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cousin, Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Lancaster, in 1399. But the Wars of the Roses actually began on May 22, 1455 with First Battle of St Albans when Richard, Duke of York and his ally, Richard, Earl of Warwick defeated the Lancastrians under Edmund Beaufort who was killed. York captured Henry VI("The Wars of the Roses (1455-1485)"). The White Rose was the symbol of Yorkist supporters who opposed the rival House of Lancaster, whose symbol was the Red Rose of Lancaster. The opposition of the two…

As colonization expanded and become a valuable goal of most countries, many conflicts occurred between the colonizers and the Natives to the land. Many of these disputes transpired with the Colonizing country wanting to enlarge their economy for a more prosperous nation. One of these disputes was named The Yamasee War. From 1715 to 1717, the Native American and British colonist began a war due to the colonist forcing out the Natives from their land in South Carolina. During the span of 1715-1717…

Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) live throughout the ice-covered waters of the circumpolar Arctic, particularly in near shore annual ice over the continental shelf where biological productivity is highest. However, to a large degree under scenarios predicted by climate change models, these preferred sea ice habitats will be substantially altered. Spatial and temporal sea ice changes will lead to shifts in trophic interactions involving polar bears through reduced availability and abundance of their…