Battle of Long Island

smelling, cold prison cell with water dripping down the walls from the ceiling and hardly ever seeing daylight. This is what the prisoners in prison experience on a daily bases. Alcatraz was federal prison that was built on a twelve acre, solid rock island exactly one mile from the mainland with no roads or bridges to escape. Alcatraz, a prison in the San Francisco Bay that many famous people went to and dunknown details. Wardens and guards who worked at the prison did not know there were…

happened in 8000 BC hunters from North America and Latin America discovered the island then. But in 4500 BC Latin and South America came to occupy it and control the south coast of Cuba. The Third migration in 500 BC was from North America. On October the 28th in 1492 Christopher Columbus found the island of Cuba and claimed it for Spain but before he got there. There were a bunch of Indians living there. The long and enduring voyage took the Mayflower, the ship that Columbus sailed on, 70…

President Truman made the decision to drop an atomic bomb in Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945, hoping to end the war faster and to save lives. The war in the Pacific, including Iwo Jima was extremely bloody and cost many lives. A lot of things led to the bomb in Hiroshima including Manhattan project which was the making of the bomb and the bombing of the first bomb in Alamogordo. Many people suggested the atomic bomb with hopes of ending the war sooner and to save lives. However, many people…

British schoolboys are stranded on an island slowly wander into savagery because of flaws. Golding’s novel is an attempt to trace the faults of society back to human nature. Through the behaviour of the schoolboys, Golding reveals that due to fear, power, and loss of identity, society is destined to fail. Fear causes rash behaviour in humans. The main source of fear on the island is the Beast, an unseen and incredibly feared creature. The only one on the island not afraid of the Beast is Piggy,…

bunch of British schoolboys from varying ages of six to twelve who are wrecked on a deserted island. Initially the children remain with societal order and elect a leader, Ralph, to guide them. To keep the peace, the children decide to give power to whoever holds the conch; the conch holder was given the right to speak. Simply, the kids attempt to build a fire to signal that they were abandoned on the island. An older boy, Jack from the beginning was a bully, picking on a chubby, sensible kid…

Post-Apocalyptic Life in Hawaii Hundreds of years ago, our founding fathers made the Islands of Hawaii their own kingdom. Since the beginning of time, Hawaii has always been independent. Looking through the history of our home state, we have come a long way. The people have been through many trials and tribulations, and if we were able to get through those many things, whose to say that we can’t get through this as well. For many years, our people have continuously fought for our rights and…

NAPOLEON BONAPART Once in a battle Napoleon said “When I see a empty throne I feel a urge to sit on it”. Napoleon Bonaparte, a French ruler tried to take over the world and rule it. His childhood, years as a general and his years as a emperor made him a strong ruler. (Vernon, 12-13) The childhood of Napoleon prepared him for war. Napoleon was born August 15 ,1769 on the island of Corsica and his father practiced law. His family belonged to nobility. The military school he went to was in…

one out of each five men were foreigners. In The Long Way Home, David Laskin, creator of the prize-winning history The Children's Blizzard, recounts the stories of twelve of these settler legends. Beginning with their childhoods in Europe, Laskin unfurls the adventure of their trips to Ellis Island, their battles to begin once again in the place where there is fresh chances to succeed, and the trial of their arrival to Europe in uniform to battle and win a war that had as of now slaughtered…

the Derwent River and continued south to the arctic. Roughly a week later the crew sailed by the Auckland Islands which had previously been marked by Wilkes, then the Campbell Islands where more measurements were recorded. On December 27th the crew recorded seeing their first icebergs and whales and on New Year’s Day 1841, they crossed into the Arctic Circle. Not long after they began their battle with the sea ice, it was recorded in notes that Ross’s compass continued to act strangely the…

the day, what if the enemy were to appear now to my front, or on my right, or my left?”-Napoleons military maxim number eight The battle of Waterloo on the 18th June 1815 ended Napoleon’s dreams of European domination. His defeat resulted in the concert of Europe, an early European Union, and the rise of a new, reborn Europe in its new laws and reforms . Thus, the battle of Waterloo is seen as a very important and interesting point in history. However, its true events are complex and confusing…