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The Speech That Led to Victory Ruler of England, Queen Elizabeth I, presented an inspiring speech before sending her troops off to battle against the men who served the King of Spain, King Philip II, in 1588. The battle was taking place in Tilbury and was occurring because both Queen Elizabeth I and King Philip II wanted the control over trade. To try and take that control, the Spanish were planning an attack on English soil. England expected the invasion and prior to the repel against them,…

Is Adnan guilty or innocent? In the podcast and transcript, Adnan was a high school teenager, whose best friend is Jay. Adnan was the one that killed Hae which is his ex-girlfriend. A few days after Hae was killed, Adnan got sent to jail for his crime of murder. A detective named Sarah Koenig was investigating whether Adnan actually did killed Hae. When Sarah was listening to Jay when he was being interviewed by a police, he told 2 different stories which gave the police a lot of complications…

To what extent was Leadership the most important factor to why the Spanish Armada was defeated? One of the most famous attempts to invade Britain occurred in 1588 when the King of Spain, Phillip decided to send an armada of Spanish war ships to remove Queen Elizabeth from the throne. Phillip’s attempt to gain control of England failed, it failed for many reasons including the leadership of the two sides which affected the planning and tactical decisions made at sea, the weapons, resources and…

galaxy could easily colonize the galaxy. Nevertheless, with no physical relics, chemical traces, or biological influences suggest the existence of any alternate life form, many may assume that there is not intelligent life beyond Earth. Beyond the Drake Equation and much speculation from the scientific world, no evidence suggests that extraterrestrials have visited Earth or have attempted communication. Without any evidence, accordingly, scientists assume that the resolution of the Fermi Paradox…

In 1588, off the coast of Grave-lines, France, Spain’s so-called “insuperable Armada” was defeated by the English soldiers under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake. Their main aim was to overthrow Queen Elizabeth1 of England and the Tudor establishment of Protestantism in England. After fighting for almost eight hours, a change in wind direction forced the Spanish to retreat from the battle and sailed toward the North Sea. The Spanish Armada had hoped to win the…

England is a beautiful place to live, or even visit someday. The weather is usually cold and wet. Warm and comfortable clothes are a necessity. People throughout the ages, such as people in Elizabethan Era, wanted to be warm and stylish. The dress and clothing of Elizabethan England is a very important part of England’s history. In Elizabethan England, clothing could be bright and beautiful, or simple and plain. What clothes you wore depended on your station in life and your financial…

later Jason was resurrected by Ra’s Al Ghul. (one of the many Batman enemies) Furious that Batman didn't take vengeance on Joker for killing him Jason transformed into one of Batman's newer enemies Red Hood. After that, came a little misfit named Tim Drake. Unlike the other robins Tim as Robin was brains and bronze. His mother died, and he lived with his very busy father who never seemed to have enough time for his son. And like Jason, Tim was a pesky little thief stealing donuts from cops. When…

The Elizabethan era was a time of great importance to English history. This time period, which was when Elizabeth Ⅰ reigned over England, lasted from 1558 to 1603. But before Elizabeth claimed the throne, there were other rulers as well. Henry Ⅷ became the King of England in 1509, and in 1533 Elizabeth herself was born from Anne Boleyn, who was Henry’s queen. Unfortunately, 3 years after Elizabeth’s birth, Anne was executed because of adultery, which is when someone who is married has…

The Elizabeth Era is known for the persecution of witchcraft and the ones who practices it, know as witches. The people during this time strongly believed about supernatural creatures and things and the most of the cases women were the ones who where more accused. The Elizabethans in England believed that witchcraft was involved with the devil and was something to cause harm, when in that time people were very superstitious for explain why things happened in the way it happened. The Elizabeth…

Background The Elizabethan Era was a time Shakespeare himself lived in. From 1558- 1603 France was in a position of growing population and more upper class. Humanism was popular along with individual talent such as painting, sculpting, literature, engineering, and inventing. Elizabeth ruled France well. She gave religious tolerance, she did her best to keep young children from becoming soldiers, and promoted art and literature. Elizabeth sadly got involved with a war, according to britannia.com…