on numerous types of large ship bearing vessels so he could learn as much about the seagoing industry as possible. (1) page-16. During the War of 1812, (1812-1815) Cornelius Vanderbilt transported supplies to forts along New York Harbor. He formed a steamship company in 1829 and soon dominated shipping along the Atlantic coast and on the Hudson River. (11) It was early on in the California gold rush when Vanderbilt established a steamship line that carried prospectors from New York to San Francisco. His expansion and visions continued into the mid-1850’s, Vanderbilt’s ships made regular trips to and from...
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...Syllabus College of Humanities HIS/125 U.S. History 1865 to 1945 Professor Jewell gjjewell@email.phoenix.edu 843-863-0102 Copyright © 2012, 2009, 2007 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course provides an overview of the social, political, economic, and global events affecting U.S. history from the Civil War through World War II. Policies Faculty and students will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Schultz, K. M. (2012). HIST2, volume 2 (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning. All electronic materials are available on the student website. Week One: Reconstruction and the New South Details Objectives 1.1 Evaluate the outcomes of Reconstruction. 1.2 Summarize the economic, political, and social characteristics of the New South. 1.3 Explain the populist response to late 19th-century developments. Read the course description and objectives. Read the instructor’s biography and post your own. Read Ch. 16 of HIST2, Volume 2. Read pp. 318–325 in Ch. 19 of HIST2...
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...and practice of international relations. “In particular, “modern” international society, whether dated from the era of Machiavelli at the turn of the sixteenth century or that of Hobbes in the mid-seventeenth century, has been closely linked to realist balance of power politics. The link between realism and international theory is especially strong in the twentieth century. International relations first emerged as an academic discipline before and immediately after World War I, largely in reaction against realist balance of power politics. The discipline was then reshaped immediately before and after World War II by self-identified realists such as E. H. Carr and Hans Morgenthau. Prominent scholar-practitioners, such as George Kennan and Henry Kissinger, have called themselves realists. For most of the post-World War II era realism has been the dominant paradigm in the Anglo-American study of international relations”. Even in our post-Cold War era of globalization, realist theories, although much less dominant, still provide a context and motivation for many of the most important theoretical debates in the field of international relations. The essence of this...
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...The Northeast became the first industrial center for the U.S. for a variety of reasons, including an abundance of natural resources, a vast amount of ports were easily accessed, better education made for skilled laborers, overpopulation made labor cheap, and fast flowing rivers were power sources for factories. The North had many natural resources such as lumber, furs, and iron; New Englanders took advantage of these native resources and the South’s resources, like cotton, to manufacture goods. Additionally, the Northeast also had an abundance of natural harbors containing busy ports, facilitating the large exportation of manufactured goods and importation of raw materials. Because of urbanization in the North, education was more common and...
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...Nadir Berrada Geological Science March 5th, 2013 Tsunamis: A deeper look into Bayona’s movie “The Impossible” A tsunami, or “harbor wave” in Japanese, is describes as the result of a sequence of water waves which is caused by the upset, or displacement, of a massive volume of a body of water, usually either an ocean or a vast lake. The awareness for tsunamis has risen tremendously as they have become less rare in the current and previous century. As this destructive force has made a great impact in today’s talk over natural disasters, scientists all over the world, media, as well as Hollywood directors have all decided to dig deeper into tsunamis. This paper will discuss the numerous scientific principles that cause tsunamis to occur, various effects of these seismic sea waves, different methods on how they can be prevented, the impact of recent tsunamis had around the globe, and finally how the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was portrayed in Juan Antonio Bayona’s movie, “The Impossible”. There are four possible elements that cause a tsunami to form. These factors, from most likely to occur to least likely respectively include, earthquakes, submarine landslides, submarine volcanic eruptions, and large meteorites crashing in the ocean (Magnus). In order to better comprehend the causes that make a tsunami, it is important to have a better knowledge about earthquakes. Earthquakes are formed alongside certain faults, which are fractures in the Earth’s crust. As these fractured plates...
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...beyond American shores as agricultural and industrial production boomed. The country was bursting with a new power from the growth in population, wealth, and productive capacity. Overseas markets might provide a safety valve to relieve the pressures of labor violence and agrarian unrest. The “yellow press” of Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hurst described foreign exploits as manly adventures. Missionaries, inspired by books like the Reverend Josiah Strong’s Our Country: Its Possible Future and Its Present Crisis, looked overseas for new souls to harvest. Strong talked about the superiority of the Angelo-Saxon civilization and summoned Americans to spread their religion and values to the “backward people.” Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge were interpreting Darwinism to mean that the Earth belonged to the strong and fit. This view was strengthened as: Europe partitioned Africa in the 1880s. Japan, Germany, and Russia extorted concessions from the Chinese empire. The development of a new steel navy also focused attention overseas. Captain Alfred Thayar Mahan’s book of 1890, The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660-1783, said that control of the sea was key to world dominance. Mahan helped stimulate the naval race among the great powers. Americans joined in the demands for a mightier navy and an American-built isthmian canal between the Atlantic and Pacific. Two-time secretary of state James Blaine pushed his “Big Sister” policy, aimed at rallying the Latin...
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...and practice of international relations. “In particular, “modern” international society, whether dated from the era of Machiavelli at the turn of the sixteenth century or that of Hobbes in the mid-seventeenth century, has been closely linked to realist balance of power politics. The link between realism and international theory is especially strong in the twentieth century. International relations first emerged as an academic discipline before and immediately after World War I, largely in reaction against realist balance of power politics. The discipline was then reshaped immediately before and after World War II by self-identified realists such as E. H. Carr and Hans Morgenthau. Prominent scholar-practitioners, such as George Kennan and Henry Kissinger, have called themselves realists. For most of the post-World War II era realism has been the dominant paradigm in the Anglo-American study of international relations”[1]. Even in our post-Cold War era of globalization, realist theories, although much less dominant, still provide a context and motivation for many of the most important theoretical...
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...The Civil War of 1861-1865 The Civil War of 1861-1865 One of the biggest reasons for the start of the Civil War (1861-1865) was centered around the issue of slavery. Southern states (known as the slave states) was dependent on agriculture, this created a huge demand for slaves to do the hard labor. Northern states on the other hand, were liberal and favored the idea of abolition of slavery. The politicians in the Northern states lobbied for abolition of slavery, which the Southern states opposed and threatened to secede if the Federal administration took any such step, which they did and thus the start of the Civil War. The imminent beginnings of the Civil War began in 1619 because of the arrival of 20 Black Africans from a Dutch frigate as indentured servants. Shortly after this, the Black Africans were experiencing the life as slaves and both the Southerners and Northerners were selling and trading them for profits. As the North started to pass laws to abolish slavery, in the South slavery was still part of the economy, part of the way of life, and remained legally sanctioned. In 1850, the South, with its slave labor, were exporting over a million tons of cotton a year and during this time in the in the North, the abolitionist movement was gaining momentum. Congress was having an intense argument in 1854 over the two states, Kansa and Nebraska that were added, whether they should be admitted to the Union as Free states or slave states. Congress decided that the states should...
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