Commodore

invested his fortune in railroads (Carey 351). Without railroads, today’s society would not only be vastly different, but it could also possibly be nonexistent. This is due to Vanderbilt’s railroads creating a societal dependency on themselves. The Commodore had always been skilled at seeing promise in fields that had promise as he was a great entrepreneur (Shultz 1). When he was young, Vanderbilt bought a sailboat and worked for a sailboat shipping company, from which he made a thousand dollars…

McMahon’s Point Summary McMahon's Point is a serene haven that feels far away from hectic city life of the CBD and its neighbouring suburbs. Locals are often seen enjoying the harbourside views from Blues Point Reserve, Sawmills Reserve, or one of the eateries along Blues Point Road. North Sydney towers behind McMahon's Point as a backdrop, while it faces the beauty of Sydney Harbour. This special and unique suburb is surrounded by beauty as much as it is beautiful on the inside. The property…

for a progression of bills that would turn into the Compromise of 1850. While the Compromise of 1850 passed and was marked by Fillmore, it swung out to just drag out the split in the Union. In remote strategy, President Millard Fillmore dispatched Commodore Perry to "open" Japan to western exchange and attempted to keep the Hawaiian Islands out of European hands. He additionally declined to back an attack of Cuba by gutsy Southerners who needed to extend bondage into the Caribbean. For this and…

sale. Congress gave President William Mckinley authorization to remove Spanish militants from Cuba by force. The Spaniards declared war on the United States on April 24, 1898. America responded with a declaration of war on April 25. May 1, 1898, Commodore George Dewey led the United States…

Military leaders do not necessarily have to come from combat or even been in the military. They just needed to have made a change in the way that warfare is done and made a difference to the men, and later women, in the military. One such man was John P. Holland. He is widely considered the Father of the Modern Submarine and I consider him influential because he made a major impact on the way that battles at sea are fought. Holland was born in Ireland where he grew up and worked as a teacher,…

Longitude by Dava Sobel is a book about how the first accurate clock for determining longitude was made. The book starts off by describing the longitude problem which is about how difficult it is to determine longitude at sea. In order to determine longitude, two clocks are needed, one from the home port and one based upon the local time of the ship. The difference in times allows for the longitude of the ship to be determined. However, it is very hard to make accurate clocks at sea due to the…

The War of 1812 was started when the Indian problems merged in with the Britain. Between 1809-1812, President James Madison had been on fence about who was going to be America’s primary enemy, Britain or France, as both countries were attacking U.S. ships. In 1809, Madison’s Non-Intercourse Act was reneged, the act had declined any trade with only France and Britain and their colonies, in doing so it opened up some other trade routes that would help alleviate the economic distress of America’s…

That's right- The orginial party for unappealing Christmas sweaters traces back to Vancouver. In 2002, Commodore Ballroom hosted the party. A party with the atrocious holiday sweater theme has occured annually at the ballroom ever since, which means the tradition turns 13 this year. Number Eight: In Canada, the words "ugly Christmas sweater party" are trade…

the agreement that Rockefeller would fill Vanderbilt's trains with oil that required him to monopolize the petroleum industry, but had he not done so it’s relationship with the railroad would not have been the same. Cornelius Vanderbilt, aka The Commodore; known for the mass expansion of the railroad system found himself in a tight situation when he was outsmarted by two men, Jay…

president William Henry Harrison weakened the Indian resistance at the Battle of Tippecanoe, but news of British support for the rebellion angered Americans and helped lead to a declaration of war. The War of 1812 lasted for two-and-a-half years. Commodore Perry defeated the British navy in the Battle of Lake Erie, and together with Harrison's defeat of Tecumseh and Jackson's southern victory against the Creeks, the war on the western frontier was…