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“His deputy anointed in His sight, / Hath caused his death, the which if wrongfully, / Let heaven revenge, for I may never lift / An angry arm against his minister.” (1.2.38-41). This is the first concrete example of King Richard’s loss of power. John of Gaunt says to the Duchess of Gloucester that he refuses to exact revenge against Richard, even though Richard is probably behind the murder of his brother and her husband Gloucester, because Gaunt still believes that Richard was appointed to the…

BANG! The last shots of muskets fired and finally stopped after the French and American alliance defeated the British at Yorktown. The Americans were able to fight off and defeat the mighty British empire. With their heads held high, the Americans were now independent and free from British rule. The Americans were able to win the war with the help of the French alliance and by their drive and will to fight for independence. The French alliance was one of the main causes for why the Americans…

RICHARD THE SECOND TEXT RESPONSE ESSAY ‘Richard sees kingship as something inborn, Bolingbroke sees it as politics.’ Discuss. In the play Richard II, Shakespeare contends the need for alteration in the method of power from rule by divine right to rule by competency. Shakespeare authored the play during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, who was deemed to be a flawed queen at the end of her rule. Certainly the play is an allegory and Richards’s crimes are in fact her crimes. Shakespeare first…

The scientist I chose to write about is Robert Boyle. I will be telling you all the important facts that happened in his life time. I will tell you when he was born and when he died. I will also tell you where he was born and in where at. Also who his parents were and if he had and siblings. I will try to tell you all about Robert Boyle's life. Like what discoveries he made, tell you how he's important, and how he became known. Robert Boyle was born January 25, 1627 in Lismore, County Waterford,…

On October 19, 1781, the British surrendered to the American Army during the Battle of Yorktown. Our British general Cornwallis had his base at Yorktown, at the peninsula in Chesapeake Bay, so the British could get supplies from ships arriving in New York. This turned out to become a big mistake… General George Washington saw this as a chance for him to trap the British. In August, a huge French fleet helping to fight for the Americans came from the West Indies and blocked Chesapeake bay. The…

On the surface King Richard II seems a straightforward depiction of an unfit King’s steady stream towards being deposed. Shakespeare’s lack of favoritism gives a documentary point of view, yet commotional drama of a daytime soap opera. Shakespeare’s elegant style leaves some doubt for the reader to be ‘all in’ with Bolingbroke taking over despite his heroic attributes and the follies of Richard. The play opens with King Richard’s continuing follies: covers up his Gloucester’s assassination,…

Robert Boyle was born in 1627, he was the seventh son of his father Richard Boyle. Boyle was named the father of of chemistry after he created a vacuum pump and found Boyle’s law, became a philosopher, chemist, physicist, and an inventor. He gave the first accurate definition of a chemical element, chemical reaction, and a chemical analysis. In 1641, Boyle went to Florence with his tutor who was French, he spent his winter studying with Galileo Galilei. He was also part of the “Invisible…

The battle of Yorktown was not a single battle. It was more of a siege in which many confrontation accured. In July 1781, British troops under General Cornwallis marched to Yorktown, Virgina, expecting reinforcement from New York. The main participants were for the American and French side; General George Washington, Lieutenant General Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur and Comte de Rochambeau. They had around 95800 men. In the other hand British had about 7500 men and where leaded by the…

Waterloo Campaign 15th June-22nd June 1815 Napoleons army was vastly outnumbered by the allies and knew that he could not defeat these armies after they united; he had to beat them separately. As the Anglo-Dutch army, led by the Duke of Wellington, and the Prussian army, led by Field Marshal Blucher, were closest, Napoleon had to destroy them first. Napoleon began his campaign on the 15th June by leading the Armee du Nord to Belgium to return it to French rule and defeat Wellington and Blucher…

Yorktown, Virginia October 19, 1781 - Y O R K T O W N U P S E T - "Stunning upset over the world greatest army!" "George Washington's rag tag rebels defeat superior British red coats" YORKTOWN, VIRGINIA October 19, 1781 - In a stunning…